Therapeutic Astrology Podcast

Therapeutic Astrology Podcast by Mannah (TAP) is a place to hang out with the mystery of life, of you, pointed to by the forgotten languages of the soul. We are at the intersection of modern psychology, trauma healing, and inner awakening - with astrology as my foundational perspective. I'm Mannah, an eternal student, but with a neurodivergent brain (and no earth in my chart) I'm better at interviewing my teachers than sitting still in a classroom. I seek to inspire you through my explorative conversations with therapists, authors, healers, creatives, and thought leaders of our time. In common, my variety of guests all counter the fragmented modern lives in one way of another. Where some engage in an embodied spiritual life, others bring researched information to help us understand the nuances of this magical living nature we are in. A note on the Astrology in "Therapeutic Astrology Podcast" Once in a while, I speak to fellow "therapeutic astrologers," and we nerd out on how to combine astrology and therapy in practice, but most of this podcast is interviews with authors who are not that into astrology themselves. The name is based on my preference of combining traume therapy with ancient wisdom, and the fact that in each episode I spend a few moments tapping into my guest's birth chart and relate it to our conversation. I just think astrology should somehow be part of all conversations but not through just talking about it, words can be so limiting, rather, as a cosmological way of sensing into the extraordinary depth of our shared human experience. My language is Evolutionary Astrology, and that is a great fit to modern trauma healing understandings. Let’s TAP in together - no matter where you are at in life, you have a place to call Whole. My english website: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com Mannah, Interviewer & Therapeutic Astrologer Copenhagen, May of 2023

#168 - Joseph Pawson: Dependency and Denial - The Stories That Divide Us 09/04/2026

#168 - Joseph Pawson: Dependency and Denial - The Stories That Divide Us "When our cries go unanswered, we find ourselves having to shout louder. It is easy to see how these attempts to be praised can be misread and labelled incorrectly as arrogance, misbehavior, or being a show-off. As a result, it may feel as if we are being told that our need for mirroring is in some way bad or wrong. In being misunderstood, our developmental needs can be misconstrued, and a distorted story may be told about who we are. Sadly, we often internalize these stories and labels and, in doing so, inadvertently deny and exile the vulnerability of our own needs. Misunderstandings of this nature occur not only during our development, but also in our daily lives." Just one of the MANY great quotes from my psychotherapist -guest today, Joe Pawson, from his book "Dependency and Denial: The Stories That Divide Us" (Karnac, 2026) This became a deep conversation about how we NEED each other. And in a culture that idealizes self-sufficiency, our dependency, our need for others, becomes something we exile and DENY. Joe Pawson talks about how the stories we create protect us from pain, but also separate us, separation from each other and from ourselves. He is excellent with words (AND EMPATHY), so slow everything down and go into a reflective space with us as we talk about: Why our connection to each other can be both the source of our wounds and part of the remedy Anxious and avoidant attachment, and what may exist underneath the attachment styles themselves How falling in love reactivates some of our earliest hopes, fears and developmental wounds Denial as a way of creating maps and stories that make life, pain and trauma more manageable How we can internalize the message that our needs are too much, silly, weak or unwanted The moments in therapy where a client begins to become vulnerable and then suddenly interrupts, minimizes or dismisses their own experience - before the therapist does (?!) We have a long segment on denial in therapy setting- and also we come to talk about the therapist's own vulnerability, the willingness wo be in the unknown How TRAGIC misunderstandings happen when we cannot see the vulnerability underneath another person's behavior Projected vulnerability and what happens as when we see what is ours in other people Buddhist ideas of interdependence, the illusion of a completely separate self and the difficulty of seeing beyond the maps through which we understand reality The idea that the key to reconnecting with greater wholeness may lie precisely in the vulnerabilities we have abandoned THEN I look at Joe's huge Cancer energy and in particular I say something about Mars in Cancer, and we explore Mars as the warrior who can protect vulnerability and tender places- It goes into his relationship to politics and ability to stay with the larger picture rather than concrete and limiting solutions. -IN THE VERY END I challenge Joe to come up with a good not activating ending, as we talk about goodbyes in therapy. I hope you will love this! I have had the book with me all summer and have just enjoyed reading it slowly, taking in his beautifully put words and feeling into my own huge longing for more closeness in this world. PS another quote: "Breaking down can become breaking through when there is someone there to hold us - as we fall apart" !! -Mannah LINKS: the book: my guest: myself: youtube edition: my preferred place to listen: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42782725

#167 - Dr. Sherrie Campbell: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family - Rebuild your HOME - Heal from Family Trauma 08/31/2026

#167 - Dr. Sherrie Campbell: Cutting Ties with Toxic Family - Rebuild your HOME - Heal from Family Trauma Sherrie Campbell, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who specializes in helping healthy people cut ties with toxic family members. She is a nationally recognized expert on family estrangement, an inspirational speaker, a social media influencer, and author of many books on the theme of toxic and abusive family and how to heal while navigating those biological relationships. In this episode of Therapeutic Astrology Podcast, we tap deeply into toxic family dynamics, emotional abuse, boundaries, family estrangement and healing of it! Our conversation centers especially around Dr. Sherries latest published book, "You Are Home: Heal from Family Trauma, Establish Boundaries, and Find a Place of Peace and Safety" from 2026. Sherrie speaks not only as a psychologist, but as a survivor who has lived what she writes about! She describes her own journey of breaking free from a toxic family system, “turning predators into purpose,” healing out loud, and moving toward redemption rather than revenge and in the book she gives a plan of how to rebuild yourself as your own home after emotionally abuse. TAP in as we go into topics such has: • Family estrangement and why going no contact still challenges such a powerful cultural taboo • Why severing ties with family is rarely a sudden decision, but often the end of a very long history of trying, hoping and being hurt again • Therapists can support clients exploring estrangement without imposing their own beliefs and judgements about family • THE WHY of toxic parenting -why they behave as they do don't matter • Closure, maladaptive guilt, gaslighting and boundaries • The central metaphor in the book, is that you are your own house! your own structure that belong to you • We go through the floors, beginning with the basement and our “monsters” • I also ask Sherrie about the term “the bottom will fall out” • Boundaries as different levels of access: the porch, the yard, the fence and, when necessary, no contact • The difference between imperfect parenting and emotional abuse touching on the importance of repair, accountability and making sure a child does not become responsible for a parent’s emotions • Emotional regulation as allowing yourself to fully feel rather than feeling less • The top floor of the house is your autonomy, and being able to reclaime your identity • Radical acceptance versus forgiveness • Becoming your own greatest family and developing a rich inner world that does not depend entirely on other people Toward the end, we move into astrology, exploring Sherrie’s Aries and Libra signatures and her Sun–Chiron conjunction, and the spiritual support she has experienced during some of the darkest periods of her life, esepcially during her Neptune Square. Hope you get much of this one - recommend it for someone who have had to cut ties with family LINKS: Sherries own podcast: Mannah: support me on: watch on youtube: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42618610

