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The traditions of the Yoruba people in modern day Nigeria transformed into the religions of Voodoo, Candomble and Santería in Haiti, Brazil and Cuba respectively. Valter Kinbom is an initiated omo aña (Son of the Drum Spirit), a ceremonial drummer in Santería rituals.Together we explore the technology of rhythm and the archetypal energies of the Orishas. Constantly guided by Eleggua, the Orisha of the treshold, the trickster spirit of paradox, the liminal, of both both/and and either/or.VALTER KINBOM'S LINKS https://www.valterpercussion.com/homehttps://www.instagram.com/valterpercussion/https://www.youtube.com/@valteriano PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCESBatá drumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C3%A1_drumYoruba peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_peopleOrishahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OrishaPolytheismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolytheismBabalawohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BabalawoEleguahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EleguaOgunhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OgunOshosihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OshosiOshunhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OshunOrunmilahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8CrunmilaAsatruhttps://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsatruYour Favorite Babalawo Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@favbabalawoHaitan Vodouhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_VodouLwahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LwaMonotheismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MonotheismCandombléhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9Yemojahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yem%E1%BB%8DjaShangohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShangoEshuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EshuOlorun/Olodomarehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cl%E1%BB%8DrunObatalahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8CbatalaOlokunhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OlokunOyahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8CyaHermit Songs by Samuel Barberhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_SongsSaint Brigidhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_KildareRabindranath Tagorehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_TagoreMatías De Stefanohttps://matiasdestefano.org/en/frontpage/Rumihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RumiAkashic recordshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_recordsOctahedronhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OctahedronOgbe Tuahttps://en.oshaeifa.com/odu-ifa/ogbe/ogbe-tua/Olofinhttps://en.oshaeifa.com/orisha/olodumare-olorun-olofin/

"...set out again, with an oar on your shoulder, and travel to a country where people have never heard of the sea..."Returning guest and deep friend of the podcast, interdisciplinary performer and storyteller Jo Blake, is back! This time to invite us to look at Odysseus, the classical epitome of heroic masculinity, with new eyes.The story of Odysseus has always been a living companion story for Jo, though she is yet to tell it. We discuss how Odysseus' voyage goes beyond gender, teaches something profound about the nature of reality and relation, and can be seen as a valuable story of submission, humility and descension.And last but not least, why most modern retellings of the Odyssey often choose to leave out the actual ending.JO BLAKE LINK https://jo-blake.co.uk/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCESTaiko drumshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaikoPandvani 108https://crickcrackclub.com/pandvani108/The Iliadhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IliadIthakahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer%27s_IthacaPenelopehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenelopeTelemachushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TelemachusShivahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShivaTroy (film)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)Kratos (god of war)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_(God_of_War)Athenahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AthenaCircehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CirceTiresiashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiresiasCronushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CronusDemeterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DemeterPersephonehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PersephoneTerence McKennahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKennaMary Magdalenehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MagdaleneThe Divine Comedyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy

How does a Swedish percussionist raised on Balkan music end up as a vodou queen in Ghana?That is a question Kristina Aspeqvist is more than happy to answer, in a free-flowing way. Our enthralling conversation of her professional and spiritual journey felt sometimes like jazz, sometimes like folk, sometimes transcendent. Just like her music.KRISTINA ASPEQVIST LINKS http://www.rythmworks.se https://stockholmvodouorchestra.comhttps://www.musikcentrumost.se/artist/nioki-beats PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCESVodouhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_VodúnEwe peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_people?variant=zh-cnDavul drumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DavulConga drumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CongaGrammis Awardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GrammisKVASThttps://kvast.orgFeirefizhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeirefizParsifal/Percivalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PercivalRay Lemahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_LemaRay Lema and the Bulgarian Voiceshttps://www.allmusic.com/album/bulgarian-voices-mw0001008398Tom Sawyerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_SawyerAurelia Deyhttps://www.aureliadey.comKetahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KetaBengt Bergerhttps://www.instagram.com/bengtberger/Brekete drumhttp://www.rythmworks.se/Produkt-filer/brekete.htmlLise-Lotte Noreliushttps://www.lise-lottenorelius.seAnimismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnimismHaitian revolutionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_RevolutionTibetan Buddhismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_BuddhismOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinFrigghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FriggKakelugn/Masonry heaterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heaterSanteríahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanteríaFowlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FowlBalafonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BalafonThe White Goddess by Robert Graveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_GoddessThe Pig episode of In the Borderlandshttps://www.intheborderlands.com/2021/12/21/christmas-yuletide-special-the-pig-4/Asante peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asante_peopleTiamathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiamatKunda peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunda_peopleIfáhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IfáDiakon/Deaconhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeaconMami Watahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_WataUNESCO Intangible cultural heritagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_ListsI Chinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_ChingCowrie-shell divinationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowrie-shell_divinationAccrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccraGreta Lindholmhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_LindholmBirgit Åkessonhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_ÅkessonSufismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism

We are delighted to welcome Laura Burns back into our podcast grotto. This multidisciplinary artist working within the vast mythopoetic landscape of relation to the invisible presences all around us, the more-than-human, the unknown, the forgotten and the lost, take us on a meandering journey on a free-flowing river of resonance. We speak of the need for cultural regeneration, of how languaging the world create realities and of mending the gaps in the ancestral field. And of much, much more. Welcome! LAURA BURNS LINKS http://www.lauraburns.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/_laura_burns/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Family Constellations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations Bill Plotkin https://www.animas.org/about-us/our-founder/ Animas Valley Institute https://www.animas.org/ Mythopoesis/mythopoeia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythopoeiaGenízarohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen%C3%ADzaro West Kennet Long Barrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kennet_Long_Barrow Kalimba/Mbira https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbira Djembe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djembe Samhain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain MacGuffin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin

Merry Christmas! In Scandinavia we open presents on Christmas Eve and tonight Torgrim and Mikael have brought one each. Inside we find two fairy tales – "The three billy goats Gruff“ from Norway and "Mother Holle“ from Germany. Join our fireside chat as we delve deep into these two stories, exploring possible hidden layers and meanings and seeing if there's more than meets the eye. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES The three billy goats Gruff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff Seter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seter_(disambiguation) https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seter Cú Chulainn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn Dominic Kelly Episode of In the Borderlands https://www.intheborderlands.com/2022/03/13/dominic-kelly-the-hero-light-irish-myth-and-epic-8/ Krampus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus The World Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(tarot_card) Bearskin story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale) Mother Holle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle Perchta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta Baba Yaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga Yin and Yang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang Anima and animus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_and_animus Henrik Hallgren episode of In the Borderlands https://www.intheborderlands.com/2023/03/20/henrik-hallgren-earth-rights-a-trickster-in-the-system-33/

One year is no year. Two years is two years. Three years is a tradition. Celebrate the third anniversary with us in our podcasting cavern where we sit listening, waiting for what bubbles will burst. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Kalevala quote from Kalevala translated by Eino Friberg and The Old Kalevala and Certain Antecedents translated by Francis Peabody Magoun Jr. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319445.The_Kalevala https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400813.The_Old_Kalevala_and_Certain_Antecedents?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20 Listening quote by Kábbo from The Uncoiling Python by Harold Scheub https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305901-the-uncoiling-python Inuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit Qarrtsiluni/Quarrtsiluni San people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_people Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala

For our fiftieth episode we are joined by homeopathic practitioner Dodo Kitching. Dodo specialises in the sensation method as taught by the Joshis of India, the essence of which she is happy to share with us In addition, we explore different perspectives of health, the underappreciated art of dying well and learn to view the periodic table in a completely new and mythopoetic light. Sage Homeopathy https://www.sagehomeopathy.com/about Album by Dodo: The Android's Dream https://digidub.bandcamp.com/album/the-androids-dream Album by Dodo: Ultravenus https://digidub.bandcamp.com/album/ultravenus PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES The Joshis http://www.drjoshisclinic.com/ Yin and Yang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang Stephen Hawking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Death doula/midwife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife Ghat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghat Varanasi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi The Little Match Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl Periodic table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table Qi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi Rudolf Steiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou A Nightmare on Elm Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street Mabinogion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion Blodeuwedd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodeuwedd Druid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

Carl Gustav Jung, the mythopoetic mirror to Freud's trauma-focused psychology, spoke of a concept he coined "Active Imagination“. An intuitive process of letting your own imagination unfold by drinking from the waters of the collective consciousness. In this conversation we juxtapose both this "AI“ and the more commonly known "AI“ aka Artificial Intelligence. Joined by special guest Fredrik Høyer, a Norwegian slam poet, author and dramatist, we take a meandering and overflowing journey through these mythic borderlands pregnant with the unrealised potential of dreams. Fredrik Høyer http://www.fredrikhoyer.no/ Sound excerpts "Gi Slipp" with Fredfades and Kristoffer Eikrem "T-banematrisen" with Sandra Kolstad/Grønlandsutraen RMX "Regndanse i skinnjakke" with Ingeborg Marie Mohn and Emilie Christensen "Øya" with Stockhaus/Grønlandsutraen RMX PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Carl Jung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung Book: The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden by Robert A Johnson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445969.The_Fisher_King_and_the_Handless_Maiden Exegesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exegesis Midjourney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midjourney Sufism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism The Kingslayer Jaime Lannister, Game of Thrones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Lannister Book: Aion by C.G. Jung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/729924.Aion Faust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust Mariah Carey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey Forklift cartoon by David Skaufjord https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4UHZUq8Jg/?img_index=4 Anima and animus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_and_animus The Terminator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator The Aquarian Tarot https://www.usgamesinc.com/aquarian-tarot-deck.html David Palladini https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4UHZUq8Jg/?img_index=4 The Hermit tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hermit_(tarot_card) Ten of Cups tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_of_Cups Book: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_II:_The_Drawing_of_the_Three Master Tarot https://tarotgarden.com/master-tarot/ Major arcana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Arcana Minor Arcana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Arcana The Primordial Tarot https://www.loscarabeo.com/en/products/primordial-tarot Neolithic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic Book: On connection by Kae Tempest https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54874365-on-connection

