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Wilderness Connection, Heart Wisdom, Soul Teachings & Devotional Practices | Sangoma John Lockley (2020)

John Keith Kelley Lockley joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
John is a fully initiated shaman, or sangoma, in the Xhosa lineage of South Africa - the same tribe that gave us Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
Traditional healers or shamans (sangomas) of the Xhosa People of South Africa use sacred ceremonies involving herbs, songs and trance rhythms to connect with the ancestors and the natural world to encourage a profound remembering and honoring of the human spirit.
John is unique in being initiated in three timeless traditions: African Shamanism as a Xhosa Sangoma, Yoga and Zen Buddhism, and he also holds a degree in Clinical Psychology. He’s the author of the book, Leopard Warrior, and the audiobook, The Way of the Leopard, which you can find over at Amazon, through his publisher, Sounds True, or you can head directly to his website to find out more about him and his work.
Connect with John: www.johnlockley.com
 
TIMESTAMPS: [2:42] John opens our conversation with a beautiful traditional chant
[6:22] “As sangomas, we dream…” [7:23] Don’t think the sacred; feel it
[9:53] “What good is your own enlightenment when the birds are dying…?” - John’s passion for the wilderness
[10:22] Spirituality and apprenticeship are about giving; being in service
[13:10] What does it mean to be connected to your soul and the sacred inside of you?
[15:10] The importance of clarifying intention, connecting to heartbeat, devotional practices of giving thanks and choosing our humanity
[18:14] The alchemy and rise of the umbilini (similiar to kundalini)
[21:15] Has your yoga studio watered their plants recently?
[22:24] Tending the gardens of our own hearts
[25:06] Swimming with great white sharks off the coast of South Africa
[29:14] As the Zen Masters would say: “Why do you eat everyday???”
[29:45] Becoming a shaman or a traditional sangoma is painful
[31:28] Every animal is a reflection of us in some way… and has something to teach us
[32:16] The archetypal symbolism, alchemy and medicine of the salmon
[34:23] Falling in love with the rhythm of our heart pulse
[37:48] How is the land speaking to you? [38:40] The electric nature of the body; the spine as a lightning rod
[41:46] The heartbeat as a magical spring; a spiritual gateway into another world [46:10] What is divination? Divination is to read the soul…
[49:45] What is John’s prayer for self, family and the world?
[51:09] Fatherhood and motherhood from the perspective and life experience of a sangoma
[53:25] The medicine of lightheartedness and silliness and playing music with your children
[56:55] John’s 1:1 mentoring, private sessions and monthly ceremonies

Vision Quest, Shamanic Knowing, Yurt Living, Mongolia & The Journey of the Soul | Steve McKenzie (2020)

Steve McKenzie joins us for Season 1 of Birdsong (2020).
Steve (Soulpaths Founder) is a trained Vision Quest facilitator and Vision Quest protector trainer (Stalking Wolf lineage, New Jersey). He is a Family Constellations facilitator (Margarete Koenning) and provides group workshops, as well as one-one constellation work.
He is an Ontological Coach (Newfield Institute) and provides personal nature-based mentoring. He conducts Sweat Lodges and Ancestor Circles at a variety of gatherings and venues, including his base at Kupidabin Wilderness, near Samford (QLD, AUS).
Steve also works with similarly-minded men to deliver Men's Soul Connection weekends.
He understands the relevance and place for ceremony and ritual, connection with Nature, living our life purpose, earth spirituality, shamanism, sacredness, consciousness, working with ancestors, Elderhood, ancient wisdom, and inner transformation.
He has deep respect for the First Nation peoples and Ancestors of this land and ensures such ceremonies honour and acknowledge the peoples and the Spirits.
Connect with Steve: www.soulpaths.com.au
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[5:55] A tiny little cricket on Vision Quest changed Steve’s life…
[9:45] Horse riding through Mongolia inspired Steve to live in a yurt for three years
[16:00] Perceptual shifts from living in a traditional spherical dwelling vs square shaped buildings
[20:08] Why the initial trip to Mongolia?
[24:37] Feeling the call to adventure - Steve’s initial Vision Quest and Stalking Wolf training
[27:57] Sitting alone in a three meter circle in the wilderness, for four days, with no food
[30:34] Approaching the rhythms of nature and observing the little things
[32:45] Distractions, fixating on time and tracking the movement of the sun
[34:39] Opening the heart to the medicine of the tiny little cricket
[39:04] Ancestral spirits, spirit beings, and the spirit world
[41:52] The journey of the soul & Bill Plotkin’s eco-soul-centric model of initiation
[50:55] Everyone has their own unique gift to share with the world
[55:25] Clearing the atmospheric fog of conditioning to see the glimmers of gold within
[57:41] What is your archetypal soul name?
[59:00] Holding space at the base camp while people are out Questing
[1:01:07] There are energetic concentric rings that ripple out from every single event
[1:07:36] Shamanic ways of knowing and supernatural / extrasensory modes of perception
[1:11:34] Questing in a group setting vs Questing by one’s self
[1:16:00] Musings on ancestral trauma and baggage

