Join Fatua and her sweet brother Free for a fun loving conversation by the river.

Free Bear lives up to his given name, born of Lakota Native American & European ancestry, he walks through life inspiring others to live their dreams, and shares the message of the importance of self-sovereignty, love and positivity with humanity. 

In the first part of the conversation, Free shares how he has worked in the film industry and offers his inside perspective on propaganda, the news, AI technology, and how this has shaped, manipulated, and inspired society. In essence, how to maintain your sovereignty in today's world with so many avenues that influence our belief systems. 

In the the second part of the conversation, he shares his insights on sacred partnership, the importance of discretion in choosing who we share intimacy with, his belief that true love exists, and of course, a little mystical Elvin magic thrown into the mix. 

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Links to hear more from Free coming soon!

Fatua
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Hola familia!

On today's episode Fatua shares space with Jané Ines del Castillo Ramirez, the farmer of the beautiful Amazonian rainforest cacao that Fatua offers through Soul Melody Cacao. 

Fatua met Jané in the year 2019, having first tasted her cacao in the Amazon the year prior and knew it was something special. She was blown away by the potency and energy of the cacao, and the powerful woman that Jané is. Jané has an inspired connection with the spirit of cacao and the plants of the forest. 

Jané shares about how she began working with cacao & her personal business, how she connects with the plants of the forest, her opinion on cacao ceremonies and cacao being shared around the world, who is the the spirit of cacao, and the various medicinal properties of the cacao tree. 

She also shares about her people, the Amahuaca, who come from a region in southern Peru & Brazil, and refer to themselves as the "Capybara" people. 

In the episode Fatua and Jané are joined by their friend Juan Zuniga (catch him in prior episodes) who has graciously offered to translate the dialogue into english as Jané speaks Spanish. 

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Part 2 of Samaita's mediumship initiation story, being left to survive for 8 months by himself in the bush, relying on his ancestor for guidance.

The story is followed by a discussion about spirit mediumship, touching on topics such as how a person is chosen by the spirits to be their medium, what qualities a person must have, the relationship between ancestors and guardian spirits, and more.

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Mediumship in Shona Traditions

In the Shona traditions, spirit mediumship is the practice of allowing your specific ancestor(s) or guardian spirit(s), who are chosen by your ancestors, to manifest through your physical body. Rather than simply channeling, the spirit inhabits your body for an certain amount of time to share wisdom, insights, and perspectives from the spirit world and information from the time period the spirit was alive. Those who are spirit mediums are specifically chosen by the spirit world for this task. 
 
There are certain initiations one must go through that test and shape one's character in preparation for being a medium.
Initiations tend to have multiple processes over time, and can span days, months, or many years. Becoming a medium is a process that takes time for the body to mentally and physically conform to the powerful energy it must learn to allow to inhabit it.
Initiations prepare the medium to be of service to people and spirituality, and for the medium to gain a better understanding of who their spirit(s) are, and what medicine they carry to share with humanity.

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Jonathan Dube, also known as Samaita, which means he is of the zebra clan, is a kind hearted Shona man, who lives a busy life as an initiated spirit medium, traditional healer, herbalist, community counselor, & musician of native cultural music. He is also a father, grandfather, and husband.

A pillar of support and guidance for his community, he serves from his dhare (essentially a spirit house and place of healing) at Dzimbanhete Arts & Culture Village, a project he started with a dear friend to keep the traditional Shona traditions alive.

Fatua is an initiated spirit medium; she spent three months living in the bush with Samaita and his family, and a few of her fellow initiated friends, in order to expand her practice and continue her initiation process.

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Samaita (Jonathan Dube)
Dzimbanhete Arts & Culture Website 

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This episode was recorded in a traditional mud hut in the rural bush of Zimbabwe outside of the capital city of Harare, with native Jonathan Dube, also known as Samaita, meaning of the zebra clan.

Samaita is a kind hearted Shona man, who lives a busy life as an initiated spirit medium, traditional healer, herbalist, community counselor, & musician of cultural music. He is also a father, grandfather, and husband. A pillar of support and guidance for his community, he serves from his dhare (essentially a spirit house and place of healing) at Dzimbanhete Arts & Culture Village, a project he started with a dear friend to keep their traditional Shona traditions alive.

In this episode Samaita shares his story of what it was like to become the spirit medium for his grandfather Sekuru, & the initiations he faced through illnesses as a child, mysterious dreams, and being left alone to survive with absolutely nothing in the bush for just over 8 months.

In the Shona traditions, spirit mediumship is the practice of allowing your specific ancestor(s) or guardian spirit(s), who are chosen by your ancestors, to manifest through your physical body. Rather than simply channeling, the spirit inhabits your body for an certain amount of time to share wisdom, insights, and perspectives from the spirit world and information from the time period the spirit was alive.

Tune in to part 2 to hear the end of the story, and a discussion on what it means to be a spirit medium in the Shona tradition.

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Samaita
Dzimbanhete Arts and Culture Website

Fatua
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This Mystical Life welcomes back Juan Zuniga, director of Novalis, a center for preserving the rainforest and indigenous culture in the Amazon, for a discussion on the mysterious world of brujería (sorcery/witchcraft) in the jungle.

Juan & Fatua discuss a side of the Amazon that is more hidden to the outside world, the world of love spells, brujería, and energetic & psychic attacks.

Although brujería is practiced around the world, varies depending on the culture, and can be used for healing or harming, today our discussion explores more of the disturbances that can be caused by it in the jungle, and serve as a reminder for those that traverse the medicine lands to always have attuned awareness to their environment.

Another important highlight of today's talk is about ayahuasca and the various additives that are being added to the medicine worldwide. Certain additives may enhance the overall experience, and by adding other plants, the messages a passenger thinks they are receiving from ayahuasca, may not be from her at all. Juan & Fatua discuss why this is inauthentic and potentially harmful.

