The Explorer Poet Podcast

My guest today is Bernhard Guenther, a truth seeker, writer, lecturer, podcaster, and drummer.

We discussed truth seeking, awakening, inner work, outer work, spiritual bypassing, detached objectivity, the evolution of consciousness, the psycho-spiritual, detachment without dissociation, evil, Carl Jung, shadow work, idiot compassion, healthy egos, owning your own power, individuation, anima/animus integration, divine intervention, following your bliss, and finding the kingdom within.

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Guest Name: Bernhard Guenther

Website: https://veilofreality.com/

Podcast: https://veilofreality.com/the-cosmic-matrix-podcast/

X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/veilofreality

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veilofreality/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veilofrealityofficial/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TimeOfTransition

Telegram: https://t.me/timeoftransition

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@explorerpoet

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My guest today is Mina Stillwater, a writer, blogger, ceremonial magician, and avid researcher of the strange.

We discussed fundamental Christianity, the Bible, historical parallels, metaphysics, grimoires, morals, values, synchronicity, the Police, alchemy, spiritual alchemy, chaos, four-fold breathing, ceremonial magic, high magic, divine entities, energy, Jungian Psychology, depression, poetry, lyrics, war, war protest, shadow work, cleaning ceremonies, showers, social artistry, the human potential movement, the endless path, upward mobility, belief systems, and lowering one's vibrations.

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Guest Name: Mina Stillwater

Website / Blog “The White Rose”: https://mstillwater23.wixsite.com/mysite-3

X / Twitter: https://x.com/MinaStillwater

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My guest today is Dylan Treadwell, a storyteller driven to discover and create transformative, empathetic, and cathartic experiences. You can read Dylan’s writings by subscribing to the Joseph Campbell Foundation’s MythBlast Newsletter.

We discussed storytelling, campfire stories, first encounters with myth, missionary work, the good news, the gospel, voodoo, mythical crossovers, literalist prose, metaphor, poetry, good religion, poetic religion, deities, sacrifice, Buddhism, Hinduism, the caste system, costumes, fairy tales, Cinderella, death, unconscious connection, dying, and the kingdom of Heaven.

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Guest Name: Dylan Treadwell

Website: www.dylantreadwell.com

Dylan’s first micro-budget film: ALL THAT REMAINS - https://geni.us/allthatremainsmovie?fbclid=IwY2xjawI0Xr5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWL2lXvqSVRDgshoVdcs2Oe5RlF239flkIjbTZNpHnStpkFc4zs29Kd6pw_aem_t3B3hzjsr1EE32MOfWJu7Q

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Dwight Davis: Hello Again: https://dwightdavisdesign.com/Hello-Again

Ellie Bruhns: RAT, @studio.housetree.games: https://www.instagram.com/studio.housetree.games/

Davis Watson:

https://www.paradocsical.com/

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My guest today is Todd Corsetti, the first elected Libertarian in Idaho, who ran for and won the office of Precinct Committeeman. Todd is a retired engineer and manager in the semiconductor industry, a student of Austrian Economics, and an active member of the Libertarian Party of Idaho, where he holds positions as chair of region 3 and chair of the Public Relations Committee. In 2024, Todd came out of retirement to run for the U.S. House in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District.

We discussed Libertarianism, the psychology of politics, the uniparty, mistrust of government, red pills, authoritarianism, public education, freedom of speech, political shifts, libertarian values, war, being lied into war, nation building, nuclear war, self-ownership, personal responsibility, free markets, decentralization, bad speech, better speech, Austrian economics, government as a monopoly on violence, bureaucracy killing competition, and the Mises Institute.

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Guest Name: Todd Corsetti

https://www.toddcorsetti.com/

X/Twitter: https://x.com/Corsetti4Idaho

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556822565197&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Corsetti4Idaho

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-corsetti

Idaho Libertarianism Website:

https://lpid.org/

Interested in becoming involved:

https://runaslibertarian.com/

Mises Institute Website:

https://mises.org/

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My guest today is Matt Loesby, Secretary of the Libertarian Party of Idaho. By day, Matt is a full time software developer, who splits his time between volunteering for his church, developing a video game, hiking in the Rockies, and doing administrative work and activism for the Libertarian Party of Idaho. In 2024 he ran for the U.S. House Idaho District 1 on the platform, ‘Stop Doing Evil’. Matt and I discussed the psychology of politics, the history of the United States, and the major tenets of the Libertarian philosophy.

We discussed trusting authority, Ron Paul, the Mises Caulkus, identity, English Common Law, empires, World War I, World War II, the government as separate from the people, legalizing freedom, the Bretton Woods Agreement, welfare, welfare states, the gold standard, liberty, Idaho, the federal government, violence, Elite Theory, Niccolo Machiavelli, Lichtenstein, authority, grown ups, impressive elites, Christianity, leadership as service, Democracy, strong men, the popular vote, health, drugs, licensing, the American Medical Association, patents, and profits, and Stop Doing Evil.

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Guest Name: Matt Loesby

Personal Website: https://www.loesby.us/

Idaho Libertarianism Website: https://lpid.org/

Interested in becoming involved: https://runaslibertarian.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557763598681

X: https://x.com/LoesbyForIdaho

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Welcome to the Explorer Poet Podcast. This episode will be a bit different. Rather than one guest, this is a group call, with a discussion facilitated by Rick Belden, who was first on the podcast back in Episode 51. He returns here for what was a virtual night of exploring personal stories, the processing of grief, and the pathway to healing.

