Mystical Musings

Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird continue their conversation about the thinning veil and the possibility that some of the presences we encounter may be aspects of ourselves. Through Samael’s reflections, they consider how the veil shifts for each person, how to make an energetic map of what we discover, and what it might mean to see through the prisms of the apparent, the shadow, and the possibility. A bone reading, a musical journey toward connection, and Samael’s closing invitation to delight bring this exploration back to curiosity, integration, and wonder.

In This Episode

• Ancestors, higher selves, and the possibility that a familiar presence may carry an aspect of our own energy
• How experiences of the thinning veil may change as the season turns
• Journaling and mapping what you encounter so you can find your way back later
• Samael’s image of the apparent, the shadow, and the possibility
• Jennifer’s bone reading and the sun appearing within her circle
• Music as a gift that can soothe and support spirits
• A channeled musical journey for connecting with other aspects of yourself
• Samael’s invitation to welcome delight, wonder, and the child-self

Journey Through This Episode

• 00:00 — Returning to the question of ancestors and other aspects of ourselves
• 04:00 — The swimming-pool metaphor: gathering what we can while the veil is thin
• 07:00 — Journaling, recording, and making an energetic map for later
• 10:00 — Higher selves, parallel lives, and walking beside yourself
• 11:30 — The apparent, the shadow, and the possibility
• 19:30 — Letting the exploration integrate before asking for more
• 22:00 — The sun in Jennifer’s bone reading and the circle around home
• 25:00 — The bone kit, meaningful objects, and what finds its way into a practice
• 29:00 — Samael’s message on doors in parallel and welcoming your other aspects
• 32:00 — A musical journey to support connection with yourself
• 34:00 — Music as nourishment and comfort for spirits
• 35:30 — A listening note before the immersive musical journey
• 37:00 — Channeled musical journey
• 50:00 — Samael’s closing message: let delight and wonder accompany the work

Musical Transmissions

• Channeled musical journey — Jennifer offers an expansive transmission intended to support connection with other aspects of yourself and to help listeners sense beyond the veil. It is an immersive experience and is not suitable for driving or activities that require focused attention.
• Music for soothing spirits — Jennifer and Tava mention Peace and Release and Soul Soothing as tracks Tava has used to support unsettled spirits. Both can be streamed at https://amnivara.com and downloaded through https://amnivara.bandcamp.com.

Continue Exploring

• Amnivara: https://amnivara.com
• Amnivara on Bandcamp: https://amnivara.bandcamp.com
• Listen to Mystical Musings: https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com
• Tava Baird’s books and work: https://www.tavabaird.com/books

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

As Samhain approaches, many people are feeling more energy, more activity around the unseen, and a stronger sense of presence. In this episode, Jennifer and Tava follow an unexpected message from Samael into a possibility that changes the shape of the conversation: could some of the spirits we encounter be other aspects of ourselves, reaching across time to offer support, guidance, or a nudge toward something we have not yet been able to see? Along the way, they explore the season’s “lifting fog,” the need for rest and grounding, and how to tell when an experience feels uncomfortable versus unsafe.

ACCESS A FREE 28 MIN HEALING SESSION FOR SUPPORT HERE - https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/track/healing-for-these-times-samhain

In This Episode

• Why the veil may feel especially thin around Samhain
• Samael’s message: “Doors in parallel. Paths of concurrency.”
• The possibility of encountering other aspects of ourselves
• The difference between visiting and being visited
• Why heightened energy can leave people feeling unsettled, reactive, or worn down
• Giving ourselves and others grace while staying grounded
• How to distinguish an uncomfortable experience from an unsafe one
• Ways to invite, recognize, and listen for other selves
• Reasons another aspect of you might appear, including support, a nudge, or help with a repeating pattern
• Jennifer’s reflections on her great-grandfather and a shamanic version of herself

Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — Samhain, ancestors, and heightened energy
04:00 — Opening musical transmission
10:00 — Samael’s message: “Doors in parallel”
21:00 — The lifting fog and visiting other realms
26:00 — Grounding, rest, and giving people grace
41:00 — Discernment: uncomfortable or unsafe?
46:00 — How to begin meeting other selves
52:00 — A song for deeper guidance
56:00 — Recognizing yourself and understanding why you might visit
01:08 — Listening for what resonates
01:12 — Closing musical transmission

Musical Transmissions

• Opening song with invitations to Archangel Michael and Mary Magdalene
• A song supporting Samael’s deeper responses
• Closing song for Samhain exploration - Connecting With Yourself

