The Sensory Character of Vision - with Mama D Ujuaje
WILD ALCHEMY RADIO
Mama D is an independent researcher and learning facilitator in decolonising food and nourishment. Here we journey through the sensory character of vision, movement, and the economic and socio-political role that food and consumption plays in our lives. We explore ways in which we can learn to live in symbiosis and co-create with nature, in order to nourish our collective future. We are in Epping Forest, which is primarily made up of oak, hornbeam and beech trees with some silver birch and holly. We begin our journey with a recording of an ancient beech tree. We end with an invitation to dance...
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May The Spores Be With You - with Darren Springer
WILD ALCHEMY RADIO
Darren Springer is a mycologist, organic horticulturist, teacher and researcher. In this episode we discuss the role of mushrooms in cosmology, panspermia and the transhumanist theories of his teacher Kilindi Iyi, organic technology, healing trauma through psychedelics, the role of food within community, the alchemy of composting and cultivation as a transformational process.
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Vana - with Shaneihu Yawanawa
WILD ALCHEMY RADIO
Shaneihu Yawanawa is the tribal leader of the Yawarani village in the region of Acre, deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. While spending time there last year exploring plant medicine, indigenous wisdom and recording plant frequencies, I recorded this interview with Shaneihu where we discuss the relationship between people and plants. We begin with a frequency recording of the sacred Ceiba pentandra, a tree known to the Yawanawa people as Samauma. We leave you with a recording from Shaneihu’s album, this track is called Ui Paire and the album Kanaro is available on Spotify. Wild Alchemy...
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The Alchemy Of Death - with Tree Carr
WILD ALCHEMY RADIO
Tree Carr is an author, dream guide, death doula, mystic, filmmaker and musician. Here we talk through the dying process, dream states, the out of body experience, astral projection, funerary herbs and explore ways of dying and navigating the afterlife both as the deceased and as the bereaved. A note of caution – our discussion is thorough, open and graphic and some might find the content disturbing.
info_outlineDarren Springer is a mycologist, organic horticulturist, teacher and researcher. In this episode we discuss the role of mushrooms in cosmology, panspermia and the transhumanist theories of his teacher Kilindi Iyi, organic technology, healing trauma through psychedelics, the role of food within community, the alchemy of composting and cultivation as a transformational process.
We begin with a recording of the oyster mushrooms that are growing in the disused coalholes at Somerset House. This is where Darren takes the coffee waste from the café to grow the mushrooms, which in turn supply the café and restaurants. This is part of the onsite Edible Utopia programme, where Darren lectures on mycology and mushroom cultivation.
We end with a meditative journey from Darren. We have also co-created a t-shirt campaign to raise funds for the GROW project at Totteridge Academy where Darren is involved in setting up an accredited Mushroom Academy for school students to introduce them to mycology and to develop skills and knowledge around health and well-being, sustainability and regenerative culture. Go to Everpress and look for May the Spores be With You to support the project.
You can explore more of Darren’s work via his Edible Utopia project at Somerset House, various lectures and workshops, his Talking Slop podcast and in his May the Spores Be With You article in the Earth edition of our Wild Alchemy Journal. You can find him at darrenlebaron.com and @darren_le_baron