The Revelation Project - Episodes Tagged with “Shamanism”

Episode 191: Paul Levy - Undreaming Wetiko: Breaking the Spell of the Nightmare Mind Virus

Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0500

In this episode, I introduce Paul Levy, a pioneer in spiritual emergence and the author of Undreaming Wetiko: Breaking the Spell of the Nightmare Mind Virus.

I’ve been fascinated by this concept for years, since it ties in with how I describe the way the “trance of unworthiness” impacts women. In fact, I think Wetiko and “the trance” may be the same thing, just impacting men and women differently. For men, it’s a consuming and a tendency to destruct on the outside, for Women, it happens more covertly, turned inward on themselves instead of a tendency of harming others.

Ultimately, Wetiko is a term, aptly named by Native Americans to describe what they saw as a "mental illness" that came with white colonizer settlers who aggressively stole land from the indigenous, and were driven to kill and take what was not theirs. They would destroy and consume, even at their own expense, and behaved in ways that seemed “possessed” as if by an evil spirit.

Paul expands on this by sharing his personal encounter with Wetiko- which he believes is a byproduct of unhealed generational trauma that gets passed on. His encounter is hrough his father's abusive behavior and his subsequent realization of its pervasive nature. In this episode we explore how Wetiko manifests in our psyche, and how it influences our "collective madness” - the profound impact it has on individuals and society.

Many would consider what’s playing out in Israel and Palestine a form of Wetiko.

Paul emphasizes that we must recognize darkness as a form of illumination and we discusses the role of personal projection in the perpetuation of Wetiko.
We delve into the shamanic archetype of the wounded healer, healing trauma, and retrieving lost parts of the soul as a means of healing Wetiko.

The conversation also touches on childhood experiences, ancestral trauma, how to break generational patterns, and the power of expressing our creativity as our access to healing. The power of being disruptors in our families and society, challenging the status quo and creating change.

*Throughout the episode we also cover: *

What it means to “awaken” from the dream
Mass Psychosis and how we could see this through Covid
What the nightmare of our reality is
The parallels between Wetiko and the trance of unworthines
How Wetiko consumes us
The importance of awakening to our true nature
Embracing grief, and forgiving ourselves for the harm we have caused
Nurturing our inner creative spirit
Questioning our perceptions of reality
The importance of connecting with others to transform the collective unconscious
The power of being disruptors in our families and society, challenging the status quo and creating change

Topics discussed: Wetiko, spiritual emergence, Carl Jung, Tibetan Buddhism, colonization, mass psychosis, mental illness, psychiatry, collective madness, projection, shamanic archetype, trauma, ancestral trauma, generational patterns, expressed creativity, perception of reality, grief, interconnectedness, creative spirit.

Special Guest: Paul Levy.

Episode 156: Miguel Conner - The Forgotten Goddess: The Gnostic Sophia & The Restoration of The Universe

Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500

"Whether or not you know it, you’ve probably been influenced by the beliefs of the Gnostics and their powerful grasp over aspects of Western spirituality. Many schools of metaphysics, the occult, mystical teachings, and even fraternal organizations and secret societies have borrowed heavily from Gnostic teaching. It’s impossible to do justice to Gnosticism in a single article, but I’ll do my best to introduce you to some of the basic concepts, leaving further research to those spurred on by the mysteries inherent in the Gnostic world. Any personal work done, if seriously approached, must serve to improve the understanding and knowledge of the student.” - Mo Abdelbaki

The term "gnostic" derives from "gnosis," which means "knowledge" in Greek. The Gnostics believed that they were privy to a secret knowledge about the divine, hence the name.
It is understood as one of the oldest versions of the christian religion and perhaps that it even dates back to pre-christian times.

More than anything it’s a cosmology of the universe and a mythical way of seeing how the world came to be including the dualistic nature from which all things in this material world are separated into.