Continue Exploring

Explore Amnivara — https://amnivara.com
Jennifer’s Music & Sound Recordings — https://amnivara.bandcamp.com
Tava Baird — https://www.tavabaird.com

This podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only. It is not medical, psychological, or professional advice. Jennifer and Tava share personal experiences and evolving perspectives as they learn and grow.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

In this episode, Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird continue exploring Samael’s message about a shift in our relationship with ancestors and guides: what if, at times, they are turning to us for wisdom and care? The conversation moves through intentional lack of control, compassion as a space we can hold without needing to fix anyone, and the possibility of loosening our grip on inherited stories. They also reflect on boundaries, chosen family, hope, and the idea that explaining Amnivara simply may help Jennifer find new clarity. The episode includes a channeled song of perspective and possibility. If you haven’t heard last week’s episode, please start there first.

In This Episode

• The seeker becoming the sage, and trusting the wisdom already within
• Ancestors and guides seeking comfort, care, and guidance
• The Overlook card and the practice of intentional lack of control
• Compassion as presence without judgment or attachment to outcome
• Releasing inherited stories while still honoring harm and maintaining boundaries
• Choosing how to spend the holidays, including building a family of choice
• Hope, possibility, and a new perspective on old stories
• How ancestors, guides, and earlier versions of ourselves may be connected
• Explaining Amnivara simply as a way to discover what we already know

Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — Recap of Samael’s message: the seeker becomes the sage
04:00 — When ancestors turn to us for guidance
08:00 — Overlook, cycles, and intentional lack of control
12:00 — Compassion as presence without trying to control the outcome
15:00 — Releasing the rope and meeting ancestors with compassion
21:00 — Samhain, Thanksgiving, and choosing what to carry forward
23:00 — Compassion, forgiveness, and breaking free from old stories
28:00 — Boundaries, obligation, and the family we choose
33:00 — “Hope grows in possibility”
36:00 — Preparing for a song of perspective and possibility
39:00 — Channeled song of perspective and possibility
45:00 — “Hold me now like a babe”: a shift in perspective
48:00 — Ancestors, guides, and the many forms of the unembodied
53:00 — Seeing yourself as an ancestor and guide
56:00 — Amnivara, the Temple of Song, and finding the simplest words
1:00:00 — Closing reflections

Musical Transmissions

• Channeled song of perspective and possibility

Continue Exploring

The Deck of Rebellion by Tava Baird:
https://www.tavabaird.com/product-page/the-deck-of-rebellion-lilithian-cartomancy-deck-and-signed-book Tava Baird

Threshold Magic Pt 2: Reframing Chaos and Holding the Space of Compassion:
https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com/2380665/episodes/19387245-threshold-magic-pt-2-reframing-chaos-and-holding-the-space-of-compassion mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com

Mystical Musings episode archive:
https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com/2380665

Explore Amnivara:
https://amnivara.com

Jennifer’s music and sound recordings:
https://amnivara.bandcamp.com

Tava Baird:
https://www.tavabaird.com

Thank you for listening and for bringing your questions, curiosity, and open heart to the conversation. If you’re enjoying the podcast, please consider telling a friend or sharing it on social media.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice. We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance. Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

Jennifer and Tava begin with a whirlwind of unusual experiences: Jennifer’s vivid, disorienting encounter in the night, a sense of energy moving and shifting through her body, and the discovery that Keith had also felt a touch. As they compare notes, Tava shares her own liminal experiences and a poem by Jennifer Jurlando that seems to echo their conversation about ancestors and time. The episode turns toward Samael’s image of power as fluctuating rings and spheres of influence—and leaves the rest of his message for next week.

IN THIS EPISODE

• Jennifer recounts an intense nighttime experience and the moments that followed.
• Tava connects the experience with her own liminal encounters, including a visitation from Helael.
• Jennifer and Tava reflect on ancestors, overlapping time, and Jennifer Jurlando’s poem.
• Samael offers a new perspective on the rings of power and the changing shape of our influence.
• The conversation continues next week with the rest of Samael’s message.