#166 - Philip Shepherd: Ground and Heighten Your Sensitivity to Live More Intelligently AND: How to Feel SAFE When Sensitive (p.2.) 08/24/2026

#166 - Philip Shepherd: Ground and Heighten Your Sensitivity to Live More Intelligently AND: How to Feel SAFE When Sensitive (p.2.) "The more sensitive someone is, the more crucial it is that they embody this other quality if their sensitivity is to inform their wholeness rather than disrupt it." & "If our sensitivities open us to the resonances of the world, it is another capacity that enables us to “gather” what is gleaned rather that being overwhelmed or knocked off balance by it: a capacity that enables us to be “collected”—to deepen into our wholeness and assimilate What Is. We might call this integrative quality ‘groundedness’. (Radical Wholeness, 2017, Philip Shepherd - it makes even more sense when read in full context of the book, I just wanted to introduce you to his perspective a little when it comes to sensitivity) Welcome to the second part of my conversation with Philip Shepherd, who is an Embodiment expert, author and co-director of The Embodied Present Process. In this episode we continue to talk about his book RADICAL WHOLENESS, but this time with an emphasis on SENSITIVITY. Basically we learn how sensitivity is a form of intelligence! I begin the interview by quoting him: "When your heart yearns to surrender to the freedom of your wholeness, the journey that beckons is one that has never been made before: no one has ever stepped into your wholeness, and no one can predict where it will take you. You are treading into the unknown. You are opening the body’s sensitivities to the thriving wakefulness of the Present living through your being." THEN here is some of the places we go: -Sensitivity to hearing and understanding what you are here to do/your service -Feeling the necessity rather than being pulled away by society -Feel the earth to bring coherence to the sensitivity, and how we learned not to trust the earth and how that will help us join something larger than ourselves -Sensitivity in the education system - I am here thinking of this quote: "Imagine, for a moment, how radically different an education system would be if 1) its aim were to foster intelligence rather than mere learning; 2) it understood intelligence to be ‘grounded sensitivity’; and 3) it recognized that the attunement of each child’s intelligence to the world is unique." -Reward and punishment, is that the best education? or could we ignite students fire? -Philip shares WHY he cares about sensitivity in the school system -This desensitized realm that seeks to dominate through a top-down relationship -Some ideas on why more people are being diagnosed as autistic -Can we trust the senses? Or the logic more? -Walking in the woods can be while remaining in the head, rather than being in the present, we need to learn from nature -Sexuality and the embodied present process -The wound is reinforced by the school system. Our being and thinking are in fact ONE -Bodyworld,the unity of the self: I am inseparable from the world -Responsebility over idependence -What happens when we shut down sensitivity -Being held by the Present -Reality rather than over ideas about reality -Rather than organizing ourselves and the bind of self-consciousness, we can be organized and guided by the present -My body knows...there is a belonging -Coming back to the body is coming back to sensitivity -A Surrender that EMPOWERS you -Your fluidity -Question what has shaped you, so that you have a choice -Philip - on a listeners request- shares a bit about his bike journey at 17 from England to Japan where he found the limitations of his own culture -HEAR THIS: I knew that if I stayed within my culture, my aliveness would be diminished!!! (Philip is so quotable!) -The pelvic bowl...drop your center of your thinking there -WHEN sensitivity gets dangerous! ...and when it can be SAFE to FEEL Hope you love it. I’ll keep reading Philip Shepherd, and I hope to speak with him more in the future. I feel he has some urgently important things to say to our time, and that his work can be therapeutic even through the way it is written, in a more poetic language that I feel engages more of me than usual. LINKS find this episode on youtube: Find Philip Shepherd here: the embodied practises: Philips books: Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42541890

#165 - Philip Shepherd: Softening Into a Porous Relationship With the Present - Radical Wholeness (p.1.) 08/14/2026

#165 - Philip Shepherd: Softening Into a Porous Relationship With the Present - Radical Wholeness (p.1.) Okay a long quote, but seriously, check it out: "We feel ourselves held within a personal boundary that keeps our life separate from that of the world. It’s hard to appreciate how strangely normalized that state of ours is until we look to other cultures for comparison. When we seek to promote our personal well-being, for instance, we might think about taking the right supplements, eating organic food, exercising regularly and sleeping well. I have no issue with any of that—but it’s based on an assumption that health will be achieved by doing the right things to the body. So our focus is on the self as an isolated entity, as though it were a machine requiring upkeep. For Anlo-Ewe speakers, well-being is something quite different. It has to be, for they experience the self as porous rather than enclosed. For instance, the Anlo-Ewe sense of personhood is described as having a “nonboundedness and a lack of the kind of unitary wholeness of being that is characteristic of Western psychologies of the self.” This reflects the Anlo-Ewe understanding of being itself: “Not stable, being is highly changeable, always in transformation.” (Philip Shepherd, Radical Wholeness: The Embodied Present and the Ordinary Grace of Being,page 15-16 (North Atlantic Books, 2017) I feel this so deeply - I can only hope it reaches you as well, because I am talking life-changing with this interview, feel into what Philip is saying, is my advice in this first of a two-part series on Radical Wholeness. Enjoy this interview with teacher and author Philip Shepherd, who has developed "The Embodied Present Process" (TEPP) together with Allyson Woodrooffe. He is originally an actor, and a counter-culture biker, if I should name it, and the way he shares is also an experience, that might resonate for you too. TAP in with us as we in this first interview speak about: -What deep fitness is about around tapping into the bodies intelligence -How thinking moved from the belly to the head! -Feel-Feel-at-Flesh-Inside -We are in a Story culturally, can we step outside of it? -How the process of balancing presents us with a model in which the self is not encased within a boundary but is oriented in the world by a fluid, felt partnership. -Why we are teaching our children that it’s better to think with a portion of their beings than to think with the whole of their beings -Spatioception is a sense that everyone is born with -Presentation mode that manipulates versus being present that is relationship and receptive -Every sense is felt in the body’s resonance -Our relationship to the body is our fundamental relationship, and the underlying template for all of our other relationships and hiw that relates to the meta-crisis we are in -New terms rather than exteroception and proprioception -a term to tell you where space is in your body! -‘as we relate to the body, so we relate to the world’ -Philip Shepherds personal motto !!!! It is so valuable -Thinking and being are not two different entities -Security and safety -Out primary wound -There is an Inner Ocean in Your Body - You Are Fluid- Breath is an Experience of the World Passing Through You (I considered all this to be the title!!) -Our body's intelligence has been fractured -You can integrate what has been stuck within the body -the body as a bell -A little comment on a significant Pluto transit where it applies pressure to whatever you've been quietly clinging to for a sense of safety, in order to expand conciousness and uncover Truth. I found this date from a talk Philip did, where he mentions the story also in the book, but you can find his bike-story by googling "Philip Shepherd's Bicycle Journey". LINKS Please enjoy these wonderful embodied practises for yourself, that Philip offers here: Here is the book we speak of today: And it is also on audiobook, whereever you listen to books youtube version: See his website here: More Mannah? you got it! /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42440960