On the call, we discussed questions such as - What is a Mother Wound? What is a Father Wound? What is our inner child? How can we access and heal earlier versions of ourselves? And how do we become connected to those inner selves?

Rick is an artist, poet, and coach who works with men to solve difficult emotional, personal, and relational challenges. He’s a great listener, is full of insights and experience, and I truly enjoyed my evening with Rick and the others who joined the call.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Rick Belden

Website: https://www.rickbeldencoaching.com/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/rickbeldencoaching

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickbeldenpoet

Twitter: https://x.com/rickbelden

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RickBelden

Article: Men and the Mother Wound

Poem: "motherspace"

Poem: "the grief I will not let myself feel"

Poem: "tears never cried"

Image: "Grief is a gateway to mature masculinity"

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Ron Rivers is an entrepreneur, non-profit founder, author, and lecturer. Ron’s focus is on binding systems and spirit in alignment with the single truth and relational universe. His efforts coalesce at the intersection of Spirituality, Web3, AI, Political Economy, Philanthropy, and Systemic Reformation. He is the author of Self-Actualization in the Age of Crisis and the founder of SpiritDAO, a non-profit spiritual community embracing the single truth and relational universe.

In our conversation we discussed self-actualization, spiritual renaissance, the Roman Catholic church, LDS, Mormonism, narratives, meaning, spiritual agnosticism, startups, non-profits, social impact, spirituality, transcendence, morality, materiality, inherited systems, doubt, desire, death, agency, mapping the terrain, returning to nature, the self, meta-crisis, existential threat, sense making, sustenance cycles, classes, castes, beliefs that shape reality, dogma, change as the nature of reality, observable infinites, the universe, imagination, SpiritDAO, cosmology, meta-modernism, spiritual alternatives, the relational universe, the observer, and the informational universe.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Ron Rivers

Website: https://www.ronrivers.com/

Telegram: https://t.me/+-4Vd5C51QC9iZTA5

Discord: https://discord.gg/Dg94YJxAEm

X: https://twitter.com/riversmind

Youtube: https://youtube.com/@spiritdao

Medium: https://medium.com/@ronrivers/

GitHub: https://github.com/ronrivs

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ronrivers

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Mollie Adler is a podcaster, writer and seeker, exploring emotional alchemy and the shadow side of the human psyche. She is the host of the Back From the Borderline podcast and the Night Night Bitches podcast. You can also find her writings at the Back From the Borderline substack. I’m a big fan of Mollie’s work, as well as her willingness to be open, objective, and ruthlessly raw, and I couldn’t have been more excited to speak with her.

In our conversation we discussed the Back from the Borderline podcast, borderline personality disorder, screaming to be heard, the music industry, podcasts, stories, search, overt, labels, projecting, critical thinking, virtue signaling, activism, nuance, Carl Jung, depth psychology, underworld, Lisa Miller, Depression, Joseph Campbell, allegory, the biomedical model of health, DSM5, ADHD, chemical imbalance, myth, epigenetics, neuroscience, business, collective unconscious, collective conscious, symptoms as saviors, weed pens, myth and meaning, initiation, the Red Book, Gods, archetypes, opposites, monomyths, splitting, emptiness, favorite persons, and limerence.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Mollie Adler

Website: https://linktr.ee/backfromtheborderline

Substack: https://backfromtheborderline.substack.com/

Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/backfromtheborderline

Instagram: https://instagram.com/backfromtheborderline

X: https://x.com/bftbpod

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1576242501?mt=2&ls=1

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Download my latest writing: Myth for Modern Men: A Letter to My Son - https://explorerpoet.com/myth-for-modern-men/

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Dr. Adele Lafrance is a clinical psychologist, research scientist, author, and the co-developer of emotion-focused treatment modalities, including Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, and she’s also a psychedelics researcher, with a focus on ayahuasca, MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine. She is the co-author of What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers, which aims to help parents reconnect with their instincts and have more empathetic and effective relationships with their children.

In our conversation we discussed connection, core loneliness, rest, suffering, helplessness, psychology, technology, science, Ashley Miller, neuroscience, scripts, indigenous healers, trauma, instincts, empathy, toxicity, culture, blame, parent blame, mother blame, luck, forgiveness, aiming for understanding, feeling your feelings, emotional processing, disconnection, knee-jerk responses, building bridges, emotional translators, imagining, validating, and emotional reassurance.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Adele Lafrance

Website: https://dradelelafrance.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-adele-lafrance-9a498784/

What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: https://dradelelafrance.com/books

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Nick Taber is a blogger and youtuber who writes about and discusses authoritarianism in school systems, the mental health industry, and the troubled-teen industry. He’s a proponent of true self-awareness and growth, and a believer in developing human potential.

In our conversation we discussed awareness, perspective, conflict, being strong willed, troubled-teen industry, psychological abuse, brainwashing, Taoism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, healing trauma, bibliotherapy, youth mental health treatment, authentic self, programming, wilderness therapy, therapeutic boarding schools, punishment, threats, social isolation, reeducation camps, Maoist China, Brave New World Revisited, Aldous Huxley, experts, parents, parenting, Beautiful Boy, Tweek, China, Self-reliance, Bruce Levine, Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill, Gabor Mate, authority, natural authority, institutional authority, authoritarianism, feelings, healing modalities, somatic meditation, nature, and consciousness.

Episode Details:

Guest Name: Nick Taber

Website: https://imaginal-cell.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/677145320084405

X: https://twitter.com/NickTaber

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@nicktaber2969/featured

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