Psyche Magic

This episode of Psyche Magic features Certified Holistic Life Coach and fabulously witchy mama, Erica Cullum! Erica is a brilliant thinker, disruptor of oppressive systems, and skillful guide towards the essential sense of purpose we all seek. She and I dive into conscious parenting, traumatic grief, and the healing power of dreams. I also discuss James Hillman’s acorn theory, and read a poem by W.B. Yeats. 

Trigger Warning: this episode touches on experiences with loved ones dying by suicide.

A Letter to Rachel by Ram Dass

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Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a 1:00 voicemail using this link. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

This is a combination of a guided meditation for grounding and relaxing before bed, as well as an affirmation-style exercise for remembering and working with your dreams. I will be releasing more guided meditations and dream work exercises as upcoming bonus episodes. I hope you enjoy them!

Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a 1:00 voicemail using this link. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

On this episode, we welcome a dear friend and fellow spiritual seeker Brad Talley to the show! Brad is a Psychotherapist-in-training who conducts paranormal investigations in his spare time. He walks us through the role both waking and nocturnal dreams have had on his life, re-awakening a sense of mystery and possibility. We discuss magic, manifestation, and the power of thought. His powerful experiences with mediumship inspired a segment about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: examining the juxtaposition between his hyper-rational Sherlock Holmes character and his deeply personal and enduring dedication to the exploration of Spiritualism. Enjoy!

Brad's Website and Documentary about The Octagon Hall can be found here

Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a 1:00 voicemail using this link. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

Episode 10 features the brilliant Raven Robbins! Raven is an occult teacher and spiritual guide, tarot reader, magical craftsperson, and co-owner of the fabulous Athame Metaphysical Shop and Educational Salon here in Nashville, TN. Raven describes a transformative dream and how it has impacted her ability to step into new and powerful roles in her life. We also discuss her claiming the title of "witch" and what this provocative word means to her as a form of identity. I do an intro in tribute to David Bowie, and create a poem from five special texts using his beloved "cut-up technique." Enjoy!

Texts used in "cut-up" poem:

1. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

2. Goddess in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen

3. The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell

4. Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver

5. Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes 

Follow Raven's work and various projects here

Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a 1:00 voicemail using this link. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

Please enjoy this meditation for seasonal depression - cultivating a sense of self-compassion, acceptance, and impermanence. 

Please enjoy this guided meditation for grounding and relaxation, drawing on the peaceful and stabilizing energy of the Earth.  

Welcome back to Psyche Magic! In this enchanting episode, Erin Shrader (The Rebel Herbalist) teaches us about the powerful role the natural world has played in her life, including her dreamscape. She also illustrates a couple of fascinating dream exploration techniques. I do an intro about Ecopsychology and an A-list dream segment about Rosalind Cartwright - Psychologist and author who was known for work in studying the dreams of women navigating divorce in the 70s. 

Erin's Dream Method #1

Series of questions to each of the main elements of the dream:

—I am ________

—My purpose is ___________

—I like ________

—I dislike ___________

—My biggest fear is ______________

—My biggest desire is ______________

—I want to tell the dreamer ________________

Erin's Dream Method #2 (adapted from Carolyn Elliot's book Existential Kink)

1. Describe the dream in as much detail as possible

2. Translate - list each noun in the dream and translate it as if describing it to an alien

3. Write the Translated Story - subbing the descriptions for the nouns

4. Rhyme the Themes  - Jot down elements in your life that seem to metaphorically rhyme with the  themes of the story.

5. Sum it Up - Write at the top of a sheet of paper, “This dream is about…. On another level it’s  also about…. The thing I don’t want to let myself know is….. What I’ll take  from this dream is……”

Follow Erin's work and various projects here

Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a 1:00 voicemail using this link. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

On our last episode of 2021, my guest is spellbinding songstress TAIINA: songwriter, producer, and A+ student of all things esoteric. Join us as we discuss the creativity and motherhood, the collective unconscious, and the ways astrology has shaped her view of the world. I also introduce a new segment: Dream Bytes, where listeners share 1:00 snippets of their dreams via voicemail. We end the episode with a guided meditation for a restful night's sleep.

Link to NYT article we discuss: Did COVID Change How We Dream?

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Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a 1:00 voicemail using this link. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

Welcome to episode 7 (my favorite number!) with Allegra Rumbough! This one is close to my heart. Allegra is a dear friend, science teacher, and nature/travel photographer. She shares some incredible encounters with the spirit world, many of which have carried over into her dreams and the dreams of people around her. We discuss both of our processes around automatic fears associated with the spirit world. I also share an A-list dream segment about Dimitri Mendeleev's Periodic Table of the Elements, and a meditation for releasing fear. Hope you enjoy it!

Follow Allegra's work and various projects here!

Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Email: [email protected]

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a voicemail at the link below. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

https://anchor.fm/jordan-hale1/message

Episode 6 of the show features Valerie Martin! Valerie is a fellow Psychotherapist, owner and founder of the Gaia Center for embodied healing, podcaster, and yoga instructor. Join me as I bask in her brilliance and we discuss working with dreams in therapy, spiritual discernment, and embodiment as healing medicine for all⁠. This episode includes a deep dive tarot segment on the Empress/Emperor dyad, and a guided meditation for embodiment. 

Follow Valerie's work and various projects here!

Be sure to check out the Bodyful Podcast, which Valerie hosts, about the exploration of body-based and earth-centered mindfulness practices - available wherever you get your podcasts!

Instagram: @psyche_magic

Website: www.psychemagicpodcast.com

Email: [email protected]

Psyche Magic Playlist (Spotify)

Want to share a dream with me? Feel free to leave me a voicemail at the link below. Your dream may be featured on a future episode!

https://anchor.fm/jordan-hale1/message