Feathermane Soul Wisdom

Well that was a longer than expected pause to the show. Between technical issues and illness, I swear it was just April a few moments ago. Right? Right? Nothing has happened, right? You can laugh. It’s okay. But we are back. A brief explanation as to why we were gone for so long.

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Religion has become a bad word because of the actions of some groups and individuals. For those who wish to reclaim religion in their lives, it’s important to reenvision what religion looks like. How could we cultivate safety within a religious framework? What would that look like?

In this episode, I’m going to talk about reenvisioning religion to include safety in all its facets.

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Welcome to the first interview on Feathermane Soul Wisdom. I hope to do more interviews and if you’d like to be a guest on the show reach out!

About My Guest

Lane Smith is a transmasculine nonbinary writer with over 20 years of experience as an activist, organizer, and Tarot reader. They have been involved in struggles against war, the death penalty, attacks on LGBT rights and body autonomy for marginalized genders and birthing people, police violence, and apartheid. They have worked as a social worker in prisons, and in the field of harm reduction with people who are at risk for HIV/AIDS. With a professional Master’s degree in Social Work and an academic Master’s degree in Humanities and Social Thought, Lane expresses their ideas in clear, nonacademic language in the interest of putting social justice values into practice. Lane is the editor of the Tarot & Politics zine, and a member of Solidarity Tarot where they live in Baltimore City, Maryland.

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About the Book

A guide to reading Tarot as a spark for community engagement and social change

“A beacon of insight and action.” —Nyasha Williams, author of Black Tarot and I Affirm Me

The cards in the Tarot deck offer seventy-eight invitations for change, not only in our inner life, but beyond. Lane Smith invites us to read each card with an eye toward the collective—how we can contribute to liberation in the world.

Smith shares, “Behind every story about Tarot—and about the world—are power relationships which are often invisible.” 78 Acts of Liberation examines the structure, history, and components of Tarot through the lens of power, helping us better understand power dynamics in our life and in society.

After a brief history that highlights often-ignored aspects of Tarot’s past, Smith guides us through each card with reflections about clarifying our values and putting them into action. The cards are organized numerologically so that each number corresponds to a type of action, from Ones as Acts of Initiation to Tens as Acts of Generation. Every individual card offers questions for personal reflection and social consideration. Each Major Arcana card is illustrated with an example from a social movement—from the Indigenous Water Protectors to #MeToo—that illuminates how we can put the power of these timeless archetypes into action today. Every Minor Arcana card is linked to a practical and actionable term to know or skill to practice. 78 Acts of Liberation helps us explore:

• What our core values are, and how we can put them into action

As Smith explains, “Truth alone will not set us free. We have to act on it.” This guide offers inspiration for action—action that can feel joyful, hopeful, freeing, and empowering.

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Something I’ve been thinking a lot about is how religion is broken and so I’ve started a new series here on the podcast. In this first episode of the series, I’m going to talk about what I hope to gain out of this series and the role capitalism plays in breaking religion.

I’m curious to hear your thoughts so as always, feel free to leave me a comment.

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In this episode, probably the first of a few part series, I talk about what it means to rethink our spaces. If we are to move in and through the world as our authentic, embodied selves, then we need to create spaces that allow for this and do so in a way that welcomes everyone to be their own authentic selves. I know this is a deep topic, and one I can’t possibly begin to tackle in 20 minutes, but hopefully I can begin a conversation that will continue.

What would recreating spaces look like to you? And how would you recreate the spaces you in habit on a daily basis?

Let’s move toward authenticity together.

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It can be easy to think that it’s not spiritual to be anger, to have rage, and yet, if we’re thinking about our lives as fully embodied beings, then of…

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In Wakanda Forever Suri said “I want to burn it all down”, and I felt those words in my bones. In the face of unimaginable loss, grief, and anger it is natural to feel as if you want to “burn it all down”. In this episode I talk about living as an embodied being by acknowledging and validating your emotions, not gaslighting yourself, and how to keep from being burned up when you’re in the throes of anger.

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