#164 - Christina Rodenbeck: Lilith Untamed - Making the Case for Black Moon Lilith: The Astrological Lilith 08/07/2026

#164 - Christina Rodenbeck: Lilith Untamed - Making the Case for Black Moon Lilith: The Astrological Lilith "Somewhere inside you there is a wildness that yearns to be acknowledged and seen, honoured and cherished, brought into the light. That untamed sliver of self is in all of us". Welcome to an insightful and wide-ranging conversation with Christina Rodenbeck about her book "Lilith Untamed: A Guide to the Astrological Black Moon" (The Wessex Astrologer, 2026, the above quote is from the very beginning of the book). Christina has a long experience with tracking Black Moon Lilith (BML) she started from scratch and tested whether the assumptions about the Lilith archetype actually held water, rather than inheriting them. In this episode, she introduces us to some of the key themes of the book and she is totally great at it probably because of her on Lilith placement! Mythologically we can say that Lilith was a Hebrew she-devil/ Adam's first wife, formed from the same clay he was. She refused to lie beneath him during intercourse, arguing they were equals, spoke God's name, grew wings, and flew off to the desert and there accepted that a hundred of her children would die daily! What does this archetype have to do with us? According to Christina Rodenbeck A LOT. The book is her attempt to bring understanding of the astrological Lilith up to date and to make her as important a point in interpretation as, say, the Nodes of the Moon. TAP in with us as we speak about this important and rejected archetype. Some of the points in our conversation are around: -The way Lilith shows up archetypically, in her books Christina lists these 9 ways: Rebel / independent woman- Wild woman / innocent in the wilderness- Adulteress, seductress, sexual vampire / erotically liberated- Victim of abuse / avenger- Killer of infants / mother of millions- Independent woman / serial killer- Femme fatale / sexually fulfilled- The joker- Extraordinary or prolific talent -Examples of public figures as Lilith symbols (extra point there, she stresses that the untamed self of Lilith is gender-fluid !!) -Christinas own client cases plus her own lilith experience right on the day we were meeting! -The space between the true and mean Lilith as a kind of power corridor in the chart, that Christina labels the "Via Lamia" -What it is technically, because Black Moon Lilith is neither planet, asteroid, nor star, but a mathematical point. It is the Moon's apogee, the point in its elliptical orbit furthest from Earth. Kepler identified the point in the 17th century; the name Lilith was only attached in the 1930s. -How Lilth relates to initiations and love affairs -Light and shadow, what else are we -Loving your own Lilith -Tracking BML for example your Lilith Return comes every nine years -Why Christina looks forward to BML moving into capricorn Thank you for being with us!!! Here are some links for you to look at further: LINKS: youtube version: the book: Christina Rodenbeck: and My website: support me by listening to the podcast at /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42368680

#163 - Jack Morrigan: I've Stared Into the Eyes of the Beast - Something Has to Break - We Could be Facing an Actual Apocalypse 07/30/2026

#163 - Jack Morrigan: I've Stared Into the Eyes of the Beast - Something Has to Break - We Could be Facing an Actual Apocalypse "I've stared into the eyes of that beast, and it's shown me what it is. And I'm not looking away anymore. In some ways, that's shattering — but at the same time, it's a relief, because I don't have to pretend that beast isn't there anymore." Spirituel teacher Jack Morrigan shares how he feel unburdened of the need to resist or pretend that things are different than they are! In this interview we hear of Jack's awakening and the start of his profession as a dragon channeler. Jack was originally a junior researcher in psychiatry-related research at UK universities (including the Institute of Psychiatry in London) before a Kundalini awakening experience redirected him toward spirituality and channeling about a decade ago - something he was absolutely not into before!!! But what also happens in this interview is that Jack shares about a very current situation a breaking point he's living through right now. After being "kicked out" from a non-dual spirituality Facebook group he has become aware of something much deeper, that that humanity is facing genuine catastrophe. Listen and I think you will honestly love sinking into it with me, because Jack speaks in such an honest and inviting way or unhurried way, and his voice itself is mesmerizing, so I am incredible thankful for this episode that turned into a firsthand witness account from the underworld, the perception through which Scorpio sees. Another - or in face the same- reason this is a special episode, is that we are right on the full moon with all the shift of nodes into Leo and Aqurius and "The Four Degree Pattern" with Jupiter at 4° in Leo opposing Pluto at 4° in Aquarius and Neptune at 4° in Aries sextiling Uranus at 4° in Gemini - a pattern we expect to turn things around in a massive way, transpersonal planets being involved, also in eclipse season, lots are going on right now! Therefore it is not so strange that Jack is talking about shattering in this interview, where we could relate the theme to say he's in this raw, cracked-open place where even good intentions, his desire to save the world, are revealed to himself as another form of that same need for specialness and control. That's very Leo-South-Node, and the even he shares where a spiritual collective (Aquarius) revealing its shadow use of power (Pluto), because people in the group needed to be "the most awake person in the room" rather than actually awakening. Also just with Neptune in Aries being so activated now, this emphasis on dissolving the mask, the persona we can relate to Jack refusing to be "the dragon guy" all of which I think is part of his personal Neptune square eventually leading to a higher love - And so we could continue to relate and relate to the astrology of our times, but just in essence with the nodal shift what's genuine outweighs what's popular, and a new movement is now seeded, if not in fact rising! From the Plutonian/scorpio phase we outgrow the old psychic architecture first. Anyway thank you for listening LINKS his youtube: Mannah: Youtube edition: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42262480

#162 - John Michael Greer: The Magical Writings of W.B. Yeats - The Reality Behind Folk Belief & Poetry 07/24/2026