Norse Shamanism, Grave Sitting, Rune Magicians & Nature Beings | Imelda Almqvist (2020)

In Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong, Imelda Almqvist join us.
Imelda Almqvist is an international teacher of Sacred Art and Seidr/Old Norse Traditions (the ancestral wisdom teachings of Northern Europe).
She has published three books: Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit for Life (Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages) in 2016, Sacred Art: A Hollow Bone for Spirit (Where Art Meets Shamanism) in 2019 and Medicine of the Imagination - Dwelling in possibility (an impassioned plea for fearless imagination) in 2020.
She has presented her work on both The Shift Network and Sounds True. She appears in a TV program, titled Ice Age Shaman, made for the Smithsonian Museum, in the series Mystic Britain, talking about Neolithic arctic deer shamanism.
She is currently finishing up her fourth book, about the pre-Christian spirituality of The Netherlands and Low Countries. She has already started her fifth book: about the runes of the Futhark/Uthark.
Her response to the 2020 pandemic was starting an on-line school on Teachable called Pregnant Hag Teachings, to make more of her classes available on-line.
Imelda’s website: http://www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk
Imelda’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/imeldaalmqvist
Pregnant Hag Teachings: https://pregnant-hag-teachings.teachable.com/
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:39] Sigrdrifa's Prayer (or Invocation): commonly used to open sacred space in the Northern Tradition
[5:42] Sacred art and the meaning of what’s sacred
[9:30] Norse gods, ancient books and the language of the soul
[15:08] “Painting my way onto the shamanic path”
[15:59] The old Norse god Baldr
[17:37] Shamanic initiations [21:29] Core shamanism vs Norse shamanism
[25:24] The Poetic Edda, Prose Edda & Nordic history
[31:02] The shamanic characteristics of these ancient texts - prophecies, oracles, runes, chants and more…
[33:05] Direct revelation and the high seat ceremony
[37:33] If everything was preserved and written down things would become prescriptive
[38:44] Gods are living evolving beings within their relationship to human beings
[40:11] Sitting on grave mounds as a Northern European shamanic practice
[49:29] Rune stones, rune magicians, and reading runes as a divinatory practice
[55:10] Runic resources and books
[56:19] Runes of the FUTHARK / UTHARK [1:00:14] Viking berserkers, amanita muscaria, and musings on the destabilizing nature of ayahuasca
[1:06:22] Safety, boundaries, wild animal spirits and wild states of consciousness
[1:09:03] Connecting with the nature beings in our own environment
[1:10:23] The spirits of the trees and the great reindeer mother
[1:12:40] Mystery teachings from the poison mother
[1:15:17] Nordic methods and suggestions for cultivating psychic or intuitive abilities
[1:19:20] Cultivating 3-5 spiritual practices for depth rather than breadth
[1:21:38] Natural Born Shamans: Shamanism for young people of all ages
[1:25:13] Medicine of the Imagination - Creating a healthy functional vital reality
[1:27:45] Writing as a spiritual practice
[1:30:00] Pregnant Hag Teachings - Rune Magicians, Intro to Seidr, and more…

Chocolate as a Sacred Medicine - The Chocolate Wizard | Kyle Laz (2020)

