Sylvie Shiwei Barbier Co-founder of Life Itself and Ritual Artist calls upon the necessity of re-imagining and committing deeply to the role of the spiritual warrior. A path of vows, communal bonds, shadow work and ethical restoration.

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About the episode:

In this interview with Jacob Kishere, Sylvie presents new work on why we need spiritual warriorship and what that means in community. Sylvie shares about her undertaking of spiritual warrior vows and we dive into what role mutual accountability takes in creating powerful communities. She foregrounds the importance of both shadow work and contexts for ethical restoration that can heal victim-perpetrator dynamics in culture and community.

This dialogue connects with The Second Renaissance Manifesto and The Life Guild

Chapters:

1:33 Why the spiritual warrior?

3:41 The feminine, the mother, and warrior energy

4:00 The creation of the Life Guild

5:47 Spiritual warrior vs spiritual person

9:10 Boundaries and sovereignty

10:35 Taking spiritual warrior vows

12:48 Receiving and forming bonds of accountability as a spiritual warrior

16:51 Victim and oppressor dynamics, responsibility, and shadow work

18:29 Shadow work must account for, heal, and integrate our experiences as both victims and oppressors

20:50 Call out culture and #MeToo

21:11 We must heal both perpetrators and victims

26:30 Confession without the possibility of forgiveness

29:54 Spiritual community, spiritual bypass, and shadow work

38:23 Why I’m excited about the second renaissance

48:41 Men and women’s work

About Sylvie Shiwei Barbier:

Sylvie Barbier is a French-Taiwanese performance artist, entrepreneur and educator. She co-founded Life Itself to build a wiser future through culture, space and community. https://lifeitself.org/people/sylvieshiweibarbier

About Jacob Kishere:

Jacob Kishere is a dialogue facilitator, rapper, philosopher and writer. He is the creator of SENSESPACE, author of Culturepilgrim and co-founder of The Resonant Man. www.jacobkishere.com

Production by Jacob Kishere & SENSESPACE Studio

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