JOURNEY THROUGH THIS EPISODE

00:00 — A whirlwind of energy, unusual readings, and a request for something grounding
03:00 — Jennifer describes what happened when she woke in the night
10:00 — Keith’s experience, an unexpected touch, and a morning of strange signs
13:00 — Looking through family history and noticing the echoes of ancestors
15:00 — Jennifer Jurlando’s poem on time, ancestors, and tending to one another
20:00 — Tava shares her own liminal experiences and Helael’s visitation
24:00 — Serpents, the spine, pendulums, and entering liminal space
29:00 — A remembered conversation, shared work, and the possibility of overlapping experiences
33:00 — Electrical disturbances and an unexpected message
36:00 — A child’s touch, creative work, and shifting perspective
43:00 — Ancestors, changing conditions, and a possible clearing of the decks
47:00 — A dream about family, a house, and what is carried forward
50:00 — Preparing to hear from Samael
53:00 — A grounding invocation and the beginning of Samael’s message
01:00:00 — Seeing the time spiral from a new perspective
01:03:00 — Rings, spheres, and the fluctuating shapes of influence
01:05:00 — Chakras, energy centers, and a body that continually shifts
01:08:00 — “Soul Soothing” brings the episode to a calm, settled close

MUSICAL TRANSMISSIONS

Soul Soothing — Jennifer offers a Reiki-infused musical transmission to help listeners return to a calm and settled place.

FOR YOUR JOURNEY

Amnivara: https://amnivara.com
Amnivara on Bandcamp: https://amnivara.bandcamp.com
Jennifer Jurlando’s poem: 

https://www.patreon.com/JenniferJurlando/posts/doulas-ancestors-171334368

Her book of Poetry - No Mistakes Were Made 

https://www.lulu.com/shop/jennifer-jurlando-and-tava-baird/no-mistakes-were-made/paperback/product-84m9erw.html?page=1&pageSize=4

CONTINUE EXPLORING

Jennifer Taylor is Keeper of Amnivara, a Reiki Master Teacher, sound channel, and energy practitioner. Explore sessions, Reiki training, and sound recordings at https://amnivara.com.

Tava Baird is an author, artist, Lilithian practitioner and Dae Magic teacher. Explore her books and work at https://www.tavabaird.com/.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

In the second half of their fairy-minded conversation, Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird follow a hummingbird’s unexpected appearance toward questions of manifestation, change, reciprocity, and discernment. With reflections from Samael, they consider what it can mean to encounter a swift, shape-shifting energy; how grounding guides can help hold the center; and why a true exchange asks us to be honest about both what we seek and what we are willing to offer. Along the way, fruit, trees, a stone circle, and a race-car metaphor invite a more spacious look at relationship—both with the unseen and with ourselves.

In This Episode

• Hummingbirds, flashes of light, and the qualities of fae energy
• High-vibration change and the importance of grounding
• Discernment, consent, and consulting the guides you already trust
• Reciprocity as reflection: what we give, receive, and invest in ourselves
• Offerings of fruit, care for the land, and finding a meaningful trade
• Samael’s guidance for meeting transformative energy with clarity

Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — Opening musical consecration

04:00 — Hummingbird energy, messages, and manifestation

10:00 — The oak and the whirlwind: balancing high vibration

14:00 — The race-car metaphor: preparation before transformation

18:00 — Trade, reciprocity, and spiritual self-reflection

23:00 — Samael’s guidance for a possible fae encounter

31:00 — Fruit, care, and offerings from the garden

33:00 — Long Meg, Midsummer, and a gift from the trees

36:00 — A grounding musical transmission

41:00 — Closing reflection: the calm at the center of the storm

Musical Transmissions

• Opening song of clearing and consecration
• Closing grounding transmission

Continue Exploring

Listen to Mystical Musings — https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com

Jennifer’s Private Soul Resonance Sessions — https://amnivara.com/soul-resonance-sessions

Explore Amnivara — https://amnivara.com

Jennifer’s Music & Sound Recordings — https://amnivara.bandcamp.com

Tava Baird / Darkflower Books & Folk Art — https://www.tavabaird.com

Thank you for listening and for bringing your questions, curiosity, and open heart to the conversation.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

What might we be seeing when we call something a fairy? Jennifer brings a student’s vivid encounter and a startling hummingbird visitation into the conversation, opening a much larger exploration with Samael about fae energy, messengers, gateways, exchange, and transformation. Together, Jennifer and Tava consider the difference between spirits of place, energetic expressions, and entities that appear at the edges of change—and why discernment, relationship, and knowing oneself matter when an invitation to exchange is offered.