Kyle Laz joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Kyle is a passionate herbalist, sound practitioner and intuitive healer… a modern day wizard if you like, and some of us know him as the chocolate wizard.
For 15 years Kyle has dedicated his life to deeply researching and exploring plant medicines and their application to body, mind and spirit. He has visited many of the key sacred sites of England and Europe, gaining spiritual and practical knowledge from his experiences, which has allowed him to understand the diverse relationships between western health and spiritual concepts and be able to offer holistic healing in this way.
With a strong focus on the five elements, he continues to develop practical processes to recognise, ground and integrate profound, mystical experiences.
He works and trains with a range of modalities including Reiki 1, 2 and Master Teacher attunements, Acutonics, Sound Healing, Massage, Flower Essences, Crystal Healing and Chocolate Ceremonies (a fusion of herbal wisdom, sound and chocolate).
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:58} Pause and presence for the sacred
[7:34] Dancing between words and worlds
[8:36] Reframing having an addictive personality and being lazy
[11:40] What is a chocolate wizard?
[13:09] What do you want to be when you grow up?
[14:51] The interconnectivity of chocolate
[17:00] Chocolate and the plant medicine path
[19:20] Chocolate in the name of love
[21:37] Conversations between cacao and mushrooms
[28:48] Plant intelligence and the intersection of human consciousness
[33:14] There is no “bad chocolate”
[35:58] Food of the Gods + Sugar + Milk = Evolutionary Seed Spreading
[39:11] Chocolate as a gatekeeper into ceremony
[43:18] The synergistic intermingling between various herbs and chocolate
[46:16] “Phytochemysticism” - as above, so below
[48:01] Amplifying energetics with chocolate + herbs + intention
[50:27] Energetic exchange between participant, practitioner and chocolate
[53:46] Esoteric mysticism chocolate traditions?
[56:37] Current day uses of cacao with breathwork, dance and sound
[1:00:55] What to keep in mind when buying and using chocolate
[1:03:05] Induction into the Secret Chocolate Society
[1:07:01] Chocoloate Dreaming Rituals
[1:14:30] Connection with self, connection with earth

Musings on Psychedelics & Becoming YouTube Famous | Your Mate Tom (2020)

Your Mate Tom join us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Your Mate Tom is a world travelling documentary filmmaker who takes a brutally honest and practical approach to grounded spirituality & psychedelics.
With roughly 230,000 youtube subscribers on his channel Yourmatetom, and several millions views on multiple videos, his down-to-earth approach has been well received by psychonauts and psychedelic enthusiasts within the youtube community.
He’s also the host of the Yourmatetom podcast, which you can find on all platforms that host good podcasts!
Tom's YouTube Channel:    / @yourmatetom  
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[2:05] Reminiscent connections
[6:00] Sacredness, duality, non-duality
[7:13] Hermeticism’s law of polarity
[8:27] Practical and grounded spirituality
[10:12] Shadow work and Jungian psychology
[13:17] The dark abyss of Tom’s Iboga experience
[14:36] Differing approaches to psychedelic use
[17:15] Shifting from meditation to prayer
[18:10] Dipping Tom’s toes back into psychedelics
[20:50] Exclusively taking psychedelics in a ceremonial context
[23:47] Musings on the preparation process before psychedelics
[28:50] Being a warrior in a garden, rather than a gardener in a war
[29:36] From plant-medicine-peace-and-beauty to Chilean-anarchic-revolutions
[33:00] Strange meditations practices and sitting for 365 days straight
[35:26] Shamanic spirit worlds versus reductionist mechanistic perspectives
[40:00] Paul Chek, AlfaVedic, Walter Russell and the Electric Universe
[43:08] YouTube censorship… what’s going on with Yourmatetom’s channel?
[48:37] The modern day technological witch hunt
[50:07] The Wild West of YouTube
[52:52] Decentralization and the path forward?
[55:05] Reconciling tech time and investing in the big monopolies of social media
[59:12] Memorable collabs and opportunities from being a YouTuber
[1:03:00] Biblical learnings and the “Western Cannon”
[1:05:40] Ceremonial and ritual practice in Tom’s life
[1:09:07] Youtube fame - how has this affected Tom’s life?
[1:10:50] What does Tom wish he knew when he first started YouTubing?
[1:11:42] Dealing with the haters and navigating social media
[1:19:45] Future projects and shining the light of self awareness

Knowing Nature & Wildlife Ecology | Tim Low (2020)