#162 - John Michael Greer: The Magical Writings of W.B. Yeats - The Reality Behind Folk Belief & Poetry Quote from the magical writings: "The dead living in their memories, are, I am persuaded, the source of all that we call instinct, and it is their love and their desire, all unknowing, that make us drive beyond our reason, or in defiance of our interest it may be; and it is the dream martens that, all unknowing, are master-masons to the living martens building about church windows their elaborate nests; and in their turn, the phantoms are stung to a keener delight from a concord between their luminous pure vehicle and our strong senses" John Michael Greer is back with us here on tap- this time to talk about his latest book, "The Magical Writings of W. B. Yeats: The Original "A Vision" and Other Essays on Occultism". This collection brings together Yeats' esoteric writings for the first time in one volume, opening a doorway into a body of work that many readers of Yeats have never read!!! We begin with the fact that Yeats' occult writings have long remained "an unfortunate omission" from the literature, before exploring some of the central ideas that run through the collection. John helps us understand the channelled concepts of the Mask, the Will, the Creative Mind and the Body of Fate plus the meaning of the Anti-Self, the constant mediumship and inspiration going on AND the influence of the dead!! We also talk about the striking parallels John sees between Irish and Japanese folk occultism. TAP in with therapeutic astrology podcast as we open to the cosmos an learn with such a brilliant writer and thinker, John Michael Greer, We speak about: -Why Yeats' occult writings remained scattered for so long—and why John decided to collect them. -The power couple of Yeats and Georgina ("Georgie") Hyde-Lees, Yeats' wife and collaborator on the automatic writing that became the foundation of A Vision. -"A mysterious contact is perceptible first in painting and then in poetry and last in prose." -Carl Jung had a copy of "A Vision" -There are four interwoven dimensions of A Vision, quote: ”The first is a study of human personality, the second an innovative system of occult philosophy, the third an account of the cycles of history, and the fourth a description of the afterlife—and all four of these unfold from the same symbolic structure, share the same philosophical outlook, and interleaf with one another in a galaxy of ways.” -How our deepest thoughts sometimes seem to come from elsewhere - a stream of images -The soul's continued development after death -Cycles of history and why civilizations move through recurring phases rather than linear progress -Yeats believed the imagination opens us to "an invisible commerce of reverie and of sleep." -How Yeats wanted to start an order, see this quote: "I planned a mystical Order which should buy or hire the castle, and keep it as a place where its members could retire for a while for contemplation, and where we might establish mysteries like those of Eleusis and Samothrace; and for ten years to come my most impassioned thought was a vain attempt to find philosophy and to create ritual for that Order." -How irish is poetry - see this quote: "An impulse towards what is definite and sensuous, and an indifference towards the abstract and the general, are the lineaments, as I understand the word, of all that comes not from the learned, but out of common antiquity, out of the “folk” as we say, and in certain languages, Irish for instance—and these languages are all poetry—it is not possible to speak an abstract thought." -How Yeats and his wife was great astrologers!!! If you've only known Yeats as a poet, this conversation offers a glimpse into the esoteric vision that informed so much of his work and this conversation with John Michael Greer oh man, it is so informative, inspiring and helpful in explaining these invisible workings. John is a wonderful Gemini as was Yeats! LINKS: the book: Mannah: youtube edition of this programme: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42196615

#161 - Jessica DiRuzza - Neurodivergence & Therapeutic Astrology - Trust Psyche 07/16/2026

#161 - Jessica DiRuzza - Neurodivergence & Therapeutic Astrology - Trust Psyche WARNING: REALLY RICH EPISODE, You will meet Jessica DiRuzza who is a depth psychotherapist and has Trust Psyche School of Astrology and Depth Psychology - For many years, she has been doing what Therapeutic Astrology is all about - that is, integrating the wisdom of depth psychology and astrology, helping people heal through both symbolic and therapeutic conversations. In THIS conversation, you are about to her, we explore exactly that- the meeting of psychotherapy and astrology and our main focus today is on neurodivergence!! Can it be seen in the birthchart? And if so, how? Jessica views neurodiversity as a necessary part of human evolution ! Here are some of what we talk about: -Jessicas embodied astrology practise -The limitation of one session of astrology and the importance of safety, trust, and time when working with trauma and deep psychological change -Meeting each client where they are instead of relying on a single therapeutic model -Neurodiversity and why so many astrologers are naturally drawn to symbolic pattern recognition -The relationship between neurodivergence, trauma, and living in a world that isn't always designed for different nervous systems. This conversation is definitivly with a neuroaffirming perspective !! We both share vulnerable accomodations to a disability -Interventions - is it the right word?? -Jessica shares about "twice exceptional" and how extraordinary gifts can mask invisible disabilities -Hyper- and hypo-sensitivity EXPLAINED really well - and of course remember that our greatest gifts often emerge from the same place as our deepest challenges! -Chiron as a symbol of the universal human wound (what does Chiron have to do with neurodivergence??) -Jessica is big on the value of PARADOX (libra south node perhaps) -Spotting neurdiversity in the chart...well...it is symbolism not causation! -we are reminded of the danger of dogmatism in both astrology and psychotherapy -Why every astrologer works from an underlying metaphysics! -My suggestion of Pisces and Aquarius to have a special relationship with neurodivergence, because of their otherworldliness (Neptune, Uranus, 12 og 11th house signatures of course also) If you know Jessica's work, you'll know she has produced many inspiring lectures and teachings online, see links below: LINKS: Mannah: Youtube edition: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42102300

#160 - Perdita Finn: Mothers of Magic - Summoning the Wisdom of our Ancestors 07/10/2026

#160 - Perdita Finn: Mothers of Magic - Summoning the Wisdom of our Ancestors ”We have more lives than we can imagine to make our dreams come true, to see our prayers answered. To see with the eyes of the dead is to know that our story is a long story with so many more twists and turns and returns than we can imagine. To see with the eyes of the dead is to know that the future stretches before us into eternity and there is all the time in the world for the magic of life itself.” Quote from the book "Mothers of Magic" by my guest today, Perdita Finn, whose work offers a profoundly enriching vision for humanity. As an Aquarius, she embodies the archetype's gift for seeing beyond convention and imagining new ways of being together. Because....Our bodily appetites and our spiritual hungers were never meant to be pulled apart, as she says. TAP in with us as we speak about: -"Mother" is not an individual identity but a collective reality -You don't own your baby - plus one woman should not be responsible for feeding the baby -Male mothers -They are telling us who we should be, not who we used to be! -To call out to mountain mothers, plant mothers and ancinent mothers from BEFORE civilisation -We dont have to heal our dead grandparents -The de-demonizing of talking to the dead -The long story and the empowerent of the dead -What it is to live in the longer story -this quote is essential: "I did not think of my ancestors as a lineage of names to which I was connected biologically but rather an entangled root system of beings who were the very ground from which I grew. All the dead who had ever been were our dead, were my dead, were there for me to call upon when I needed help." -Sugar Addiction seriously!! See this quote again from the book we speak about: ”I needed to dive deep into the depths of time, the depths of my own soul, to call forth the guidance not just of my mother and my grandmother but an entire ocean of ancestral mothers and grandmothers. Only they could help me get sober.” -Addiction and Civilization!!! Maybe we have to trust the long story of our souls—so much longer than a lifetime, a species, or an epoch—in order to find our way back to real sobriety!!!!! -FORGIVENESS (take back the magic) -TO SEE WITH THE EYES OF THE DEAD (before dying yourself) Uh and so much more- stick around for it all, a very inspiring interview! Find more on Perdita Finn here: the book we speak of: Her writings on substack: this episode on youtube: Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/42035820