In This Episode

• A student’s glimpse of a small gray, winged being
• Jennifer’s hummingbird encounter and a lesson carried through the gateway
• Birds, angels, and fae as messengers
• Fae as beings of transition, movement, manifestation, and exchange
• Why a trade can be an invitation into self-examination
• The difference between what we have and who we are
• Relationship, discernment, and honoring the beings and materials we work with
• Part One of an ongoing conversation about the fae

Journey Through This Episode

• 00:00 — Spooky season, market magic, and Amnivara taking form
• 03:00 — A student’s question about a gray “fairy”
• 06:00 — A hummingbird arrives at Jennifer’s window
• 11:00 — A tiny being, a lesson, and healing for the Earth
• 13:00 — Permission, relationship, and the residual energy of animal materials
• 20:00 — Samael requests a song about gateways
• 21:00 — Musical transmission: “Gateways”
• 27:00 — A note about Samael’s rapidly received words
• 28:00 — What do we mean when we say “fairy”?
• 30:00 — Nature entities, gatekeepers, and the meaning of exchange
• 34:00 — The hummingbird as messenger
• 38:00 — Fae energy: wild, raw, emotional, and connected to nature
• 41:00 — Trades, balance, and participation in the process
• 45:00 — What would you sacrifice—and what would you never give away?
• 50:00 — Traits of fae: exchange, motion, knowledge, and transformation
• 54:00 — Spirits of place, settling energy, and the pull of possibility
• 01:01:00 — Self-worth, equal terms, and supercharged evolution
• 01:05:00 — The gray being and energy at the edge state
• 01:07:00 — Part One closes
• 01:08:00 — Closing musical transmission with crystal and Himalayan bowls

Musical Transmissions

• “Gateways” — a channeled vocal transmission requested by Samael
• Grounding closing transmission — voice with crystal and Himalayan bowls

For Your Journey

Mentioned in this episode:

• Listen to Amnivara’s music on Bandcamp — https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/
• Explore Jennifer’s work with Amnivara — https://www.amnivara.com/
• Explore Tava’s writing, classes, and offerings — https://www.tavabaird.com/

Continue Exploring

Jennifer Taylor is Keeper of Amnivara, Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Reiki Master Teacher, sound channel, and energy practitioner. Explore sessions, Reiki classes, channeled sound, and Amnivara offerings at https://www.amnivara.com/.

Tava Baird is a writer, teacher, spiritual counselor, and practitioner whose work explores story, ritual, mythology, and the sacred dark. Find her books, classes, and offerings at https://www.tavabaird.com/.

Listen to more episodes of Mystical Musings at https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com/.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

Jennifer and Tava return to their conversation about expectation, control, and the strange gifts that can appear when familiar certainty falls away. From sensory-deprivation tanks and walking through a dark forest without a flashlight to divination, self-worth, and the mystery of taking one step at a time, they explore what becomes possible when we loosen our grip on needing to know the whole path. The episode closes with an unexpected musical transmission—and a message that leaves them both with much to sit with.

In This Episode

• What happens to time, awareness, and perception when ordinary sensory input falls away
• The difference between the narrow “beam” of control and a wider, more responsive awareness
• Divination as conversation rather than a demand for prediction
• Releasing the pressure to have every answer before moving forward
• Mist, mystery, and learning to trust the next visible step
• Why building a relationship with a guide is part of the path
• Self-worth, Lilith, and granting ourselves permission to approach the divine
• An unexpected message carried through Samael following Jennifer’s song

Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — Opening song
05:30 — In the absence of stimulus
08:30 — When time slips away
09:30 — Seeing with consciousness
14:30 — Learning the dark
18:00 — Expectation, safety, and awareness
22:30 — Samael on prediction and power
24:30 — Letting yourself stop
26:00 — Questions, divination, and connection
31:00 — The mist and the next step
33:30 — Finding guides for yourself
35:00 — There are no Pagan police
38:00 — Worth is not conceit
42:00 — Perfectly imperfect
44:00 — A song of worth
48:00 — Another speaks
50:00 — “Sing on, singer”
53:00 — A guide at the threshold

Musical Transmission

Jennifer opens the episode with a song to set the space. Near the close, she invites Samael, Lilith, and Michael to bring through a song of worth.