Tim Low joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Tim is an Australian biologist, and an author of several books and numerous articles on nature and conservation. His seventh book, Where Song Began: Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World, became the first nature book ever to win the Australian Book Industry Awards prize for best General Non Fiction in 2015.
An earlier book, Feral Future, inspired the formation of an NGO, the Invasive Species Council. His earlier books helped popularize Australian bush tucker.
Four of his books have won national prizes, and alongside these books, his reports, articles and talks have contributed to ecological thought and environmental policy in Australia and beyond.
Written for a general audience, his books have attracted broad academic interest and serve as recommended reading in many university courses.
http://www.timlow.com
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:55] Why Tim doesn’t typically use the word sacred
[7:35] We use singular words to define pluralities, such as wilderness and nature
[8:00] Nature beings adapt to the suburbs and cities
[9:30] Human progression being bad for nature is too simplistic a perspective
[10:40] Satin Bowerbirds are technological innovators with their love for blue plastic
[12:55] Is nature something that we as humans can enhance?
[14:50] Is humanity and our bioevolutionary role to be the great diversifiers of nature?
[17:03] Where Song Began: the origin of songbirds from Australia
[19:30] Australia gave birth to the most intelligent birds
[23:44] The universal language of birdsong
[24:24] The noisy miners, lorikeets and goshawk
[26:25] Bird calls and snakes
[29:23] The differing dialects of bird species
[32:00] Awareness, associations, and vegetation relationships out in the field
[34:30] The supercontinent Gondwana and the emergence of songbirds from Australia
[36:15] Childhood dreams of becoming a paleontologist and my dinosaurian revelation of the lyrebird
[37:56] The cassowary
[38:56] Bird teeth, the goose, and its serrated tongue
[41:06] The ancient Gondwanan connection between gum trees and other species
[43:00] The importance of understanding deep time to be decent environmental managers
[47:20] Songbirds and parrots have co-evolved with eucalypt trees for many millions of years
[50:50] We can learn more about Australia from our birds moreso than our mammals
[53:11] Feral Future and how we can move forward with practical solutions to invasive species
[54:39] The conservation issue of fire-ants
[57:16] Every species has its own agenda
[1:00:00] Current problematic invasive species here in Australia
[1:02:26] Human transport systems perpetuating invasive species
[1:04:04] Think global, act local?
[1:08:00] People’s relationships to nature can be very shallow
[1:08:49] Connecting with nature can be like jogging???
[1:10:11] Finding your nature niche to take interest in
[1:11:16] Aldo Leopold - Nature writer and father of wildlife ecology
[1:14:34] Observing the similarities between animal species to learn more about the classification tree
[1:16:34] Tim’s next book further exploring invasive species
[1:17:05] The super-colony of Argentine ants causing global destruction
[1:21:30] Nature vs computers, bandicoots and platypus

Psychic Abilities, Intuitive Development & The Path of Mediumship | Benjamin Venes (2020)

Benjamin Venes joins us for Season1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Benjamin is a Melbourne based Medium, Healer and Artist. His purpose is to help people discover their own power, strength and wisdom through compassion, creativity and spiritual guidance.
Benjamin’s journey has taken him to India, Nepal and South-East Asia, where he studied, observed and experienced the awakening of his own spiritual power.
He has spent many years dedicated to the disciplines and teachings of psychic ability and mediumship and has provided sound readings for people from all walks of life.
He also teaches one day intensive classes in psychic development, mediumship, and spiritual healing as well as weekly classes at helping those who have a desire in developing these abilities at a more committed level.
Benjamin Venes is also a Reiki Master Teacher. Benjamin's creativity has expressed itself in works of poetry, paintings and novels. All works of art are an expression of the self, evolving into life.
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[2:06] Sacred silence and the soul
[5:12] Teasing apart Benjamin’s philosophies on consciousness
[6:30] What are psychic abilities and why Benjamin doesn’t like the word “psychic”
[9:05] Musings on mediumship and the spirit world
[13:21] The consciousness of our planet
[14:20] The definitions and reflections on spirit and soul
[22:05] Reincarnation and the souls perspective
[25:05] Skepticism and the early days on the path of psychic mediumship
[35:40] Writing books, documenting the spirit world and wise mentors
[39:20] Common misconceptions on the psychic medium path
[43:40] Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced psychic and mediumship development
[48:00] Mental mediumship and Physical mediumship
[50:49] Mastering energy and becoming sensitive to the subtleties
[53:01] Learning to work with colours
[54:50] How to discern what energies to let in: untrained vs trained mediums
[58:13] The protocols of working with spirit and relationships with the doorkeeper
[1:00:30] How to tune into our predominant extrasensory mode of perception
[1:02:28] What is the most common mode of extrasensory perception in the collective?
[1:06:16] The mundane no-nonsense attitude of spiritual and intuitive development
[1:08:55] The 1-2-3 next steps to take on the psychic and medium path?
[1:13:50] What does a reading look like? Is it ritualized in any manner?
[1:16:55] Be skeptical but don’t be cynical
[1:20:20] Being the voice of the spirit world
[1:22:30] Spirit art / spirit portraits
[1:24:50] Final words of wisdom: think for yourself

The Biggest Hoax Ever? Germs vs Terrain, Detoxification & Knowing Your Rights | Tom Barnett (2020)