#159 - Mirek Kanik - Modern Mysticism in Psychotherapy - Being a Modern Mystic 07/04/2026

#158 - Jim Fadiman & Jordan Gruber: The Pre-Science Paradigm-Shifting Case for Microdosing 06/27/2026

#158 - Jim Fadiman & Jordan Gruber: The Pre-Science Paradigm-Shifting Case for Microdosing "Microdosing, like the diminutive hobbits Bilbo and Frodo in The Lord of the Rings, has been able to diversify and develop by not bringing attention to itself; by not worrying about legislation, patent protections, or medical acceptance; and even by not having much concern about current conventional scientific methodologies (some of which are inappropriate for measuring improvements in subjective states)." (From page 279 in "Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance") THIS conversation is so special, and I feel so much love from Jordan and Jim - I mean in a quiet way where it lives inside their curiosity, their presence and openess, plus what you will hear is based on their decades of research. If you have never heard of microdosing, you are about to of course, but also here is some help from their book, where they for one (out several) thing say that microdosing is "a very small dose of a classic psychedelic (LSD, psilocybin, mescaline) and certain additional substances (including Banisteriopsis caapi, Amanita muscaria, and others) that in higher doses strongly alter consciousness." MEET authors & my guests today: James Fadiman, PhD has been professionally involved with psychedelics for more than sixty years. Dubbed the "Father of Modern Microdosing," he developed the protocols and dose ranges that define the practice today. He holds a BA from Harvard and a PhD in psychology from Stanford, has taught at three universities, and cofounded the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Jordan Gruber, JD is a former attorney, writer, and editor with a long-time interest in psychology, psychedelics, and human potential. He has written and edited more than a dozen books across widely varying fields and has been close friends with Fadiman since 1990. Here they are together with me talking about their book: "Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance" from Aeon Books 2025. Join us as we go through themes such as: -Why does the world need this right now? -Can we use alchohol to microdose? -A generation is turning away from alcohol toward microdosing plus the authors say microdosing is already starting to replace alcohol at social events -ADHD medication as stimulants vs. microdosing that is restoring equilibrium so symptoms eventually go away vs. just functioning -Depression & the serotonin myth -Chronic Pain: from being in pain to having pain (when I read the quote I said "I love this" but then when I heard myself say it, I was like...it doesnt sound too good to still have pain, but Jim and Jordan explains very well and we also hear a personal story from Jordan around pain and medication) -We also touch on the connection between microdosing and their earlier work on multiple selves (Your Symphony of Selves)!! so interesting when you are into parts-work & the multimind-model -Should you keep microdosing forever? -What science hasn't caught up to yet -The millennia-long relationship with these plants ("For millennia, microdosing has been one way to become more aware of our relationship with all living beings") -Microdosing is very very popoular BUT its growing popularity has happened without influencers, celebrities or big pharma behind it, which may be exactly why it feels trustworthy -The afterglow from psychedelics and the second-day effect of microdosing -AND very importantly, I think, Jim and Jordans sweet astrological connection! Thank you for listening and share the episode if you feel like it -Mannah LINKS: youtube version: Podimo version: Jim: the book we speak about: also the book we speak about: Jordan Gruber: & MANNAH: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/41837325

#157 - Abbie Rosner - Psychedelics and the Counterculture of Aging 06/19/2026

#157 - Abbie Rosner - Psychedelics and the Counterculture of Aging ”Long before their appearance in the modern West, psychedelic medicines were understood and revered as portals into sacred space.” WELCOME today you will hear about SUCH a progressive and wise theme, when we talk about sacred medicine in older age. In fact it is a revolution— in the role of elders in our society. My guest and author today also write: "What a delight to meet my inquisitive, slightly edgy younger self again! And yet, altering my consciousness in older age, I found the weight of life experience grounded me like an anchor. I knew myself, my mind, my strengths. Years of meditation had taught me how to deal with that old trickster, fear. Now, pot invited me to put on music and dance, dive deep into conversation, and simply ponder life with a joy I’d never known. If that was what happened with cannabis, I couldn’t wait to revisit psilocybin." Her name is Abbie Rosner, she is leading a movement of conscious aging, and in the book she shares not only her own experience but more than 30 older psychonauts share how their psychedelic experiences helped them heal old wounds, align with their authentic selves, and experience profound love and forgiveness. Her book is called "Psychedelics and the Counterculture of Aging" and is published in july of 2026 by Inner Traditions. In this interview we adress topics such as: -Why the focus of baby boomers -Aging before and aging now! -Bringing in psychedelics for the benefits for older adults -How it can help prepare transition: ”Experiencing this paradox of simultaneously being everything and nothing may be about as close as we mortals can get to the divine. It can also extend a level of comfort to the idea of our own mortality. Some find that moving beyond the boundaries of self is useful for making peace with death.” -The shift of consciousness -The experience of being PRESENT -Safety around drugs -and a word that I now love and will use all the time: MULTI-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITIES In the end we touch on the the Leo-Aquarius archetype in Abbies chart that for example show that she will live from a truth that has not yet become conventional which matches the fact that she gives voices to pioneering psychedelic elders. Thank you for being with us, here are some links to look at: LINKS the book: Abbie: myself: youtube: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/41705530

#156 - Dr. Cynthia Li - THE MEDICINE OF FLOW - Just One Conscious Awareness Away - QiGong for Health 06/11/2026

#155 - Angel Millar - Supernatural Woman and the Male Initiate: Bonded Through Dreams 06/07/2026