Mentions:

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What Resonates Podcast - May 20, 2026 Blindfold Vision, Midnight, and Newuman Potential with Dr Edith Ubuntu 

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-what-resonates-77405468/episode/blindfold-vision-mindsight-and-new-human-potential-with-dr-edith-ubuntu-chan-334217709

Continue Exploring

Jennifer Taylor / Amnivara
https://amnivara.com

Jennifer’s channeled music and sound transmissions
https://amnivara.bandcamp.com

Tava Baird
https://tavabaird.com

Mystical Musings
https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com

Thank you for listening to Mystical Musings. May you find yourself worthy to walk the path—and may mystery become not an obstacle, but a companion.

This podcast is offered for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment. It is not medical, psychological, legal, or professional advice. Trust your own discernment, and seek licensed support when it is needed.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

As the pace of change quickens and the future feels especially tempting to predict, hosts Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird explore the expectations we carry into rituals, relationships, divination, and everyday life. Through a channeled musical transmission with Archangel Michael and Samael, reflections on perception and possibility, and “bouquets of Lilithians,” they consider what may open when we loosen our grip on the stories we expect to be true. This is Part One of a two-part conversation.

In This Episode

• A musical transmission with Archangel Michael and Samael
• Samael’s invitation to release the need to predict and control
• The expectations we carry about how the divine sees us
• Perception, the brain’s predictive habits, and the stories we make from them
• Divination as conversation and perspective rather than fixed prediction
• Choice, probability, and the possibility of changing course
• Science, metaphysics, and the limits of what human senses can measure
• How expectations about ourselves and others shape the worlds we enter

 Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — A season of acceleration

02:20 — Musical transmission with Michael and Samael

08:10 — Samael on expectation and divination

10:15 — A bouquet of Lilithians and an unexpected message

15:30 — How perception constructs experience

24:00 — Divination, agency, and moving energy with intention

29:10 — Probability, choice, and the future that is not fixed

38:00 — Eggspectations, metaphysical wedgies, and possibility

42:20 — What changes when we expect to be loved?

47:35 — Science at the edge of the unknown

56:30 — Why spiritual work resists simple repeatability

1:00:20 — Part Two begins next weekMusical Transmission

Jennifer opens this episode with a live channeled song, inviting in Archangel Michael and Samael.

For Your Journey

Mentioned in this episode:

• Listen to the Mystical Musings episode on currents: https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com
• Explore Jennifer’s Reiki-infused sound recordings: https://amnivara.bandcamp.com

Continue Exploring

• Jennifer Taylor and Amnivara: https://amnivara.com
• Tava Baird’s books, classes, and offerings: https://www.tavabaird.com
• More from Mystical Musings: https://www.amnivara.com/mystical-musings

Closing Reflection

What might become possible if, for one day, you entered each room expecting more kindness, more support, and more possibility than you had allowed yourself to imagine?

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

This week hosts Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird continue their conversation with Alicia Enciso Litschi. Together, they follow the Corn Mother through the wild places between worlds—into Nepantla, the sacred work of reconfiguration, the wisdom of Little Deer, the living presence of ancestors, and the many forms of mothering that can meet us in community. Jennifer closes with a channeled musical transmission, followed by a message from Samael on finding our way back to communion.

In This Episode

• The wild as a force that crosses boundaries and reclaims what has been separated
• “Feed everything”: offerings, the edge, and the world rising through the cracks
• Nepantla, Coatlicue, and the transformational power of the in-between
• Barbara McClintock, jumping genes, and corn’s inherent diversity
• Corn Mother medicine dolls, sacred objects, and the basket that holds many beings
• Ancestors, the beloved dead, and restoring relationship across the veil
• Selu, Little Deer, and the balance of the Sacred Hunter
• A channeled Corn Mother song of celebration and blessing
• Samael’s message on mothering, grief, joy, and community as communion

Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — The Wild Crosses Borders

03:20 — Feed Everything

08:20 — Nepantla: The World Between Worlds

11:15 — Coatlicue and the Reconfiguring World

12:00 — Barbara McClintock and the Jumping Genes

17:15 — Corn Mother’s Traveling Medicine Doll

19:00 — Dolls, Memory, and Sacred Making

23:20 — Tonantzin, Coatlicue, and Finding the Missing Piece

27:30 — Angelic and Ancestral Balance

30:00 — The Dead Are Always With Us

36:20 — Selu and the Wisdom of Little Deer

40:00 — Corn Mother as a Bridge to Unseen Guides

42:30 — A Channeled Song for Corn Mother

48:00 — Dancing in Her Basket

51:00 — Samael: “Have You Ever Had a Mother?”

