Tales from the Truth Seekers

Rae Dwyer, who I initially noticed on Substack because her writing was so saturated with spiritual wisdom, learned from a young age to stifle her spiritual gifts and experiences, eventually turning to drugs in her early twenties in order to further suppress them. She then found herself experiencing plant medicines, “drugs” that create the literal opposite of spiritual suppression, and in this episode she brings us into these amazing ritual experiences. Rae is now focused on creating spiritual alignment without any external aid aside from the life force of the Universe. We also dive into our spiritual take on the nature of political division, as well as the core essence of every spiritual practice: letting go.

Rae’s Bio: Rae is a writer and energetic + mind mastery mentor to over-achievers who are walking the soul path. She is in service to freedom and truth.

Natalie’s Links:

1:1 Mystical Self-Discovery Program - Solas

Website - SidheART.com

Etsy Shop - NatalieSidhe.etsy.com

Podcast - Tales from the Truth Seekers- also available on Spotify and Apple

IG - @sidhe.channelled.art

My Story

Rae’s Links:

Substack - @raeamiedwyer - The Day I Stopped Thinking

IG - @raedwyer_

Books mentioned:

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

Emptiness Dancing by Adyashanti

The End of Your World - Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment by Adyashanti

Dr. Maria Rothenburger has a Ph.D, is a clinical psychotherapist, and a fertility specialist. She was never really interested in becoming a psychic medium at all. However, sometimes you do not have a choice in the matter, and when you finally give in, accept the fact that you’re not “hallucinating,” and discover the incredible healing possibilities that come with being able to communicate to non-materialized loved ones, there’s really no way you can keep closing that door. In this episode, Maria shares the incredible story that has made her who she is today, along with heart- warming and heart-wrenching examples of her speciality: communication with unborn, or miscarried babies, who have important messages for their mom.

Maria’s Bio: Maria T. Rothenburger, PhD is a psychotherapist, spirit baby communicator, bestselling author, and host of The Reluctant Medium Podcast and TV shows. She covets her nerdy, science side as well as her hippie, spiritual vibe. Using a combination of grounded, practical strategies and connection to the Other Side, she helps people move from brokenhearted, frustrated, and stuck, to open, connected, and peaceful. You can find out more about her work at www.drmariarothenburger.com. Dr. Maria lives in Oregon, USA with her 5 boys (2 humans, and 3 furbabies).

Natalie’s Links:

1:1 Mystical Self-Discovery Program - Solas

Website - SidheART.com

Etsy Shop - NatalieSidhe.etsy.com

Podcast - Tales from the Truth Seekers- also available on Spotify and Apple

IG - @sidhe.channelled.art

My Story

Dr. Maria’s Links:

Website - DrMariaRothenburger.com

Podcast - The Reluctant Medium

IG - drmaria.rothenburger

Books mentioned:

The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynne McTaggart

Spirit Babies - How to Communicate with the Child You’re Meant to Have by Walter Makichen

Podcasts mentioned:

Flow Dreaming with Summer McStravick

Movies mentioned:

Soul by Pixar

Chelsea thought she had it made when she landed her big-time job at Coca-Cola, only to find herself somewhat miserable, lost amongst the toxicity and egos that continue to infiltrate corporate America. After turning towards the mysterious side of life for guidance, Chelsea brings us along on her journey with the plant medicines that ultimately changed everything, including her entire perspective on the ultimate purpose of human life. She then shares her wisdom and experience around the kinds of sensitivities that come with spiritual awakening, including the absolute mind-bending absurdity that is war, poverty, destruction, conflict, and human suffering. Perhaps we came here to “wake up,” and bring Heaven to Earth? Only time will tell.

Chelsea’s Bio: Chelsea Jewel is an Intuitive Astrologer, Soul Alignment Coach, and Energy Healer who is committed to using her gifts and vision to help co-create a more beautiful and just world for all beings. Chelsea's work combines a mix of storytelling, astrology, and energy awareness to help her clients reconnect with their deeper soul essence and reclaim creative power within their life stories. Part healer, part artist, and part spiritual activist, Chelsea deeply believes that we are on the verge of a collective shift in consciousness and that our deep inner work, along with the creative actions that spring from it, serve a vital role in restoring humanity's relationships within the greater web of life.