#155 - Angel Millar - Supernatural Woman and the Male Initiate: Bonded Through Dreams Quote: "Initiations into esoteric societies prepare—or are intended to prepare—the initiate to think about what is beyond life and even what might lie beyond death, and to consider his actions not in relation to his ambition but in relation to the Divine Will. Indeed, the symbolism of death and self-sacrifice is common to initiation rites." (...) "Often, the initiation rite gives the initiate a new body by making it symbolic or talismanic. Most notably, there is frequently special symbolism that relates to the sexual organs. These are no longer the animal organs but acquire some sacred status." Welcome to a very special conversation with Angel Millar, whose quote appears above. His newest book has just been published!! I will just copy his bio from the publisher, Inner Traditions, as my own rephrasing is going to make it worse I’m sure: Author Bio: Angel Millar is a highly esteemed author and lecturer on spirituality, symbolism, sorcery, and self-transformation. He began studying magic and trance in his early manhood and was initiated into the Illuminates of Thanateros in London at the age of 19. Now residing in New York City, he is a certified consulting hypnotist and the author of "The Three Stages of Initiatic Spirituality", "The Path of the Warrior-Mystic", and "Transcend the Chaos". IN THIS CONVERSATION, we touch on topics such as fundamentalism in esoteric communities, dreams and visions that are more than representations of aspects of the personality, true HUMILITY, how sex and self-transformation can come together, encounters with a supernatural woman, how to FEEL if someone is not for you, even if they say all the right words, and in the end, we find out what Angel really thinks of therapy and how his Capricornian nature points us to what is REAL. Angel has a great cardinal (initiatory) nature, so in the astrology corner at the end, we talk about the fusion of what we can call a whole cardinal cross, in fact. I HOPE you too also feel this interview is evocative and worthy of your further exploration and contemplation. LINKS THE BOOK we speak about: Angel Millar simply go to: Mannah: the youtube version of this episode: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/41561655

#154 - David Stokes: Masquerade At The Crossroads of Good And Evil - Holism and Spirit Work in Mental Health and Addiction 06/03/2026

#153 - Jungian Analyst Erica Lorentz: Body as Shadow - Jungs Method of Embodied Healing 05/21/2026

#153 - Jungian Analyst Erica Lorentz: Body as Shadow - Jungs Method of Embodied Healing “In modern culture, our sensitivity to our embodied soul has largely retreated into the shadow. An individual may be an excellent athlete or a consummate dancer, for example, but that does not guarantee a healthy relationship with our sensual authority, emotions, or imagination. Indeed, to excel in these areas and achieve our goals of efficiency and precision, we need to focus acutely on breathing, muscles, bones, and rhythm. This creates false gods of perfectionism and achievement.” (from page 44 of Body as Shadow, 2026) I am so glad to welcome teacher, lecturer, workshop facilitator, supervisor and Jungian Analyst Erica Lorentz to this chapter of TAP. Erica is the author of Body as Shadow - Jungs Method of Embodied Healing, that she just published after many years of conceiving it. Themes that come up include healing of trauma, where do you go during dissociation, trust the somatic unconscious, what does it mean if there is only darkness when you go into your imagination, and what the subtle body is, even though it cannot fully be expressed in words. Erica spontanously shares from this place in the book that magically enough already was more own favorite, both this quote but also other passages around this lunar consciousness: “As we use the radar of our own experience to feel what a client is emitting—sensing something in the field between us that has not yet flickered into focus—we must soften into it. This is a lunar consciousness (in alchemy, a “making of the silver”). Schwartz-Salant (1982) describes what it means to perceive this kind of awakening and sight: ‘This shift of consciousness can be described as a movement from a “solar consciousness” that readily leads to interpretations, into a “lunar consciousness” that focuses upon images and imaginal perceptions. This shift involves an introverted act in which psychic energy—attention and consciousness—is surrendered to the unconscious and to a symbolic sense of oneness, the One Continuum.’ (p. 140) Jung discovered this introverted act in psychic energy, which he called “indirect thinking” (1971), when he followed his soul into the underworld.” Erica has practiced Authentic Movement for many years, and had the experience of healing a serious headache through - she shares how that happened, and we speak a whole lot on Jungian psychology, symbolic journeys, and how the whole embodied soul got pushed into the shadow, and for us to heal, we need to reconnect to it and go into the imaginal creative space. So all in all - I hope you will tap in with us - beforehand Erica had asked me to look astrologically at how the book will be received and so I interpret the Saturn aspects to her natal chart, which are many, to be a place of solid authority and a lasting impact and things becoming real now- Erica mentions the new beginning, and I totally agree that right now and the coming year is big initiation into being her own person, having her own sense of authority rather than having to rely on social expectations - I don't know obviously how anyone will receive her work, but from my own perspective this book was a joy to read, beautifully written and points to what we long for collectively...at least I do. FIND MORE HERE: the book: Mannah youtube version: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/41324565

#152 - Lauren Donelson - Beyond the Information - A Conversation Between Therapeutic Astrologers 05/12/2026

#152 - Lauren Donelson - Beyond the Information - A Conversation Between Therapeutic Astrologers To us, astrology feels completely natural. But for many, it still sits outside the system, also the system of psychology, even though the obviosly go well together. As Neptune is influencing Saturn in a critical way right now, the lines may begin to loosen. This is a conversation with Lauren Donelson, who is a psychotherapist, intuitive healer, and yes, an astrologer. We share the vision of directly usindg astrology in the healing work - so welcome to an echo chamber what we feel strongly about. TAP in with us as we explore rich themes together and Lauren Donelson brings up many important reflections: at one point she says, “they don’t belong to the institutions, they are ours,” speaking about gifts that are often treated as something you need certification to even have them. Here are just a few notes on what we speak about: -How completely obvious it is to use Parts Work/IFS and Astrology together - and examples of how that would look -Embodiment, containing, holding and connecting to medicine plants -Mercurial gifts, both the technical explanatory ones and the more artistic ones -Would you trust an IFS therapist who is not also a registered psychotherapist? -How awful it is that what we can go out and call ourselves titles that relies on what education we were able to buy, and not solely on qualifications -And about the registering...do you trust someone with a register more than you own intuition and if so, I wonder why we became that way... -Ancestral healing -Environmental destruction !!! and justice -Building relationship with the land -Being magic /in Self !!! -and how it is TIME TO LISTEN deeply because the earth is speaking Astrologically, we speak about the whole gamut of Saturn, Neptune and lots of Pisces glimmer in there too, since Lauren and I have that Sun sign in common, and also Uranus through Taurus, because, as I envy in Lauren, she’s got a lot of Taurus energy for embodiment, gardening, connecting to animals and nature, and her music (that we even get a tiny piece of)- It WAS truly refreshing to be with another and very qualified therapeutic astrologer-I really do hope you enjoy it LINKS: youtube: Find Lauren: instagram: find me: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/41262140

#151 - Manda Scott: Imagine Every Human Being Living to Their Fullest Potential 05/09/2026

#150- Phoebe Wyss - Inside the Cosmic Mind: Archetypal Astrology and the New Cosmology 05/04/2026

#149 - Dabney Lawless: THE FUTURE IS HERE - A Conversation Between Evolutionary Astrologers As the World Reshuffles Itself 04/29/2026