In the US, there's a prediction that if the current traditional farming practices continue, there's 60 harvests remaining before the topsoil is completely eroded. Is there another way? Biodynamic farmer and dancer Johan Nilsson offers one alternative. What if we transform our entire mindset and instead of viewing the soil as dead matter we enter into a relationship with it? Welcome into a sparkling and stirring conversation where the borders between agriculture and art are wiped away, where the intuitive development of the farmer and the soil are seen as one and the same, where the farm itself becomes an alchemical organism, where attentiveness, presence and the spirit of constant discovery and mutual enrichment is key. Welcome to a world where both carrot and human can reach their fullest potential. Johan Nilsson https://www.instagram.com/johantraggae/ https://www.facebook.com/johan.nilsson.traggae Soundscapes by Johan Nilsson, Björn Ola Lind, Mikael Öberg PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Yoga Nidra https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Nidra Theosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_Society Vedas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Rudolf Steiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner Johann Wolfgang von Goethehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe Vetenskap och Folkbildning (The Swedish Sceptics' Association) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6reningen_Vetenskap_och_Folkbildning Saltå Kvarn https://www.saltakvarn.se/ The Demeter brand https://demeter.net/about/demeter-brand/ Human Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_ecology Article by Saskia von Diest: Intuitive Farming: Heart-Based Decisions for Harmony in Agricultural Ecosystems. https://www.academia.edu/106093725/Intuitive_Farming?uc-sb-sw=112491657 Agriculture Course by Rudolf Steiner https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA327/English/BDA1958/Ag1958_index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0AsiAN2M7GteV1noWwDPRwxtgCfHuivDKzU8Cp7I939HhSHRXb9CpA4e4_aem_ATb2WIpHwTPPLT3TrRAS5FSQY81I0Q13qMSTjpoEkOb_J4GcC74ywyy9FvbltODksJVqBXTcwDdcA8LlfCWDJgHM Drawings by Rudolf Steiner https://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/galleries/Other_Art/index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2VeD-ROR28pxk481wUdZ0vPGAyVsL3Ieobjowj79lgmdgMDcZKaacjZAY_aem_ATYsTa-Qb22T_ybIxlYZotTY9OVCv68VFaOjgXOB-8-cxrbVMbLuImnG7eSPH3bQo_jjJ6-YdIOow9mXQjMRZ1lu Zodiac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac Permaculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture Regenerative Agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_agriculture Jordboka by Dag Jørund Lønning (book) https://jordboka.no/jordboka.html Marko Pogačnik http://www.markopogacnik.com/ Rollin McCraty https://www.heartmath.org/about-us/request-a-speaker/rollin-mccraty/ Masaru Emoto https://masaru-emoto.net/en/science-of-messages-from-water/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto

Lunisolar Mind returns with a thirteenth episode, shedding some light (or darkness) on the new moon, the light absent in the skies of this episode's release. In this moment of pregnant stillness, in the space between inhale and exhale, we wonder. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Eid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid The Fool Tarot Card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(tarot_card) Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi The Rumi poem translated by Coleman Barks is found in the book Lion of the Heart https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46136059-lion-of-the-heart

We kick off 2024 with a timely musing on the nature of Good and Evil. Does absolute Good and absolute Evil exist? Is the binary idea of Good and Evil useful or does it disconnect us from the actual reality of things? Your hosts Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene explore this landscape through the medium of a spread of Hollywood blockbuster movies. Independence Day https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_independence%2520day Top Gun: Maverick https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_7_nm_1_q_top%2520gun%2520 Avatar: The Way of Water https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_avatar The Matrix Resurrections https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Scapegoat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat Azazel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel Satyr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr Chakra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Shadow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology) Donald Duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck Saint George and the Dragon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon Ares https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares Aphrodite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite Harmonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia RPG – Role-playing game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game Amrita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita Pineal gland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland

It is that time of the year. We sit on the treshold. Between what we know and what we don't know. We look at what has happened In the Borderlands in 2023 and we look ahead at what we would like to discover and experiment with in the year to come. And as an offering to you, dear listener, we end with a midwinter meditation, dreamt up for this moment in time. Join our Patreon www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