Natalie’s links:

1:1 Mystical Self-Discovery Program

Sidhe Readings & Channelled Art Website - SidheART.com

Sidhe Art & Poetry Etsy Shop - NatalieSidhe.etsy.com

Tales from the Truth Seekers Podcast - also available on Spotify and Apple

Instagram - @sidhe.channelled.art

My Story

Chelsea’s links:

Chelsea’s website - ChelseaJewel.com

Chelsea’s IG: @ChelseaJewel33

Books mentioned:

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Authors mentioned:

Stephen Harrod Buhner

Movies mentioned:

Coco by Pixar

For our last episode of Season One, I had the pleasure of interviewing my long-time friend, mentor, and astrology teacher, Mr. Nick Lasky. In this episode, Nick takes us into his real-life spiritual awakening journey from growing up agnostic, to his first sip of the Holy Grail, and into the adventures he’s encountered on his life-long quest to find it again. And as we have learned throughout Season One, spiritual awakenings aren’t all sunshine and rainbows. They can be confusing, scary, and especially isolating in a society like ours. Nick offers a well of wisdom and advice on how to navigate this universal, inner transformation, in a modern world that is shockingly unaware.

THANK YOU to all my listeners and subscribers for your support on this journey. Every like, comment, share, and review is appreciated and does not go unnoticed! If you have enjoyed what you’ve heard so far, and would like to leave a 5 star review, this greatly improves the algorithm and gets episodes in front of more truth seekers like yourself. Thank you again for listening and stay tuned for info on Season Two.

Nick’s Bio: Nick Lasky is a spiritual teacher specializing in astrology, tarot, meditation, and sacred ceremonies. He is the founder of the Society of Awakening Souls and co-founder of the Aquarian House of Astrology & the Cacao Men's Circle. He was the writer for Explore Awareness Magazine's astrology section 'Your Lucky Stars.' He offers individual consultations and works one on one with leaders and visionaries striving to expand their impact and influence in the world.

Nick’s Website - www.nicklasky.com

Nick’s IG - @nick.lasky

The Aquarian Bookshop and Metaphysical Center

Natalie’s Links:

Natalie’s Website - SidheART.com

Natalie’s Story

Natalie’s Etsy Shop

Channelled Art (Based on your astrological birth chart)

Natalie’s IG - @sidhe.channelled.art

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Welcome to Season One, Episode 9 of Tales from the Truth Seekers. In this episode I had the great pleasure of interviewing a new friend and fellow spiritual seeker, Mark Phillips. Mark's life has been dotted with various spiritual experiences that illuminate the presence and power of our loved ones beyond the grave. Mark opens up about these very beautiful and life-changing events, bringing us all back into that sense of wonder and enchantment within ourselves. This episode brings insight into important topics such as spiritual psychosis, while also shedding light on where and how one can become a formally trained psychic-medium.

Mark’s Bio: Mark lives in Scotland and throughout his life from childhood has had a keen interest in the supernatural but never for a second believed this was something he was able to be a part of. Mark had a couple of experiences with loved ones, who had passed, in dream throughout his life; At the age of 44 Mark realised that having a connection with Spirit is not only for the select few, now as a newly working medium and channel Mark's passion is sharing that we can all connect with Spirit, our own intuition/psychic faculties and healing modalities which are within us all.

Mark’s Substack - The Mind’s Aye

Mark’s Instagram

Books mentioned: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Books on spirituality and psychosis: The Stormy Search for the Self - A Guide to Personal Growth through Transformational Crisis by Christina Grof

Podcast Shout-outs:

The Skeptical Shaman with Rachel White

A Psychic’s Story with Nicole Bigley

Other links:

Arthur Findlay College

No One Should Die Alone Foundation

Natalie’s Links:

Natalie’s Website - SidheART.com

Natalie’s Story

Natalie’s Etsy Shop

Channelled Art (Based on your astrological birth chart)

Natalie’s IG - @sidhe.channelled.art

Patrick Belisle and his wife Jane built a life together that checked all the American Dream boxes. So when they found themselves still somewhat unfulfilled, they set off to travel the world to find whatever it was that they were missing. They proceeded to visit Australia, New Zealand, China, Thailand, and India and had numerous eye opening experiences along the way. But it was through a breath work class in Pune, India that Patrick had a truly life changing experience of completely dissolving into an unconditional love from beyond. Please enjoy Season One, Episode 8 of Tales from the Truth Seekers.

Patrick’s Bio: Patrick Belisle is a self-described practical mystic, who studied theology with Benedictine monks at his college in Minnesota, meditated with Buddhist monks in Thailand, and had a powerful spiritual awakening using breath-work at the Osho Commune in Pune, India. He and his wife Jane traveled around the world and around the U.S. for almost 4 years in search of the meaning of life. Patrick has worn many hats: He is longtime student and teacher of famous psychic Edgar Cayce, and had a 15-year tenure as a Director at Edgar Cayce's A.R.E. He has also worked for many years with Dr. Ian Stevenson’s Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia where they have been studying the nature of consciousness for over 50 years, with research into Near-Death Experiences, psychic phenomena and young children who seem to remember a past life! He has worked with teenagers, officiates weddings, baby blessings, and celebrations of life. Patrick currently serves as Director of Philanthropy for the Hoffman Institute.