#148 - Bob Falconer: You Can’t Heal from Major Trauma Without Connecting to Spirit - Beyond IFS 04/20/2026

#148 - Bob Falconer: You Can’t Heal from Major Trauma Without Connecting to Spirit - Beyond IFS Robert Falconer (Bob) is with us for the third time, and it is such a rich hour. Listen to this one if you want to learn more about what dialoguing with Spirit is, how a domination structure does not want people to have connection to spirit, how it is essential to heal from trauma, and why desire is a very good thing!! TAP in with us and learn more about: -How to let go of the raft (the tools, worldviews, and methods that once helped us can later become limitations if we cling to them) -Distinctions between channeling and dialogue with spirit -Jung’s active imagination as it relates to IFS -How IFS is a raft! Bob's staircase truly excites me -How confusion, cognitive dissonance, and uncertainty are actually the fastest way to grow -ASK: “How do I develop my relationship with this?” -Stand on the Abyss !! -Any person remains fundamentally mysterious!! -the alternative to the "attempt to kill the psyche " -Neoplatonism, theurgy, and the embodied descent of divine energies -Ecstatic energy -REVISION the history of spirituality in the West -Hunger, yearning, and loneliness are not signs of failure but forces that can carry a person home to the divine. Desire becomes distorted only when reduced or controlled -Spirit being plural -How Spirit after the book said: "You have tried to storm the Palace of Wisdom through its sewer system" -How demons keep people chained as long as they remain afraid of them but the way forward is not to violently cut cords -His comments on lasting transformations: be curious about the parts that brought the old structures back, it is a SLOW PROCESS BASED ON LOVE -we go into Bob's current transits as he has Uranus right on his Venus now (29 degrees) and have an upcoming transit of Saturn to his Sun. Major development about to give way it seems and I think his current studies of tantra could be related to his Venus in taurus and his upcoming major book project could be related to Saturn approaching, as he has felt some resistance to it and it is a major work. But it could be many other things going on this life that I do not know about, remember in these interviews I always just guess a bit from what I know whereas in a deep conversation about life events, I would understand the symbolism better- but it does point to that something does not satisfy Bob anymore, it is as if another wisdom establish, that could be a broad way to look at the current and coming energy for him. Of course, as an Aries, he marches to his own drummer regardless. youtube video here: check Bob out here: the book we speak about here: and me here: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/40946335

#147 - Joel Blackstock: Mystical Experiences in Therapy - BrainSpotting & Emotional Transformation 04/14/2026

#147 - Joel Blackstock: Mystical Experiences in Therapy - BrainSpotting & Emotional Transformation Our guest today, Joel Blackstock, is deeply inspiring. Whether you’re passionate about therapy or simply curious, this conversation is getting you there - we explore the natural therapeutic evolution, how pattern recognition is central and then Joel breaks down the differences between EMDR and Brainspotting, and then takes us further into Emotional Transformation Therapy. I highly recommend listening to this one. He shares so many powerful reflections, including: “I want my shadow in the room, so I know where it is” which feels especially resonant coming from a fellow Pluto in Scorpio gen. He also shares his own breakdown and how he had to go through the process himself. He also speaks beautifully about the shift from writing against critics to writing for the people who can actually be helped by his work. We of course also speak of Joel's astrology, where I put an emphasis on his Gemini signature to reflect his ability to research and understand neurology and the brain. It is also his Gemini nature that helps him apply different perspectives at once—and in terms of the current transits, we are looking straight at his Mercury, Jupiter, Sun, and Ascendant, which might mean that in this period of time he will make big decisions around central elements of his life. He will do so with his shadow in the room, as he says, and Chiron is in the room too, meaning his personal trailblazer signature showing itself also on the basis of his willingness to stay present with discomfort, allowing it to evolve into purpose and meaningful action. It is truly life changing transits, but it is also the long term perspective on projects- in fact all these major transits speak of change over a long time, over several years. Mind you that the outer planets make the strongest effect on us, however it often takes a while, as they retrograde and come back around. This means we got time to think for ourselves, then rethink the thinking and then rethink the foundation of ever having thought so... It certainly means that we are in a maturation process. NOW: Lean back, enjoy the conversation, and check out the links below: Joel's podcast here: Here is the first in the series we mention about the history of psychotherapy: or here: Mannah: see our consversation on youtube here: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/40860625

#146 - Justin Wilford, PhD: Your Parts Have a Spiritual Core - Healing Unattached Burdens as Lost Souls in Internal Family Systems 04/11/2026

#145 - Jason D. Batt, Ph.D. - Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine 04/03/2026

#145 - Jason D. Batt, Ph.D. - Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine "What are the deeper psychological needs trying to be met through this new technology? What are the hidden archetypal patterns at play in turning to the prospect of a different kind of mind, a mind not quite human, perhaps a mind that is more than human? In this liminal space, we find a spectrum of fantasies ranging from a coming utopia ushered in by the potentials of these immaculately conceived technologies, to the enslavement or destruction of humanity by rogue AI that has outsmarted its programmers."* WELCOME to such a rich episode, where technological philosopher, mythologist, futurist and author Jason D. Batt is talking in depth with me about AI in a psychological view. Here are some of the themes we go through together - and let me tell you, this is perspective shifting, and AI is going to be completely normal soon, so lets talk about it, here close to the ingress of Uranus into Gemini. -How the book Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence- SOUL AND THE MACHINE came to be -Who decides what soul and humanity is? -What are the deeper psychological needs trying to be met through this new technology? -What is AI really reflecting back to us? How is it the collective unconscious and the deeper patterns shaping humanity? -How humans have always imagined “the other” in robots & artificial beings and AI is now becoming a real version of that -Sci-fi stories have already imagined the reality we are now entering -The importance of being kind to AI as it will develop consciousness (plus it's better for oneself as well) -The myth we are in now -How Artemis II right now will capture a new "Earthrise" -The separation of astrology and astronomy -What Jason thinks of therapy with AI Thank you so much for being with us - Share it with friends and let me know what you think Mannah LINKS: this episode on youtube: the book we speak about: Jasons website: His writings on substack: Mannahs web: *Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine, page 3 /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/40728180

#144 - Kingsley Dennis (p.2) Beyond Conditioning - Connecting to Something Higher - The Modern Seeker & Sage Talks 03/30/2026