Susanna Salo was looking for a deck of Tarot cards inspired by Finnish mythology, but could not find one. So she decided to make one herself. More than a decade later, close to the global relaunch of the English version of her mesmerizing and dreamlike deck, we were lucky enough to get to speak to her In the Borderlands. About the creative process, being inspired by dreams, following the inner voice, how the mythology of Kalevala blended with the Tarot system to create something entirely new, and of deep listening. We even get to draw a few cards! Ukon Pakka Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ukonpakkatarot/ Ukon Pakka Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@mythologiafennicatarot1027 Buy Ukon Pakka deck in Finnish https://www.salakirjat.net/product/320/ukon-pakka---kalevalainen-tarot PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala Iku-Turso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iku-Turso_(creature) Four of Cups Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_of_Cups Smith-Rider-Waite Tarot deck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider%E2%80%93Waite_Tarot Death Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(tarot_card) Finnish Literature Society Archives https://www.finlit.fi/en/archives/ Väinämöinen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen Louhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louhi Kantele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantele King of Cups Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Cups Elias Lönnrot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot Shadow work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology) Joukahainen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joukahainen Lemminkäinen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmink%C3%A4inen Tuonela https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuonela The Fool Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(tarot_card) Metsänpeitto – forest's cover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mets%C3%A4npeitto Aino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aino_(mythology) The Moon Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_(tarot_card) Noah's Ark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark

The Yule Goat is an ancient Northern European symbol of the midwinter solstice, a time when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest. The practice of dressing up like a horned goat for Christmas has many examples in Scandinavian history, though only echoes remain. Friend of the show and historian of religion Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen has for the past few years aimed to remake a new tradition. Inspired by animism, carneval, Krampus processions in the Alps and samba he has started a Yule Goat Parade in the center of Copenhagen which this year will take place on the 16th of December. We talk to him and mask actor Petter Madegård about the thoughts behind the parade, the old concept of beings of darkness bringing the light at the turning point of the year, and the importance of renegotiating your relationship with the absolute Other. Videos from the Yule Goat parade in Copenhagen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqza3EUH0cM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vREcF1Cb-I&t=1s Nordic Animism https://nordicanimism.com/ CONNECT WITH US https://www.intheborderlands.com/ SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.brittle.one/ https://smarturl.it/inanna REFERENCES Krampus/Percthen processions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmfQqyXHAeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSKfdaCIuBM Lilith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith Samhain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain Documentary film about Iceland: Enquête sur le monde invisible https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigation_into_the_Invisible_World Frau Holle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle Commedia dell'arte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte Passion play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Play Nativity play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_play Harlequin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin Folktale: Bearskin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale) Gospel of Matthew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew Vafþrúðnir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l Darshan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darshan_(Indian_religions) Odin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

From the busyness of UK screen writer's rooms to the stillness of the Swedish forests. From mastering the story to serving the story. From performance to ceremony. From ego-centred to eco-centred. Zara Waldebäck's life, wisdom and thoughts on storytelling, resonance, relationship and attention are some of the many wonderful ingredients of this conversation. It developed and grew like a mycelial network of association and wonder, sprouting fascinating mushrooms to ponder, while pairing and playfully opposing the invisible and visible worlds in a dance of words. Find out more about Zara's projects https://www.writingwithsoul.org/ https://www.shamanism.dk/ https://www.asbacka.org/ Logo image: Hand drawn sketch of a maturing fungal colony from one volume of A.H.R. Buller's epic series Researches on Fungi (Buller, 1909-1934). Soundscapes: Kalimba Atmosphere from Pixabay and Frosty Wind – Nature Sounds by JuliusH from Pixabay. CONNECT WITH US https://www.intheborderlands.com/ SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.brittle.one/ https://smarturl.it/inanna REFERENCES Ramlila https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramlila Ramayana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana Candomblé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making by John Fox https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203839.Poetic_Medicine The High Priestess Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Priestess Vladimir Propp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp Joseph Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell Christopher Vogel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Vogler Echo and Narcissus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_and_Narcissus Rasa (aesthetics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasa_(aesthetics)

Of all the creatures of the forest, the bear holds a place most dear in the hearts of ancient Scandinavians. New animist thinking and perspectives on how our forebears related to the world around them as well as the concept that personhood and culture is the baseline of existence for all life, ignited a spark in Olle Möllervärn's mind during his Religious studies. His fascinating master thesis on "Bear Culture“ is the springboard for this podcast episode where we delve into folklore and tradition with both the bear and the human as our guide, and the fascinating borderland that emerges between them. Olle Möllervärn's Bear Culture – A New Approach to Bear-Human Relations in Scandinavian Folklore MA thesis https://miun.academia.edu/OlleM%C3%B6llerv%C3%A4rn Thanks to Björn Ola Lind for letting us use bear recordings from the Finnish-Russian border in the intro and outro. CONNECT WITH US https://www.intheborderlands.com/ SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.brittle.one/ https://smarturl.it/inanna REFERENCES Sámi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Nordic Animism https://nordicanimism.com/ Book: Animism: Respecting the Living World by Graham Harvey https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/animism-2/ Article: Cosmological Deixis and Amerindian Perspectivism by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro https://www.academia.edu/49762942/Cosmological_Deixis_and_Amerindian_Perspectivism Brothers Grimm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm Story: Bearskin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale) Ursa Major https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major Saxo Grammaticus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus Lieaibolmmai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieaibolmmai Skogsrå https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skogsr%C3%A5 Mary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus Noaidi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noaidi

