In our first video episode, Mark and Caiyuda trace tattoos as living thresholds: from flaming-dice initiation at 18, to a decade of silence, to ancestry-rooted markings and sacred geometry as integration. We get into rites of passage vs initiation, plant-teacher apprenticeship in Peru, reclaiming Filipino lineage through traditional motifs, being visible online without losing integrity, and the sacred hunt as a way back into the web of life.

LINKS

• Instagram: ⁠@caiyudakiora⁠

• Podcast: Birdsong with Caiyuda (Spotify, YouTube, Apple)

• Website: ⁠caiyudakiora.com⁠

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[00:00:04] First video episode, why this one matters

[00:02:03] “Just another guy” - anti-pedestal humility

[00:06:04] Breakup mirror: the painful turn inward

[00:10:36] From drugs to sacraments: a 180° reframing

[00:11:06] Raindrop / lightning: the calling lands

[00:11:59] Six months later: Peru, ayahuasca & wachuma

[00:16:20] Flaming dice at 18 - pain, threshold, initiation

[00:23:30] Identity on skin: bands, “be the change,” jaguar

[00:28:19] “The plants saved my life” - from self to relation

[00:34:00] Rite of passage vs initiation - clean distinctions

[00:43:40] Returning to Philippines: lineage, tattoos, repair

[00:51:10] Armour & order: Filipino motifs + sacred geometry

[00:54:50] Being seen online: voice, Chiron, and boundaries

[01:08:00] Sacred hunt: reverence over factory-farmed distance

[01:20:30] Soul (descent) vs Spirit (ascent); Plotkin’s lens

[01:27:20] On thresholds: answer the call, honour the season

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