Speaking Spirit

What is truth when it comes to spirituality? Is there Truth with a capital T? Are there different ways of understanding truth? What is belief?

Spiritual teacher, John Moore answers these questions in a deep dive into the different types of truth.

In this episode, shamanic practitioner, John Moore, discusses the world of spirits. What is the reality of little people like the fae, elves, and trolls? Do angels and demons exist and what are they really like? How about gods and goddesses?

Looking through the lens of shamanism the universe is full of spirit.

Come explore the ideas of good vs evil spirits, ghosts, and other paranormal beings.

Stepping into your power means feeling and depressing your spiritual, mental, and physical sovereignty. It means evolving on your own path according to your true will while cleaning up the shame hidden in your personal shadow.

Teacher of shamanism, John Moore, talks about following your own path, true spiritual love, and shame. What kind of world would we live in if nobody was held back by fear from being who they were truly meant to be?

What is fear, and why do we let it stop us from living a full life as our true selves. This episode examines fear from a body, mind, spirit perspective and examines one of the top fears which holds people back - the fear of disapproval.

Drawing on ideas from martial arts, shamanism, and psychology, John Moore takes a tour of fear and offers some practical tips for not letting it rule your life.

The Ego, a term widely used in both psychoanalysis and spirituality, but what is it really? Is it evil and bad? Do we need to destroy the ego for spiritual growth?

Spiritual teacher, John Moore talks about the ego, self-esteem, and ultimately identity with divinity and interconnectedness with all things.

When you act from a sense of separation, you unknowingly affect yourself - this is karma. Everything is connected to everything.

The Law of Attraction (LOA) has been a popular topic in the West for over a century but became popular again after the book and movie The Secret. So why do so many people struggle with manifestation?

In this episode, spiritual teacher, John Moore breaks down his experiences with the law of attraction. This includes one time when manifesting went horribly wrong for him.

John gives you the lowdown on the secret behind the secret, the ego, and gives you some of his best tips - he's used to create money, jobs, relationships, cars, etc.

Finally, he explains why manifestation is an important practice for spiritual development.

Trauma is an affliction of the body, mind, and soul that can lead to mental and physical disease. The medical model sometimes places trauma symptoms under the diagnosis of PTSD.

Shamans all over the world have been treating trauma for thousands of years. What special insights do they have into healing at the soul level?

Host and shamanic teacher, John Moore, talks about how his own history with trauma led to his practice of shamanism. He discusses the shamanic model for healing trauma and how that can work alongside modern therapeutic and medical systems.

How do we live a full human experience if we keep parts of our human experience like sex and spirituality so separate? How do we account for the sexual taboos prevalent in religion and culture?

Spiritual teacher, John Moore, approaches the idea of sex-positive spirituality. Sex can be a mind/body/spirit experience when it is separated from the shame our culture imposes over it.

From temple prostitutes to witch trials, John walks through some of the histories of patriarchy when sex became sinful and sacred sex was banned.

Rather than being prescriptive, John leaves you with some things to consider as you think about sex and spiritual life.

We're all aware of how "negative people" can bring us down but can positivity become toxic and how so?

This episode explores two obstacles to spiritual development - toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing. Both of these deepen and add to the shadow while allowing the ego to grow in an unhealthy way.

Host and spiritual teacher, John Moore goes through each of these, how they're related, and what you can do about them.

The fae, fairies, trolls, elves, brownies, the Kontomble, Menehune, orang pendek - cultures all over the world have different terms for "little people." In the world of shamanism, we would consider these supernatural beings "nature spirits."

This episode explores the reality of nature spirits. Where do they live? Why do people encounter them?

Further, how can we honor and work with them?