Tom Barnett joins us on Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
This episode was removed and banned from YouTube.
Surprise surprise!
Tom Barnett is a holistic health practitioner and mindset coach, covering diverse topics from law, culture and sociology to human health and spirituality. Many people from all walks of life have found value in Tom’s relaxed and calm demeanor while getting right to the point, providing valuable, stable content that will remain applicable for life. 
Over the past few years, Tom’s value has been truly appreciated for his consistent ability to ground people in what matters. He become quite the media sensation from one of his earlier videos, which is where I first became familiar with Tom, as did a lot of people. It was titled something like “you cant catch a virus.” What he was essentially explaining was the difference between germ theory and terrain theory, and why you cant "catch a virus", despite the prevailing consensus scientific viewpoint, which we’ll get into in this conversation.
Tom spent over a decade with chronic fatigue, and it was through his learning and understanding which he developed through six years of study of science which included medicine, six years of natural health and medicine, and three years solely looking into the nature of viruses, bacteria, protozoans and parasites, that he cultivated the knowledge to reclaim his health and taught others how to do the same.
Past clients include everyday people with everyday problems, professional athletes, high ranking CEOs and royalty.
He has formal training and experience in lifeguarding, security operations, advanced driving instruction, and is a former athlete. More than anything, he has refined the rare art of thinking for oneself.
Outside of his work as a researcher and educator, Tom is a keen surfer, writes music and enjoys travel, food, nature, martial arts, comedy and meditation.
https://tombarnett.tv/
 
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:26] Tom’s progress on his second book about detox and knowing our rights
[4:40] The overarching feeling of being completely engulfed by and cared for by a higher power
[7:45] The western system cuts people away from the sacred
[9:30] Holistic health is balance on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
[13:00] The density of the physical body
[14:40] Looking to the wisdom of nature to understand viruses
[15:20] The transmissability and contagiousness of pathogens
[16:11] Why the hell are so many people sick today?
[18:00] The truth about viruses and the role of microbiology in detoxification
[21:20] What does it mean when we say a virus is not alive?
[24:10] All life has its own innate intelligence, including viruses
[26:50] Pasteur’s Germ Theory vs Bechamp’s Terrain theory
[29:59] The reason why so many people are getting sick at the same time and the reason why it’s not linked to a contagious virus
[32:00] What we’re seeing is a selective process and the collective outcome from toxic pollutants and radiation
[34:00] What’s the difference between man-made viruses vs viruses that are created from our own internal cellular processes?
[37:18] Our protective bodily mechanisms and the only way to get a virus into the body
[39:00] The virus is a smokescreen to cover up for all environmental toxins that actually make people sick to push the injection agenda
[40:42] What are we seeing the same set of symptoms throughout the collective?
[42:44] Hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc?
[44:46] Stephen Harrod Buhner and the nature of anti-viral herbs
[49:10] The caution of herbs and heavy metals
[50:50] The body is an electric system and is susceptible to metallic minerals
[53:08] Fat is what protects us from all forms of toxicity
[54:18] Fasting doesn’t get rid of deep-seeded environmental toxins
[55:05] Detoxification through oral chelation vs wholesome diets
[57:15] Tom’s thoughts on using supplements
[1:00:40] We need more calories to functional optimally in today’s world
[1:02:15] The natural state of our body wants raw foods
[1:03:00] Healing with urine therapy
[1:06:30] Tom’s “wee-monade”
[1:09:15] When detoxifying it’s important to include high levels of saturated fat in the diet
[1:10:27] Is Victoria Australia the testing ground for a police state and new type of governance?
[1:11:55] Learning our rights can be like learning a new language (a very important language!)
[1:13:00] Every law comes from the bible: the hierarchy of laws
[1:16:05] Tom’s journey of learning about the law
[1:17:15] The world of commerce: creditors, debtors and asking questions
[1:20:07] Public and private worlds are mirror images of each other
[1:22:40] What are the bare-bones fundamentals to start learning?
[1:24:00] Embodying information through practicing, role-playing and actioning
[1:28:44] In what ways has asserting our human rights been of direct benefit to Tom?
[1:30:30] If you’ve got the tenacity to see it through, you’ll win the battle but might lose the initial war
[1:31:38] Solutions empowerment, know your rights group, and other resources for learning
[1:34:30] Tom’s final message and words of wisdom on sovereignty and knowing our rights
RESOURCES & LINKS:
Subscribe to Tom’s channel on YouTube
Connect with Tom on facebook
Sign up to Tom’s mailing list
 