In this episode:

Gnosticism helped Miguel to see the bigger picture - a holistic view of the Universe.
The Myth of Inanna and her relevance to everything.
Why Gnosticism matters and why it is considered an ecstatic and shamanistic religion
How The Goddess Sophia comes to awaken the divine soul and restore the universe.
How the Gnostics face the "horror and the holy" of the Universe
How Gnosticism helps us hold the darkness and light in order to find the middle path
Why it was said that "Modern man can’t see God because he doesn't look low enough”
How Miguel became a gnostic and how being a “misfit” paved the way to bigger questions.
What drove him was the question "What is the nature of evil and suffering?”
The Gnostic Philosophies and their application to todays world
Leaning into a divine feminine aspect and how the gnostics differ from traditional Christian interpretations
Much of Jungs work is derived from the Gnostics - depth Psychology in particular followed the premis “go within to discover the truth”
The counterfeit self that keeps us locked into the matrix- living on the surface of life vs. the ego death which then gives us access to the deeper secrets of the soul.
The gnostics knew that we are not our identities - but instead the divine spark with vast and infinite capacities
The Gnostics believe we all have a destiny that is part of the restoration of the Universe.
If the exterior is all an illusion, then the way to find the true reality is within us- where the true universe resides.

"We did not come to this world to be good, but to be ourselves.” - Jung

If the exterior is all an illusion, then the way to find the true reality is within us- where the true universe resides.
Gnosticism helped Miguel to see the bigger picture - a holistic view of the Universe.

Miguel is the host of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, a popular show on Gnosticism and Hermeticism, ancient and modern
Voices of Gnosticism, as well as the post-apocalyptic vampire epic series, The Dark Instinct Trilogy. Art
Gnostic Journal, The Heretic, Mindscape, Reality Sandwich, and Graham Hancock’s blog. Lectured/app
Hour, The Alan Eisenberg Show (AM 1400 WRJN), Magick Radio (AM 1680 Chicago), Runesoup, Skep
Countercultures Conference at Rice University

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Episode 146: Ariella Daly- The Wild & The Sacred Beekeeping With The Sacred Feminine

Monica Rodgers | Revelation Media LLC — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400

How is the honey bee connected to the feminine? And how does following the bees through ancient myth support dismantling patriarchy?

Meet my guest is, Ariella Daly- she is a dream weaver and bee tender. She's devoted to both the physical and the spirit world, and she synthesizes natural beekeeping, shamanism, dream work, and earth activism through writing workshops and teaching.

Her work combines firsthand knowledge of the honeybee species with an intimate understanding of European bee shamanism. She's known for helping people connect to the wild and sacred through their relationship with bees, nature, the sacred feminine, and the inherent intuition of the body.

At this time - we are in dire need of remembering our own sense of belonging and relationship to the more than human world. And we're looking for how to heal, reconnect, and remember.

Is it possible that other species, ancestors, and myths are seeking us as much as we are seeking them? People are often drawn to Ariella because they are interested in bees and perhaps have a spiritual calling, or perhaps they want to keep bees in a more natural way. But I specifically wanted to bring Ariella onto this episode because of her capacity and talent for dream weaving. I’ve heard her speak in the past, and you'll notice that when she speaks. She weaves a tapestry of mythology, story, and current events in with her work with the bees, and she's most definitely a bridge for tapping more deeply into the mystery that is always right here, She reminds us what we've forgotten- which is how to read the signs and see the symbols and follow that mysterious, generative, feminine energy that is always an invitation to reveal more.

Why the bees hold a special medicine for humanity
Why we can’t help the bees if we continue to believe that we are destroying the planet.
How the movie “The Neverending Story and it's subject “the nothing” play into what’s happening in the world.
What is European Bee Shamanism?
How does the mythology of bees support dismantling patriarchy?
What is a Gyno-centric Tradition?
How is the feminine connected to the bees?
What are the wombic nature of the earth and the hive, and how are women related to this?
Hear about Ariella’s story and her first experience with a bee swarm and the incredible experience and ongoing revelations it provided her
What is the feminine approach to beekeeping?
How else can we be “ecstatically met by the feminine?
How is the symbology of figure 8 related to the bees and to the mystery?
Where do bees live when they are not in hives?
How are bees the embodied gateway to gnosis?