Featured:

Netflix Docu-Series: Surviving Death, UVA DOPs featured in episodes 1 & 6

Patrick Belisle’s presentation at The Cayce Forum: Edgar Cayce on the Past Lives of Jesus

Books mentioned:

After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond by Bruce Greyson

The Egg by Andy Weir

The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert

Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing by Anita Moorjani

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander

The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson

Organizations and Institutions mentioned:

The University of Virginia’s Department of Perceptual Studies (UVA DOPs)

Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment Inc. (A.R.E.)

The Hoffman Institute

Servas International

For contact & inquiries:

[email protected]

Natalie’s Links:

Sidhe Readings & Channelled Art Website

Personalized Sculpture based on your Astrological Birth Chart

Sidhe Art Instagram

In Season One, Episode 7 of Tales from the Truth Seekers I had the pleasure of connecting with Lydia, a former university art professor who is deep in the midst of her spiritual journey, and recently returned from an extended residency at a Zen Buddhist monastery. In this episode, she shares her initial spiritual experience with us which encompassed vast, never-ending lightness, as well as intense darkness and fear, and the incredible, continuously evolving insights that can come with an experience like this. We both share our stories of attempting to navigate the aftermath, the struggles of trying to find a teacher who is not dismissive but understanding (even in some Buddhist circles), and our shared experience of how funny, alive, and un-serious the beauty of the world really is.

Lydia’s Bio: Lydia worked for almost 20 years as a professor of visual art at a university in Virginia and left that tenured position last year. Since then, she has spent time in residence at several Zen Buddhist centers in the US, most recently five months at a monastery in New York. She has been a committed meditator for about 13 years and practiced in the insight tradition before she found her way to Zen.

Teachers mentioned:

Thich Nhat Hanh

Books mentioned:

Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryū Suzuki

The Oxherding Pictures Link

To connect with Lydia please email - [email protected]

Sidhe Readings & Channelled Art Website

Personalized Sculpture based on your Astrological Birth Chart

Sidhe Art Instagram

In Season One, Episode 6 of Tales from the Truth Seekers, I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend and mentor, Rachel White, host of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast! So how does one go from Catholic school to atheism to modern shaman you may ask? Well her story is nothing short of mind-blowing, as so many of these stories are, and her ability to stay completely open while still maintaining sharp critical thinking skills is equally as important and inspiring. As we follow Rachel’s story, we learn what it’s really like to be an actual psychic medium, and how to keep yourself safe while navigating the wonderful world of “woo.”

Rachel’s Bio: Rachel graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with Degrees in both English Literature and Criminal Psychology. She is the published author of the TOTEM Tarot Deck (available on Amazon and Etsy) and the creator of TOTEM Flower Essences (available on Etsy). Rachel is also the author of the TOTEM Readings Substack, and has been a featured contributing author in publications, including Best Holistic Health. Rachel is also the host of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, engaging fascinating iconoclasts in a dialogue designed to help the spiritually-homeless navigate the New Age landscape without falling into a con, a cult, or a multilevel marketing scheme. Rachel’s spiritual practice embodies the rebellious, independent spirit of shamanism. Rachel embraces and cultivates the power of the individual, empowering clients to reject group-think in lieu of their own, direct experience of spirit. To this end, Rachel has taken the Seek Safely pledge, committing herself and her practice to the highest standards in transparency, ethics, and quality across her available scope of services.

Rachel’s Links:

Rachel’s website - TOTEMReadings.com

TOTEM Readings Substack

TOTEM Readings Etsy Shop

Rachel’s IG - @totemrach

Natalie’s Links:

Natalie’s Website - SidheART.com

Natalie’s Story

Natalie’s Etsy Shop

Channelled Art (Based on your astrological birth chart)

Natalie’s IG - @sidhe.channelled.art

Books mentioned:

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Nature Spirits and Elemental Beings: Working with the Intelligence in Nature by Marko Pogacnik

The Trickster and the Paranormal by George P. Hansen

Animal-Speak: The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small by Ted Andrews

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

The Outsider by Stephen King

The Shining by Stephen King

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

TV series mentioned:

HBO doc-series Breath of Fire

HBO doc-series The Vow

TED Talks mentioned:

Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius

Sometimes it is when we are most hurried, most distracted, and most distraught that these unexplainable experiences suddenly enter our lives. In Season One, Episode 5 of Tales from the Truth Seekers, I had the pleasure of interviewing Roger Oney, my podcast launching mentor, about the spiritual experiences he has had throughout his life, and the ways in which they have changed him. The most potent of all being an out of body experience that introduced a burning clarity back into his life, melting everything else away. This episode also touches on the struggles of integrating an experience like this back into daily life as we follow Roger into circles of people who seem to have grave misunderstandings about what it means to be “spiritual.” Yet he ends with hopeful perspectives on the nature of humanity and our innate connection to our distant indigenous past, as the inevitable restructuring of our modern society continues to loom ever nearer.