Andy Cutler Chelation
Oral chelation for mercury
Boyd Haley and Emeramide (youtube)
Solutions Empowerment
Know Your Rights Group
A Warrior Calls
Cal Washington
Creditors in Commerce (youtube)
UnitedCollective.org
United Collective
Common Law Court
Understanding jurisdiction in law (youtube)
You, The Law, and Legislation - Common Law Courts Youtube
Tom Barnett Interview with The Godfather of True Law, Equity, Suveran, The REMEDY for OPPRESSION

Covid Consciousness & The Need To Reconnect With The Feminine | Kristian Stephan-Martin (2020)

Kristian Stephan-Martin joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.
Kristian is a captivating thought leader, relationship and sex coach, and dancer, committed to helping people live an unbounded life.
I recall taking notice of Kristian after seeing his TedX talk at Melbourne Uni, titled “Reconnecting To The Inner Feminine.”
Since then we’ve kept in touch and I’ve followed his journey as a workshop facilitator, podcast host and professional bachata dancer.
Kristian fiercely advocates that freedom" and aliveness are found in you becoming more of YOU, not anyone else, and that the path to doing so is clearing all that is covering up your True Nature.

Integrating Indigenous Worldviews & Complex Systems Science | Daniel Henryk Rasolt (2020)

Daniel Henryk Rasolt joins us for Season 1 of Birdsong (2020).
Daniel is an independent researcher and writer and the founder of Unbounded World, an initiative that takes an integrated approach to environmental and cultural preservation. He holds a degree in astrophysics and works in diverse disciplines related to energy, the environment, health and traditional cultures.
Daniel has traveled to more than 85 countries on this beautiful and vulnerable planet, uses his skills of writing and analysis to communicate environmental and social issues through personal experience and research.
He exposes the circumstances of the indigenous communities, and the usurping and degradation of their natural territories, through his writing and through working with indigenous leaders, organizations, universities, researchers and policy makers.
TIMESTAMPS:
[3:30] What does honouring the sacred mean from an astrophysicists point of view? [5:45] What daily practices does Daniel have to engage with the sacred? [7:15] How Daniel came to hold his perspectives and ways of seeing the world [9:30] Astrophysics paving the path to take a more expansive look at things [12:00] Complex systems science: the ins and the outs [17:00] Making an effort to realize that everything is interconnected and has a relationship with everything else [18:30] Misconceptions and reductionism within science [21:30] Why is complex systems science finding it hard to weave into the general scientific community? [23:50] Scientific specialization and reductionism through the medical system [25:30] Integrating scientific worldviews with indigenous worldviews [29:30] Some of the primary issues that our indigenous communities are facing based on Daniel's experiential immersions [33:20] Building bridges between indigenous communities [36:30] The threats and resistance that indigenous leaders face when standing for the sacred [40:00] Cultural risks, in particular, through indigenous plant medicine entho/eco-tourism [46:30] Finding footing on more fertile soils: cross-cultural pollination and collaboration [48:30] Western culture needs to stop encroaching on and determining indigenous wants and needs [52:00] Getting outside of our current systems and structures: we need a massive paradigm shift [56:00] Taking responsibility as individuals [59:00] How do we transition from ego-centric to eco-centric? [1:02:30] The Rights of Nature: The Law of the Land [1:06:00] As a scientist, what is Daniel's perspective towards animism, soul and spirit? [1:13:00] Philosophical musings on consciousness [1:15:30] A framework of moving towards a more resilient interconnected future [1:28:00] Final remarks to close up the conversation
 
RESOURCES & LINKS:
The Powerful Alliance Between Integrated Science and Traditional Food Systems - Thrive
Self-Imposed Isolation of Indigenous Communities Due to COVID-19 Reinforces the Need for Clean Off-Grid Energy Sources - Resilience
How Rights of Nature victories in Colombia’s rainforests can inform shared knowledge systems globally - Shareable
Scientists Must Learn How to Interact With Indigenous People - Ensia
The Koreguaje Tribe: Threatened Guardians of the Northwest Amazon - The Revelator
"They Cannot Keep Us Silent" - Earth Island Journal
“Deforestation in Colombia” - The Ecologist
 
https://unboundedworld.com/
https://unboundedworld.com/blog/science-society-and-environment/
https://unboundedworld.com/tribes/
https://www.facebook.com/UnboundedWorld7/ 
https://www.instagram.com/unboundedworld7/ 
Twitter: @DHRasolt