It is through land that we find ourselves. It is through lineage that we return to ourselves. It is through community that we expand ourselves. In this age of disorienting change and fracture, let us wander within our daydreams of another way of being.
TOPICS:
A Western suburban childhood- television, processed food, malls, and fear of nature’s dangers
Evolutionary Mismatch Theory: our human bodies were not made for these times
We are living in the Eremocene: The Age of Loneliness
The medicine of women’s circles and the two questions that should be central to each gathering
The collective yearning for ritual and embracing the awkwardness of not knowing what you’re doing
Repercussions of the Burning Times
We do this reclaiming work for our descendents, knowing we may not reap the fruit of our labors in this lifetime
Listening to what the soul of your home wants
Connecting to lineage with food and folklore
How an offering of food from a stranger saved Becca’s ancestors’ lives
Connecting with our ancestors in Mythic Time: what stories from your lineage are ever happening?
The echoes of the electroshock therapy Becca’s grandmother underwent & how writing Root and Ritual completed an ancestral storyline
Musings on women in the 1960s, twilight births, the rise of consumerism and isolated living
The world we were born into is gone: the end of the Pax Americana and the unraveling of culture and collapse of institutions
We need to grieve as a culture so that we can be responsive to what’s next
Your body is sacred land
Parenthood and postpartum in the modern age
Mothering as ancestral reverence
Calling in energy from unexpected sources
RESOURCES:
RootandRitualBook.com
BeccaPiastrelli.com
Becca’s Instagram
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!)
My website MythicMedicine.love
Take our fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? Quiz
Medicine Stories Facebook group
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
A Hunter Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein
The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World: The Essential Guide to Women’s Circles by Jean Shinoda Bolen
My interview with Toko-Pa Turner, Medicine Stories podcast Episode 41 The Dreaming Channel and Remembering Ourselves Home
My blog post Ancestral Voices, Women’s Weariness, and the Illusion of Linear TimeFamily Constellations
Becca’s interview with Megan McGuire on the Belonging Podcast: Mothering as Ancestral Reverence
Becca’s interview with me on the Belonging Podcast: Motherhood, Grief, and the Grandmother Hypothesis
51. Maternal Mammalian Ecstasy: The Ancient Hormonal Blueprint for Optimal Birth and Bonding - Sarah Buckley
50. Kneeling to the Earth: Herbalism is Remembering - Rosemary Gladstar
49. Grieving the Spirits of the Land & Bringing Healing to the Ancestors
48. Matriarchy in Action & Ancestor Assisted Birth - Emilee Saldaya
47. Rose Medicine: Softness & Strength From the Queen of the Flowers
46. Sex, Trauma, Magic, & the Ancestors - Pavini Moray
45. The Deepest Magic: To Know Yourself, Know Your Ancestors
44. Animism: Coming Into Kinship with All Life - Daniel Foor
43. A Plant Spirit Healing Story
42. You Are Your Own Healer: Earth Intuition & Self Knowledge - Asia Suler
41. The Dreaming Channel & Remembering Ourselves Home - Toko-pa Turner
40. Ancient Medicine & the Love of the Ancestors - Atava Garcia Swiecicki
39. Kitchen Herbalism: The Body Remembers - Kami McBride
38. Healing Our Indigenous European Ancestors - Lyla June
37. Ancestral Legacies, Lost Cultures, & Personal Mythmaking - Janelle Hardy
36. Magic Makes Us Human & Plants Keep Us Rooted- Rebecca Altman
35. Giving Life to Songs & Babies - Alela Diane
34. Womb Wisdom, Addiction, & the Way of the Wounded Healer - Anja Robinson
33. Root Cause Medicine & Breasts as an Intuitive Center - Anja Robinson
32. Having Cancer, Facing Grief, & Choosing Your Own Healing Path - Tara Coyote
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