Roger’s Bio: Roger is a multipotentialite and creative with a background in technology, spiritual healing, and Core Energy Coaching™. He enjoys working with clients one-to-one, helping them tap into inner guidance during times of great change. And more recently, is working with healers, helpers, and guides to expand their reach and better connect with clients through Podcasting.

Rogers website - Rogeroney.com

Rogers substack - Roger Goes Rogue

Books mentioned:

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz

Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins

Authors mentioned:

Joe Dispenza

Martha Beck

Byron Katie

Serenity Prayer

“O God and Heavenly Father, grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed, courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.”

Sidhe Readings & Channelled Art Website

Personalized Sculpture based on your Astrological Birth Chart

Sidhe Art Instagram

This episode is a special episode. Not long after I recorded this interview with Jewels, she passed away. I didn’t know she was sick at the time of recording, or at all. I am grateful that the nature of my podcast is to ask about the person‘s entire life. So I look forward to sharing and celebrating the incredible life of Jewels Maloney with you. Rest in peace dear one.

In Season One, Episode 4 of Tales from the Truth Seekers, I had the pleasure of interviewing my professor/mentor Jewels Maloney, from the Edgar Cayce founded college, Atlantic University. In this episode, Jewels takes us through the incredible ups and downs of her life and spiritual journey since 1977. From her initial heart opening and kundalini awakening, to a true dark night of the soul, to becoming a channel for the sacred Magdalene, to the disarmament rallies of the 1980s, her life is a myriad of spiritual experiences, all equally as beautiful, and all coming with their own unique lessons to learn.

Jewels’ Bio: Jewels Maloney was a Mentor at Atlantic University for the Masters in Transpersonal Psychology program and the Certificate in Spiritual Guidance and Mentoring. Her passion was pure gnosis - intuitive inner connection with Creator and Creation in all forms of life, especially here and now on our magnificent Gaia/Mother Earth. And her greatest passion these days was simply BEing in nature. In the past, Jewels received a Masters and Doctorate in Creativity, worked with young children, founded two nature-based schools, and mentored Early Childhood and Elementary teachers in training in Massachusetts and Montana. She moved to Sedona, AZ in 2003 and for 20 years was involved with taking people out in the red rocks and vortex energy areas, and doing healing work, emotional release work, and spiritual readings.

Books Mentioned:

Every Child is Holy by Jewels Maloney

Mary Magdalene - The Christos-Sophia Revelation by Jewels Maloney

The Christos-Sophia Revelation Vol II: Love One Another by Jewels Maloney

Soul Songs by Jewels Maloney

Ecstasies & Meditations by Jewels Maloney

Wadogh: I AM Thankful by Jewels Maloney

Anna, Grandmother of Jesus: A Message of Wisdom and Love by Claire Heartsong

Anna, The Voice of the Magdalenes: A Sequel to Anna, Grandmother of Jesus by Claire Heartsong

Organizations Mentioned:

Food Not Bombs

American Friends Service Committee

Sidhe Readings & Channelled Art Website

Personalized Sculpture based on your Astrological Birth Chart

Sidhe Art Instagram

Dear Jewels,

The news about your passing comes as a surprise and a shock to me and I am grieving today. But I am so grateful that in our last conversation I was able to convey to you just how important you were to me. You changed my life in beautiful and amazing ways and your work continues to inspire me. Your podcast interview will be airing very soon now, and I am so humbled to be able to share your light with the world, one more time, even after your passing. <3

I would look forward to classes with you every week and made sure to sign up for all the classes that you were teaching because you were a channel for love, and you understood what this human existence thing is really about. Thank you for bringing so many lifelines into my world, for being so supportive during the time when I needed it most, and for being a huge catalyst in my journey of peeling back the layers and learning to be brave enough to be who I really am.

I cannot thank you enough beautiful Jewels.

Below I have included direct quotes from Jewels from her lectures during class. I was learning Canva at the time and wanted to capture all of the golden nuggets of wisdom that would come through her. One quote is from a man she referred to as "her beloved" who had passed on. I hope they are now celebrating being reunited again in the paradise that she so recently saw for herself.

I also invite you to read her bio and check out her published works. She may no longer be earth-side, but she left behind a truly beautiful legacy.