Check out episode 2 to learn more about Juan and hear his perspective on ayahuasca in the Amazon.

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Juan Zuniga
@wearenovalis
wearenovalis.com 

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Hang out with Fatua as she shares a real,  raw, and casually unedited moment in time, reflecting on 2023, and the changes that happened in her life over the years of her Saturn return phase.
She discusses navigating the teachings of two very different lineages she is initiated into, following her intuition and the voices of her ancestors, moving through the waves of challenge & beauty with ayahuasca, and the importance of trust and perseverance in life and on our individual paths. 

Fatua
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Moyo Rainos Mutamba was born and raised in Zimbabwe in Southwest Africa, and is the cofounder of Ubuntu Learning Village, a community living space that hosts visitors from around the world, a children's school, and workshops for learning music and cultural knowledge. 

Moyo shares his story of his desire to learn as a child, & challenges he faced in being able to attend school living on the streets, yet he pursued his passion, got a scholarship to study at University in Canada, and was inspired to start Ubuntu and create free learning opportunities for the children in his community. 

Moyo discusses the life style contrasts between Western culture vs. village culture, how religion was used as a fear tactic to control and colonize Zimbabwe,  how music and mediumship is an important part of Shona spirituality & life, and the concept of totems in African culture. 

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Time Stamps

00:00 Ubuntu welcome song

00:45 Podcast Intro

1:17 Meet Moyo & Ubuntu Learning Village

17:10 Western vs. Village Living

28:49 Masculine & Feminine Roles in Society

35:08 Thriving in passion & identity

38:35 Music & mbira as medicine

43:19 Colonization of Zimbabwe & religion vs. Shona spirituality

55:11 Mediumship as part of Shona culture

1:13:05 Totems

1:19:57 Closing

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Moyo Rainos Mutamba
email: [email protected]

Ubuntu Learning Village
(for Ubuntu information, and to make a donation to support free children's schooling) -> visit: 
www.ubuntuearth.org

Fatua
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On today's episode with spirit medium Waniso Dumbutshena Berry, we discuss her ability to channel & "gab" with her ancestors & spirits, and to receive messages for others who ask for her guidance, while being completely coherent. 

Mediumship, music, and dance are in Waniso's blood, as her mother is of the Shona peoples native to Zimbabwe and is an incredible dancer, and her father, who is from the USA, lived amongst the Shona for many years and is an initiated spirit medium & world renowned musician.

Waniso discusses how her gifts first began to come online, what her style of channeling looks and feels like, the importance of honoring her own unique journey, and incorporating a playful essence to her ever-evolving spiritual practice. 

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Waniso Dumbutshena Berry
@berry.w

Fatua
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April Ramee of Antler Alchemy is an herbalist, plant medicine integration coach & world traveler. 

Today April takes us on a journey, vulnerably sharing how she has currently "given up on life" to fully surrender & trust to the great mystery of the unknown. 

She shares her story of her past, how she found the courage to leave her job in corporate America and let go of her life as she knew it in favor of living a life inspired, and how by doing so she was able to create abundance and thrive. April discusses how plant herbal allies can assist us in daily life, her journey with sobriety and taking a grace period from psychedelics, and shares her belief that we are all worthy of having what we desire, even if we have yet to experience it.

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Time Stamps

6:40  Giving up on life

13:20 Sobriety from plant medicines

17:18 Quitting corporate job to travel

31:30 Ayahuasca in peru

37:30 Maintaining sovereignty in the medicine community

41:35 Herbal medicine for integration

51:33 Vulnerable share about "giving up on life"

1:06:19 Four years sobriety: April’s journey with drugs, medicines, and signs from spirit

1:19:42 Ancestral visions & talking with her grandmother

1:22:16 Dream work with Eastern Slavic shaman

1:25:19 Sobriety during pandemic for anchoring presence

1:30:38 Plant medicines: one time experiences vs. life path & making shifts

1:32:04 “My booty impacts the world” enjoying life without judgment & living in integrity 
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April Ramee
https://antleralchemy.com
@antleralchemy

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Join us for a deep dive into the mystical realms of the psychedelic Amanita Muscaria mushroom, also known as the Fly Agaric, as well as a conversation on the importance of annual community gatherings with the seasons of the year as a bridge of connection to our ancestral roots.

Carissa Ervine is an herbalist & astrologer who has spent years researching and exploring the Amanita, uncovering this fungi spirit's magic that makes us question our relationship to time and our physical reality.

Our conversation takes an unexpected turn into a discussion of the polarity of life and death, darkness and light, and how our human conditioning tends to stray away from things considered dark and painful, when this is truly a part of the nature of existence.
By opening the doorway of conversation with and about the Amanita today, her spirit guides us to contemplate the not so love and light parts of the human life.

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Time Stamps
1:00  Carissa's path with plants
6:55  Carissa's journey with mushrooms
8:11  Amanita myths, stories, & Christmas connections
12:41  Psilocybin vs. muscimol
18:30   Why ingest amanita? Medicinal properties & dream worlds
24:40  Amanita as pain medicine
28:10  Teachings of amanita
29:34  Ganja's sticky spirit
33:35  The uninitiated Western culture & the importance of seasonal gatherings
44:37  Dark and light forces as part of the whole
49:00  Amanita, the shadow, and baba yaga
51:49  Sacrifice, suicide, leaving the earth & emerging out of the dark
56:19  Importance of community
58:19  Amanita as winter solstice medicine/ Carissa's first amanita journey
1:03:28  Closing
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Carissa Ervine
@mistressofthewild
Podcast: Cosmic Crossroads

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