A show inviting former guests and religious family for a discussion on the experience of women in Afro-descendant and African Traditional belief systems especially when coming from other traditions, cultures and ethnic backgrounds.

Bokono Sylvain Kuassi is a specialist in Divinatory Arts. Divination helps you on the path to "Know yourself" in order to love your life better. He is the president and founder of a Non-Profit Organisation called ONG LA PHE and is an author of several books on self-knowledge and awareness through the FA and other divinatory and spiritual systems.

Ancestral Eyes S2 E5 welcomes Ken Allen the "Muskogee Magi" and his The Wizard's Table cohost Mistress Bee!

Our guest this week hails from Florida, he is the “Miko” Chief of one of the Muskogee First Nations clan in Wakulla County, Florida and an ordained Catholic Priest of the Magdalene Church.

Utilizing his intuitive gifts and ability to communicate with Spirits since the age of 11, he sees the world and the use of different spiritual modalities through the lens of Chaos Magic. This form of magic ascribes to the fluid, non-dogmatic, principle of tapping into various spiritual and magical modalities as a situation requires, without being beholden to any one spiritual belief-system or construct.

Leveraging years of study and practice in Seiðr, Voodoo, Hoodoo together with his Muskogee First nations healing magic, he serves his community in administering guidance, counselling and comfort through a "whatever it takes attitude" to get it done. His practice includes performing healing rituals, conjure, ceremonies and even exorcisms. He is a dynamic force to be reckoned with on all levels. He has launched his new Podcast The Wizard's Table in 2021 and his next episode is tomorrow, Saturday, March 13th with his guest Patti Negri on the RU Media Network LLC.

Mistress Bee was born and raised in Washington State with two loving parents and two wonderful, and ridiculous, brothers. She received a Bachelors of Science in Forensic Anthropology in 2017 from Central Washington University and relocated to Florida in 2018. Bee comes from a Christian background and did not start delving into her craft until her early 20's. She has always had incredible intuition and empathic abilities and channels that with tarot and candle magick. While she is a relatively new practitioner at 26 years old, she is full of curiosity and a fire to learn more.

Please join us as we are excited to bring him to our show.

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Bio: Andrea Savarwears many hats in this life including mother, gallery owner, jewelry designer, artist and author but the one that she says goes to her core is that of a practitioner in the mystical arts.

Andrea’s learning began as a child with a family that nurtured all of their unique gifts in a tradition that combined the Italian ways with the Pacific Northwest pioneer life and Persian mysticism.

The first lessons in the old ways took place in the garden, where plants and their magickal properties were passed down from one generation to the next. The language of gemstones is also part of an enduring tradition as Andrea was often swept away with the family in search of unusual gemstones and antiquities. Growing up with gem importers for parents and a gemologist grandfather, the songs and stories of each stone have been present since childhood.

It is the deeply held belief that woven through story, ancestral food and connection to the land, the mystical life is one that is best when shared with others. This has led to the creation of a one-year course Andrea is teaching with the Inner Alchemy Collective delving into the ways that we can work with the plant world as we would with our ancestors.

Published Works: The Curious Ways of the Winships, A Curious Spring Fever, The Curious Voyage of a Lost Soul, Evolutionarium – Air, The Curious Coloring Book – Faery Forest, The Curious Coloring Book – Mermaid Lagoon

Education: BA in Foreign Language from Seattle University and L’Université Grenoble, BS in Mathematics from Seattle University, Post Graduate degree from Seattle Pacific University in Language Education. Reach her at http://www.andreasavar.com

If you would like to be a future guest on our show, please write to us at [email protected]!Bio: Andrea Savarwears many hats in this life including mother, gallery owner, jewelry designer, artist and author but the one that she says goes to her core is that of a practitioner in the mystical arts.

Andrea’s learning began as a child with a family that nurtured all of their unique gifts in a tradition that combined the Italian ways with the Pacific Northwest pioneer life and Persian mysticism.

The first lessons in the old ways took place in the garden, where plants and their magickal properties were passed down from one generation to the next. The language of gemstones is also part of an enduring tradition as Andrea was often swept away with the family in search of unusual gemstones and antiquities. Growing up with gem importers for parents and a gemologist grandfather, the songs and stories of each stone have been present since childhood.

It is the deeply held belief that woven through story, ancestral food and connection to the land, the mystical life is one that is best when shared with others. This has led to the creation of a one year course Andrea is teaching with the Inner Alchemy Collective delving into the ways that we can work with the plant world as we would with our ancestors.

Published Works: The Curious Ways of the Winships, A Curious Spring Fever, The Curious Voyage of a Lost Soul, Evolutionarium – Air, The Curious Coloring Book – Faery Forest, The Curious Coloring Book – Mermaid Lagoon

Education: BA in Foreign Language from Seattle University and L’Université Grenoble, BS in Mathematics from Seattle University, Post Graduate degree from Seattle Pacific University in Language Education. Reach her at http://www.andreasavar.com

If you would like to be a future guest on our show, please write to us at [email protected]!

Ancestral Eyes S2 E3 - Happy Chinese New Year 2021 Xīnnián kuàilè!!! gōng xǐ fā cái!!!

Ancestral Eyes S2 E3 - Happy Chinese New Year 2021 Xīnnián kuàilè!!! gōng xǐ fā cái!!

Brief Chinese New Year 2021 Show.