We are back after a lengthy interim! And how better to kickstart our new bout of episodes than with a dose of divine power! We interview Sally Pomme Clayton, British performance storyteller and author, about her latest book – The Mighty Goddess. We try to touch upon the immensity that is the Goddess, through a breadth of mythical lenses, attempting to describe archetypal energies that are impossible to pin down or reduce to human psychology. Indeed, how do you approach the Mighty Goddess, a borderless creative force that craves expression. Through the language of Love? Of Good and Evil? Or of Rage? Sally Pomme Clayton's website https://sallypommeclayton.com/ Buy The Mighty Goddess book https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/the-mighty-goddess/9780750996174/ Blog post about the making of the book (including image of Sedna with hands covered up from Amazing Maidens) https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/making-the-mighty-goddess/ Amazing Maidens book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Amazing-Maidens-Pomme-Clayton/dp/1852137924 Thanks to Fotis Begklis for letting us use a part of his soundscape in the intro. CONNECT WITH US https://www.intheborderlands.com/ SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.brittle.one/ https://smarturl.it/inanna REFERENCES Baba Yaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga Trickster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster Mary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus Eve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve Queen of Sheba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Sheba Lilith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith Apochrypha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha Ishtar/Inanna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna Isis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis Amaterasu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu Tiamat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat Saulé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul%C4%97 Nut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_(goddess) Ereshkigal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ereshkigal Arianrhod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianrhod Freya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja Loki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki The Peasant's Wise Daughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peasant%27s_Wise_Daughter Sedna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(mythology) Ọya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cya Shango https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shango Yoruba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion Candomblé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9 Ilmatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmatar Persephone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone Demeter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter

In the middle of the night, you find yourself caught between dream and wakefulness, unable to move, unable to scream, with the feeling that someone's sitting on your chest. There are many names for this condition. Sleep paralysis. The Old Hag. The Nightmare. Mara. With returning guest, performance storyteller Dominic Kelly, we delve into this fascinating phenomenon that is deeply entrenched in the borderlands of folklore and belief. Dominic Kelly's website http://dominickelly.net/ See MARA at Stealing Thunder storytelling festival in England on 3rd june 2023 https://stealingthunder.co.uk/ Helgoya Fortellerfestival in Norway on 5th august 2023 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092327174348 Bird sounds recorded by Ulf Elman https://xeno-canto.org/762155 Jelmer Poelstra https://xeno-canto.org/235198 CONNECT WITH US https://www.intheborderlands.com/ SUPPORT US https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.brittle.one/ https://smarturl.it/inanna REFERENCES Mara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore) Sleep paralysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis Sleep Paralysis på Shelley R Adler (book) https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/sleep-paralysis/9780813548869 Hmong people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people Nocebo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo The Old Hag of Newfoundland https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/canadian-urban-legends-newfoundlanders-can-tell-you-all-about-the-old-hag The Nightmare (film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/?ref_=vp_close The Terror That Comes in the Night by David J. Hufford (book) https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Terror_That_Comes_in_the_Night.html?id=Qsd0CAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Hälsingland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4lsingland Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker (book) https://books.google.se/books/about/Why_We_Sleep.html?id=mIh4swEACAAJ&redir_esc=y Granskogsfolk by David Thurfjell (book) https://www.norstedts.se/bok/9789113102771/granskogsfolk The Dreaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreaming Avebury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury West Kennet Long Barrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kennet_Long_Barrow Hallucinations by Oliver Sachs (book) https://www.oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-books/hallucinations/ The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram (book) https://www.davidabram.org/books The Encounter by Simon McBurney/Complicité (performance) http://www.complicite.org/productions/TheEncounter Reservoir 13 by John McGregor (book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34146665-reservoir-13 Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich (book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_in_Winter

This interview took us for a spin through a myriad of worlds - from the rambunctious and chaotic Commedia dell'Arte performances of Renaissance Italy through the clown-like persona of Donald Trump to UFO mythologies! All of it viewed through the lens of the carnivalesque. Our guest Petter Madegård is a visual artist, a director of film and theatre and an actor. He is the inventor of the Commedia dell'Arte-inspired live animation theatre Cinema dell'Arte. Enjoy this interview filled with the uncontained power of spring. Excerpts from Petter Madegård's Cinema dell'Arte projects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellxxrj-SY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPzTMayjRNY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAA_NXcAotU In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Commedia dell'arte https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte Jerzy Grotowski https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Grotowski Rabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabelais_and_His_World Monty Python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python Mad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_(magazine) Rosetta Stone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone Noh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh Pantalone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantalone The Merchant of Venice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice Assassin's Creed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed Vecchio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecchio Harlequin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin Socker-Conny https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socker-Conny Hopi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi Motion Capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_capture Avatar (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film) The Lord of the Rings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series) Andy Serkis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Serkis Freedom of Information Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States) J. Allen Hynek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Allen_Hynek John E. Mack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mack Grey alien https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien Starseeds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_people_(New_Age) Vodun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodun David Icke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke Reptilians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptilian_conspiracy_theory Elf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf Neocortex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocortex

Do you know the origin of iron? When did you last fall and take fright? These questions are good to keep in mind as we delve into the world of Finnish magic, where sorcerers prepare themselves for healing by standing on rocks in freezing rapids and newborn children are protected from evil spirits in the sauna by being given misleading nicknames. With us we have performance storyteller Markus Luukkonen who has, together with Mikael, made one show based on the fragmented source material of the epic Kalevala, and is in the process of creating another. Markus Luukkonen's website https://markusluukkonen.com/ Cloak of Air (Vindmantel – Ilman Viitta) https://markusluukkonen.com/projects/cloak-of-air/ The Naked Sorcerer https://markusluukkonen.com/the-naked-sorcerer/ In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Teatteri Venus https://universum.fi/sv/teatteri-venus/ 3troubadours https://www.3troubadours.com/ Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala Cunning folk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk Elias Lönnrot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot The Finnish Literature Society, SKS https://www.finlit.fi/en Karelia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia Synty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synty Tietäjä https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiet%C3%A4j%C3%A4 Väinämöinen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen Narrative therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy Mantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra Sauna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna Luonto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism Museum of Cultural History https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/ Megin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megin Väki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ki Pansori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansori Fossegrim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossegrim Näcken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_(folklore) Ole Bull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Bull

Śivani Howe is a classically trained Sannyasi of the Saraswati lineage from India running an ashram with her husband in the veld of the Purcell Mountains in Canada. Her focus is on yoga ecology, on reconnecting and creating a life in reciprocity with Mama Earth, and on channelling the unseen. With us In the Borderlands she shares a few personal stories brimming with synchronicity and serendipity, among them an amazing tale of her special relationship with bees. According to Śivani, the core of the Saraswati lineage is to find the common thread of truth in all myths, legends, beliefs and religions. To put back together. To remember. https://www.solaceandshine.ca/ https://www.solaceandshine.ca/rootsandwings https://www.instagram.com/solace_and_shine/ Yoga of Remembrance book: https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Remembrance-Shivani-Howe/dp/1388265907 In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Ashram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashram Endometriosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis Hysterectomy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterectomy Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (Book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32127.Ina_May_s_Guide_to_Childbirth Epipen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine_autoinjector Karma Yoga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_yoga Darshan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darshan_(Indian_religions)f Narayana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayana Vishnu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Krishna Das https://www.krishnadas.com Kundalini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini Guru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru Astral world https://www.ananda.org/yogapedia/astral-world/ Causal world https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5803/causal-world Natal chart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horoscope Upanishads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads Vedas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega Lyra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra Krishna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva Rama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama Bhagavad Gita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Mahabharata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata Durga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durga Kali https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali Lakshmi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi Saraswati https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati Support In the Borderlands on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/intheborderlands

The twelfth and final (?) episode of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. We have come to the end which is also a beginning. Spring is here, the birds are singing, celebrating the bursting forth of life. The cycle goes ever on and on, from flourishing to withering to flourishing once more. We have come to the beginning which is also an end. In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com

Heresy. A word that usually evokes the image of a radical opposer of doctrine, of people burned at the stake, of violence and of religious conflict. But the Greek origin of the word is not so conflagrant. Etymologically, heresy means "choice". In this Easter Special, interdisciplinary performer Jo Blake returns to In the Borderlands to talk about her upcoming show "The Witness" about the relationship and balance between Jesus and Mary Magdalene and how his story became History and her story became Heresy. www.jo-blake.co.uk www.jo-blake.co.uk/portfolio/heresy In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Archetype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype Holy Grail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Grail The Davinci Code by Dan Brown (Book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code Mater https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mater The Wounded Researcher by Robert D. Romanyshyn (Book) https://www.routledge.com/The-Wounded-Researcher-Research-with-Soul-in-Mind/Romanyshyn/p/book/9780367468422 Inanna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna Ereshkigal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ereshkigal Isis (Goddess) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis Osiris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Harrowing of Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell Alchemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy Carl Jung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung Catharism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharism Individuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_psychology#Individuation

