This week on The Circle, we go all in on the Magician archetype through a queer lens with guest Stan Rain, founder of the Naked Dojo. Together we explore the Magician’s gifts of creativity, imagination, and transformation—and the shadow expressions of the manipulator and the innocent one—through real stories and Internal Family Systems. We also step into modern wizardry with Stan’s AI co-facilitator, TONI, and ask what it means to use powerful tools in service of intention rather than manipulation. This episode blends archetypal psychology, embodiment practice, consent-minded facilitation, and conscious technology to help you bring more clarity, play, and power to your Magician in daily life.

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00:00 — Welcome and Intro to the Magician Archetype
 02:00 — Meet Stan Rain
 04:05 — Four archetypes overview and why they matter
 07:18 — Painter’s palette metaphor for choice and balance
 09:22 — Who is the Magician: creativity, imagination, manifesting
 12:40 — Play as a practice: Lego blocks and adult tinkering
 16:10 — Curiosity and experimentation in movement and art
 18:45 — Shadow states: manipulator and innocent one
 22:28 — Safety, queerness, and why shadow shows up
 25:36 — IFS parts and relating to shadow without shame
 28:30 — Using shadow skillfully and the Star Wars analogy
 31:05 — Hypnotherapy as conscious influence and intention
 34:02 — Awareness, intention, and skillful use of power
 36:45 — Enter TONI: AI co-facilitator in a breathwork container
 40:00 — How TONI runs timing, music, and context
 42:30 — Boundaries: what AI should not say in a healing space
 45:18 — Mirror effect of AI and why intention is everything
 48:00 — Emptiness, projection, and staying grounded in purpose
 50:35 — Practical takeaways: questions to invite your Magician
 53:10 — Human creativity at the core, tech as a tool
 56:05 — First steps for listeners new to archetypes
 58:20 — Closing ritual and gratitude