#144 - Kingsley Dennis (p.2) Beyond Conditioning - Connecting to Something Higher - The Modern Seeker & Sage Talks This is the second part of our (yes, yours and mine!) meeting with Kingsley L. Dennis, who holds a PhD and works as a full-time writer and researcher. He is the author of more than twenty-five books and numerous articles, making it no small task to choose what to focus on!! But today is long planned job (planned by myself Mannah)of me bringing some challenging questions to Kingsley, as I recently read his 2020 book "The Modern Seeker: A Perennial Psychology for Contemporary Times." We explore what the perennial path is, and how it can be expressed through the modern language of psychology. What are the dangers of going into the occult/spiritual domain if not emotionally stable and how can therapy work together with the perennial need to decondition? Kingsley is AS WE SPEAK ready with a new book for the public called "Sage Talks: Conversations with Gods, Deities, and Avatars" (march 31, 2026) and we of course dive into that too in the later part of this interview. But mostly we go at it with bridging tools/paths for emotional health and a spiritual growth. Modern therapy and the perennial path are not necessarily opposed - but the interesting part is how we get to this point, the process of us understanding each other in this conversation I think. DEconditioning and reprogramming is a HUGE important task. Now then what? What do we replace the old programme with? Well Soulmaking, in his language, is about nourishing the soul with what truly feeds it, rather than living on distractions, substitutes, or forms of “fast food” for the psyche. A central thread in the conversation is that real development requires openness, critically questioning, flexibility and humor! And an underlying theme is the art of communication, because as Kingsley says in the end of this episode: “We are a communicative species.” In astrological terms, we speak of a Mars Mercury conjunction (powerful communicator!) and Libra rising, which points to a soul emphasis on equal relationships. I find this very pronounced in Kingsley because he is always very easy to talk to and consistently invites me into a space of co-creation. Also in this conversation he speaks of allowing others perspectives - that is a Libra skill for sure!! I hope you enjoy it and will reflect with us on these existential and important topics -Mannah link to this episode on youtube: Kingsleys substack: Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/40664935

#143 - Sian Sibley - Black Paths and Green Cathedrals - Unveiling the Green 03/11/2026

#143 - Sian Sibley - Black Paths and Green Cathedrals - Unveiling the Green In her book Black Paths and Green Cathedrals: A Guide to Ecological Paganism, Sian Sibley writes: "greed and gluttony are not just permitted, they are encouraged, driven by a profiteering media that feeds our fears because fear sells. And yet, no one ever tells us what ‘enough’ even means. We are kept hungry on purpose, starved of contentment, because a person who knows they have enough is a person who cannot be controlled." WOW. This wow factor goes all through our conversation. So welcome dear listener to TAP into a conversation about: -How working with trees is very different from working with flowers and plants: flowers are quick, but trees ask us to slow down because they move at a much slower pace than we do -By selling your time, you are giving away the best part of your life -The Industrial Revolution and the enclosure of land helped cut people off from the land and moved them into dehumanizing conditions in towns, mines, and mills -One striking example of dehumanization was the invention of food like the sandwich and the Cornish pasty -Much of modern life has handed our survival over to supermarkets and systems, leaving us deeply dependent and cut off from the sources of life -This disconnect is not just about being “green” in the modern sense of recycling or veganism, but about a root-deep wound in how we see ourselves as above nature instead of within it -What it means to be plant-blind and how admit to being just that -Humans are incredibly new compared to the plant world, yet religion and science have often trained us to think we are superior to it -CRYSTALS! There is no real proof behind claims of “ethically sourced crystals,” and that label often becomes something we tell ourselves to feel better -Sacred plants are also being harmed by spiritual consumption, such as frankincense, where overuse is contributing to the endangerment of Boswellia trees -If people cannot grow food, gather water, forage, or provide for themselves, they become dependent on systems that then hold power over their lives -The drop test: If a plant can anticipate an outcome, alter its response, and remember past experiences, that fits a definition of intelligence ! -Sacred trees appear across cultures, including the world tree in Norse mythology and the enlightenment tree in Buddhism -Many ancient goddesses was nature deities connected to animals, serpents, and the living earth but later mythologies and patriarchal systems have diminished these earlier feminine powers -Plant magic and herbal practice traditionally integrate astrology through planetary correspondences/esoteric sympathies and...So Much Good Stuff in this one!! From Aeon books website: "Sian Sibley is a writer, witchcraft practitioner, and ecologist from Wales, with over thirty years of experience in plant spirit magic. She holds master’s degrees in Biological Science and Ecology and Spirituality, blending scientific insight with esoteric wisdom. As the leader of the DragonOak Coven for 27 years, she has guided practitioners in structured, nature-based spiritual practices that honour both tradition and personal growth." Be well everyone and check out these links: link to the books: link to Sian sibley: link to Mannah: HERE is the VIDEO version: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/40370655

#142 - Maja D’Aoust - Astrology of the Shadow Self- Working with Oppositions in Your Natal Chart 03/09/2026

#142 - Maja D’Aoust - Astrology of the Shadow Self- Working with Oppositions in Your Natal Chart ”Using astrology psychologically is not a recent trend, though; it was widespread among the alchemists of Europe, such as Paracelsus and Athanasius Kircher, who sought to undergo the great work or magna opus of transforming and transmuting the self. Astrology later attracted the attention of Western psychologists and psychiatrists” (quote from Maja D’Aoust) TAP in with us as we speak of: Shadow work, subconscious influences, counter-part, your double ganger and alter-ego and why it is so important and so natural! Here are some of the themes we talk about: -The unexpressed energy in shadow -Doubles and the shade and its role within magical traditions -In the shadow is also our biological instinct and here is a great quote from Maja: ”The impulse and compulsion of instinct serves to keep you and all other life-forms alive. Without instinct, we would not survive; therefore instinct deserves as much respect and veneration as intelligence.” -Identifying with limited information (bias) -There should be no shaming about having a shadow- we are bound to it, living in this reality! -The dualistic nature of the universe -Pagen history and mythology -REMEMBER WHERE YOU COME FROM -Why (we think) social media is toxic now but started as an utopia -Different terminologies and perspectives on the Soul -The need to have more insight on death and the afterlife journey -Grief and love even though there "is no loss" because there is a perception of separation with death -How the I Ching helped Maja realize shadow astrology -Sharing esoteric wisdom and how I find some purpose to talk publicly about books that inspired me -Eclipses and double ganger experiences Rich with information!! Enjoy!!! Find the video version here: -Mannah Find more on Maja here: the book: Mannah: /episode/index/show/512e5124-0d53-49a8-9bca-c32a2c148b24/id/40349530

#141 - Katharina Westblikk - The Path of Esoteric Astrology - Beyond the Individual 03/06/2026

#140 - Maurice Fernandez on Neurodivergence with Uranus in Gemini & on the Global Issue of Spiritual Bypass (p.2) 03/04/2026

#139 - Maurice Fernandez on Past Lives, Karma & Evolutionary Necessity (p.1) 03/02/2026

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