Musical Transmission

Corn Mother’s Basket
A channeled song and sound transmission from Jennifer, received in the presence of Corn Mother. Carried by voice, bowls, and the whispering sound of dried corn leaves, this transmission moves as celebration, blessing, and an offering sent outward into the world.

For Your Journey

Selu: Seeking the Corn-Mother’s Wisdom by Marilou Awiakta
https://www.fulcrumbooks.com/product-page/selu-seeking-the-corn-mother-s-wisdom

Continue Exploring

Work With Alicia Enciso Litschi

•  Ancestral tending work, individual sessions, groups, and writingshttps://www.waywardcurandera.com/
• Alicia’s writings, including stories of Corn Mother and Guadalupe.https://www.waywardcurandera.com/soulstories.html
• Corn Mother Writings
  Stories and reflections from Alicia's journeys with Corn Mother. https://offeringsforcornmother.substack.com/

With Jennifer

• Private Soul Resonance Sessions, Reiki training, channeled sound offerings, and more through Amnivara
  https://amnivara.com/
• Healing music and channeled recordings from Jennifer, including opening song, “A Building of Community” in the Lilith Album
  https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/

With Tava

• LIlithian Day Magic Classes, workshops, readings, books, folk art, and more from Tava Baird
  https://www.tavabaird.com/
• Tava’s books, handmade folk art, poppets, haunted dolls, magical tools and more
  https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com/

May we remember that we do not have to rejoice alone, grieve alone, create alone, or walk alone. There are many beings in the basket—and there is room for all of us.

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

Sometimes the relationships that shape us begin long before we have words for them.  In this first conversation with Alicia Enciso Litschi—the Wayward Curandera—Jennifer and Tava follow the threads of Corn Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe/Tonantzin, ancestral memory, and the intelligence of the land. Alicia shares the stories, relationships, and unexpected spirals that have shaped her work, inviting us to consider how connection may find us through art, lineage, the places we love, and the questions we are finally ready to ask.

Please note: this episode begins with an extended energetic musical transmission, including periods of quiet space.

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Journey Through This Episode

00:00 — Welcoming Alicia Enciso Litschi

02:35 — Ancestral Tending, Corn Mother, and Offerings to Place

07:30 — A Solar Doorway Opens

10:00 — Musical Transmission

25:10 — “Sing, Shine, and Burn”

34:10 — Corn Comes Down from the Stars

37:20 — Guadalupe, Tonantzin, and the Stars

45:25 — A Mother of the People

53:00 — Finding Corn Mother

59:30 — Beginning an Ancestor Practice

01:03:00 — The Spiral Path of Ancestral Tending

01:09:15 — Ways to Work with Alicia

01:17:00 — “Awaken”

Work With Alicia Enciso Litschi

•  Ancestral tending work, individual sessions, groups, and writings https://www.waywardcurandera.com/
• Alicia’s writings, including stories of Corn Mother and Guadalupe. https://www.waywardcurandera.com/soulstories.html
• Corn Mother Writings
  Stories and reflections from Alicia's journeys with Corn Mother. https://offeringsforcornmother.substack.com/

Specific Stories Mentioned :

• Jenn mentions: When People Confuse Guadalupe for Mary

https://www.waywardcurandera.com/soul-stories-for-las-madres/when-people-confuse-guadalupe-for-mother-mary

• Alicia mentions a connection between Corn Mother and the Pleiades.  This came from her friend Jade Wah'oo Grigori and his story:

Tears of the Blue Corn Maidens:  https://jadewahoogrigori.bandcamp.com/album/a-shamans-tales-stories-and-songs-from-an-american-shaman

Musical Transmissions

• Opening transmission with Corn Mother, Tonantzin, and the energies that gathered around the conversation
• “Awaken” — a channeled song from Archangel Michael and a nature spirit teacher, shared at the close of the episode https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/track/mystic-fire-2025-ritual-awaken

With Jennifer

• Private Soul Resonance Sessions, Reiki training, channeled sound offerings, and more through Amnivara
  https://amnivara.com/
• Healing music and channeled recordings from Jennifer, including “Awaken”
  https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/

With Tava

• LIlithian Day Magic Classes, workshops, readings, books, folk art, and more from Tava Baird
  https://www.tavabaird.com/
• Tava’s books, handmade folk art, poppets, haunted dolls, magical tools and more
  https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com/

Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.

We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.

Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.

Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. 

Connect with your Hosts!

Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.

Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/