Ancestral Eyes S2E2 “ROUNDTABLE discussion” welcomes back Daniel Barreiro, (Bokonon Dafodji of Abomalé-Kpenglá Vodoun-Fá Community in Uruguay) and Oluawo Nelson Freire Ifabiyi, Ifaworld Conference with your hosts Teresa Sliwinski and Jean-Jerome C. Baudry (Awo Ifálọdún Akínyode, AP)

Daniel is a Bokonon in the Fá Agbassá Vodoun-Fá line, initiated in Benin-Abomey 7 years ago, Writer and Cultural Advisor. He studied at the University of the Republic-Faculty of Psychology and is currently carrying out studies in a Bachelor of Anthropology-Archeology at the Universidad de la República, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences

Our second special return guest is Baba Ifabiyi, Nelson Alvarez who was born in Habana Cuba and was initiated to Obatala and to Ifa by the customs of the Regla de Ocha-Ifa in Cuba 40 years ago. Baba Nelson later travelled to Mexico DF, Mexico where he became the Vice-President of the Sociedad Yoruba de Mexico under Leonel Gamez, Oshe Niwo. He later founded the Ifa World Conference, a nonprofit organization focused on research on the Ifa and Orisa practice from a Lineage in Lagos studying both the language, practice and customs and reconciling them with the Afro-Cuban practice. Ifaworld Conference has worked with the Consejo Cultural Yoruba de Canada and also the VODOUN-FA BOKONON ABOMALE-KPENGLA Community of Uruguay to also study and compare practices between Fa-Gbassa Vodoun Fa and Regla Ocha-Ifa of Cuba.

Our discussion tonight will focus on the Spiritual Guide as seen from Fá Agbassá Vodoun-Fá and with commentary and comparison to Yorùbá Ifá-Òrìsà and Afro-Cuban Regla de Ocha-Ifa . We will look at the central role that the Ancestor or "Djoto/Guia Spiritual" plays in a person's spiritual journey or mission and how that takes shape in terms of the Yoruba concept of “Ori” and the Vodoun-Fá concept of the “Se”. We will also talk about the process of Ifá/Fá divination and the concept of the Ancestral Guide Divination. We will pull from both the historical, abstract and modern-day actual practice of these West African traditions as well as concepts that stem from Egypt and Mesopotamia.

We will also talk about the Book "Noire" written by Bokono Dafodji, now on sale through the Consejo Cultural Yorùbá de Canada, at https://consejoculturalyoruba.ca/shop.

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Ancestral Eyes S2 E1 News and Announcements with your hosts Teresa Sliwinski and Jean-Jerome C. Baudry!

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Ancestral Eyes E34 Season 1 Recap with your hosts Teresa Sliwinski and Jean-Jerome C Baudry!

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Ancestral Eyes welcomes back Kabiyesi Ifagbemi Faseye Efunsola on Episode 33 of our show with special guest Gbolahan Macjob, journalist BBC World Service with your hosts Teresa Sliwinski and Jean- Jérôme C. Baudry!

Our main guest:

Kabiyesi Ifagbemi Faseye Efunsola talks about the Ifá-Òrìsà Indigenous worship and his 28 trips to West Africa including Nigeria, Republic of Benin and Togo for the purposes of initiations and religious study. On this special edition return show, he also announces his Oba Òrìsà Obatala of America title after all religious rights were done in Ile Ife by the spiritual Head of Obatala in Ife Obalesun.

Baba Faseye began his formal, comparative religious study in 1998. For over 20 years now he has diligently served my community as a healer, diviner, educator, and steward of indigenous spiritual tradition.

Before becoming a respected leader in the tradition, he underwent many years of study and practice as an Ifa priest (Babalawo), communicating with the Spirit of Destiny known as Orunmila in order to divine a person’s destiny and, when needed, make edits or changes to this destiny through ritual (or, ebo).

As a leader within this culture and tradition, he also specialized in various other forms of divination such as mirror and water gazing, cowry divination and other mystical spiritual disciplines in order to assist devoted seekers to find working solutions to many of life’s various challenges.

For more information on the Ifá-Òrìsà Indigenous worship and Baba Faseye's practice, please visit her website: https://oracleifa.com/

Our second special guest: GBOLAHAN MACJOB is a Multimedia journalist at BBC World Service. He is an author and filmmaker. Being an Ifa devotee since 2014

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Ancestral Eyes E32 welcomes Brian Walsh, Storyteller, Psychotherapist, and Spiritual Care Provider with your hosts Teresa Sliwinski and Jean-Jerome C. Baudry!

Brian Walsh is a Registered Psychotherapist and Professional Storyteller.

As a CRPO Registered Psychotherapist, Brian works with individuals and groups providing spiritually informed psychotherapy, in both private practice and a hospital setting.

As a Professional Storyteller, Brian has told Celtic stories at numerous venues, including the Toronto Storytelling Festival; while guest lecturing at the University of Toronto; on stage at Dundas Square; and deep in the woods, around a campfire with friends.

Brian has a background in World Religions, Celtic Studies, and Spiritual Care, with a B.A. from the University of Toronto, an M.Phil. from the University of Wales, and other graduate-level training from the University of Toronto. Brian is especially interested in the intersection of Spirituality, Mental Health, and Narrative.

No matter which of his many hats Brian is wearing, Story is at the heart of his practice.

To contact Brian Walsh please visit his website: www.brianwalsh.ca

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