Can Nature have rights? We speak with ecopsychologist and Earth Rights activist Henrik Hallgren about the fascinating introduction of a trickster in the legal system, the concept that everything on Earth, from animals to rivers to entire ecosystems, have subjective rights. A new paradigm is emerging relating to the ideas of whether we can own the world or whether we are but one of many subjectivities in an interconnected whole, potentially changing our consciousness in the process. Come and listen to the Law. The Law of the Land. Henrik Hallgren http://henrikhallgren.nu/ Lodyn https://www.lodyn.se/ Naturlagen https://volante.se/bocker/naturlagen/ Ekopsykologipodden https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077657855009 In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Trickster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster Tao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao Dharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma Whanganui River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whanganui_River The Tree That Owns Itself https://www.visitathensga.com/things-to-do/attractions/the-tree-that-owns-itself/ Mar menor salt lagoon https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/09/22/spain-gives-personhood-status-to-mar-menor-salt-water-lagoon-in-european-first Hermes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Eugene Gendlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Gendlin Big Bill Neidjie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bill_Neidjie Mana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana Megin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megin Panpsychism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism John Locke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke Torgrim Mellum Stene's book Brittle one https://www.brittle.one/ Forsaringen – Sweden's oldest written law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Scandinavian_law#Sweden Runes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes Vé https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9_(shrine) IPCC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change Ecocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocide Polly Higgins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Higgins Henrik Hallgren at Earth Rights Conference 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMD7oyzDsKg Margot Wallström https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Wallstr%C3%B6m Svante Axelsson https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Axelsson Māori people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people Loki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki Thor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor

Episode eleven of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. We are at the crossroads of spring. Every path a new possibility. Every path a new opportunity. Every path a new perspective. The worms patiently forge pathways through the thawing earth beneath our feet. The waters melt and start their patient flow anew. Pick a choice and pick it well. Go forth on river feet. In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com

Our guest Andreas Kornevall (storyteller, ecologist and writer) argues that contemporary logos work on our subconscious in a similar vein to medieval sigil magic, narrowing our perspective and molding us into consumers. In this episode he speaks about the creation of demblems, counter-sigils to deactivate and balance the negative aspects of our logo-inundated society. We also touch upon a host of related and fascinating subjects, including the value of regenerative grief and how the mythic languages of the non-human world can be found in the areas we least expect. Andreas' Kornevall's website www.kornevall.com In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Sigil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil The Wright Institute https://www.wi.edu/about Sublimation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_(psychology) Hug https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_(folklore) Seidr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sei%C3%B0r Adrian Frutiger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Frutiger Icelandic magical staves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_magical_staves Galdralag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse_poetry Odin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Homeopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy Torgrim Mellum Stene's online intuitive fantasy novel Brittle one https://www.brittle.one/ Hypnagogia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia Eve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve Marie-Louise von Franz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Louise_von_Franz Alejandro Jodorowsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky Psychomagic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky#Psychomagic Tomte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisse_(folklore) Yggdrasil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism Egregore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore Peter J. Caroll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll Extinction Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_Rebellion Asemic: The Art of Writing by Peter Schwenger (book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45038257-asemic Asemic writing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemic_writing Frigg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg Jörð https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6r%C3%B0 Wisdom of the Mythtellers by Sean Kane (book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4892893-wisdom-of-the-mythtellers Urd, Verdandi, Skuld – Norns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns Aurr https://www.wordsense.eu/aurr/ Blót https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%B3t Life Cairn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Cairn Hel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being) Hermóðr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%B3%C3%B0r Cinnamon the brown bear https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/nov/04/environment.france Mímisbrunnr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADmisbrunnr Secrets of the Talking Jaguar by Martin Prechtel (book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/516064.Secrets_of_the_Talking_Jaguar Joseph Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell Maria Kvilhaug https://bladehoner.wordpress.com/author/ Samfundet Forn Sed https://www.samfundetfornsed.se/

The blindfold was removed. She did not know where she was. All she could see was the river. What began as an artistic experiment regarding relationship to space, turned into a seven year long (and counting) ceremony of Dreamtime visions and giving voice to that which has been lost. Join us in this fascinating conversation with interdisciplinary artist Laura Burns where we speak about the importance of tending to invisible presences and entering into dialogue with the consciousness of the land, how edgeland practitioners often find refuge in the arts, and the way our culture has dammed up the flow of life. Laura Burns' websitehttp://www.lauraburns.co.ukIn the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCESJo Blake: Blodeuwedd Untold https://jo-blake.co.uk/portfolio/blodeuwedd-untold/Saint George and the dragon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_DragonMarduk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MardukTiamathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiamatLey Linehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_lineKundalinihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KundaliniPendle witcheshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witchesFamily constellationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_ConstellationsGlossolaliahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tonguesGloria E. Anzaldúahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_E._AnzaldúaAudrey Lordehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_LordeBell Hookshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

Episode ten of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. The northern hemisphere is in the hard grip of frosty February. The Hunger Moon beams with dispassionate clarity in the skies, while we start to awaken from our winter slumber. The cycle is about to start anew. But who are we now? What do we want? What are we hungry for? In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca Aum https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum

In this episode we explore a different borderland altogether, the liminal spaces of the Metaverse. With VR artist and digital myth maker Lee Mason AKA Metageist as our guide we line dance on the edge between dream and reality, exploring themes as diverse as hypnagogic states, shadow people, digital life forms/ecosystems, cautionary sculptures and consensual realities. Mythology keeps rearing its head, even in the virtual worlds. Lee Mason's website www.metageist.com In the Borderlands www.intheborderlands.com REFERENCES Metaversehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaverseVR – Virtual Realityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_realityWorldbuilding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldbuilding Book: Snow Crash by Neal Stephensonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_CrashThe Hierophant Tarot cardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hierophant NFT – Non-fungible tokenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token Ethereumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum Tim Ferrisshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ferriss AR – Augmented Realityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality Neil deGrasse Tysonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson Richard Dawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

Episode nine of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. We are still in the grip of winter, the sky is occluded by grey fur, and the tough love of the Wolf Moon grabs us by the scruff of our necks. Reminding us to wake up from our slumber, to contain our own power, and make our own luck. REFERENCES Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva Parvati https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati Odin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Odin's wolves Geri and Freki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri_and_Freki Werewolf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf Red Riding Hood Earliest versions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood#Earliest_versions

Historian of religion and animist thinker Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is back on our podcast! This time to launch the Year of Aun, an invitation to celebrate 2023 as a year of healing and reconnection based on old Nordic spiritual practices. We speak about the theoretical foundations behind the Year of Aun, our relationship with the forces of nature as reflected through both ancient and contemporary mythologies, and what it means to be the worst possible ancestor. Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen https://nordicanimism.com/ Year of Aun https://nordicanimism.com/aun-2023 REFERENCESYnglinga saga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynglinga_saga Book: Jul och Disting i förkyrklig tideräkning av Andreas Nordberg https://www.academia.edu/1366945/Jul_disting_och_förkyrklig_tideräkning Tyson Yunkaporta https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta?variant=32280908103714 Shahnameh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnameh Zoroastrianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism Film: Troll https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11116912/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Film: The shape of water by Guillermo Del Toro https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5580390/ The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid White-Bear-King-Valemon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-Bear-King-Valemon Olle Möllevärn: Bear Culture https://www.academia.edu/53552752/Bear_Culture_MA_thesis Bayo Akomolafe https://www.bayoakomolafe.net Sophie Strand https://sophiestrand.com Joseph Campbell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell Book: The Hero with a Thousand Faces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces George Lucas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas Book: The writer's journey by Christopher Vogler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Writer%27s_Journey:_Mythic_Structure_for_Writers Film: Turning Red https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8097030/ TV Series: Ragnarok https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9251798/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Episode eight of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. Winter is upon us, and further introspection is needed. The Winter Moon calls us to the mountaintop, to stillness, to reflection. Mikael and Torgrim's journeys mirror each other perfectly and synchronistically in this episode where we look for guidance removed from the noise of the world. REFERENCES Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva Moses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca Dionysus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Baba Yaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga

We have an anniversary! Podcast hosts Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene are in a festive mood and look back at 1 year of "In the Borderlands". We speak about the podcast's humble origins, how we met and what it means to be a performance storyteller. We are also launching our webpage AND our Instagram AND AND our Facebook page AND AND AND our e-mail address, where you can send questions, feedback and requests! www.intheborderlands.com https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ www.facebook.com/intheborderlands contact@intheborderlands.com Mikael Öberg http://www.mikaeloberg.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller Torgrim Mellum Stene https://www.kloverknekten.no/ https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten Bifrǫst Festival https://www.bifrostfestival.com/ REFERENCES Ben Haggarty http://www.benhaggarty.com/ Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival https://beyondtheborder.com/ Gefjon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefjon Vǫlva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeress_(Germanic) Bifrǫst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifr%C3%B6st Teater Sláva www.teaterslava.org Nordic Culture Point https://www.nordiskkulturkontakt.org/en/ Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen https://nordicanimism.com/ Maria Kvilhaug https://bladehoner.wordpress.com/author/ Kersti Ståbi http://kerstistabi.com/ Dominic Kelly http://www.dominickelly.eu/

Episode seven of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. The Frost Moon shines bright in November skies, and it invites us to look within. We spiral back towards our selves, our bellies, our navels, searching for the center of things. REFERENCES Svipdag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svipdagr Vishnu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Norse creation myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_cosmology#Creation

Vǫluspá - The Prophecy of the Seeress from the Poetic Edda is one of the most well known texts from Norse mythology. But how could this oral poem have been performed? Kersti Ståbi, Swedish folk singer and oral storyteller explored this question in her master's degree. Searching for a way to be a tale-singer in her own mythological tradition, she looked to living practices in Korea, India and Kyrgyzstan. In this episode she discusses this process with us, the interplay between copying and creating, and the paradox of trying to recreate something that's not possible to recreate. Kersti Ståbi kerstistabi.comThe Vǫluspá projectkerstistabi.com/voluspa Vǫluspá Pansori first listener: Göran Hemberg Vǫluspá Pandvani first listener: Mikael ÖbergVǫluspá Pandvani freebass accordionist: Leif Ottosson Pandvani storytelling tradition clip: Ritu Verma with ragi (first listener) Uday Ram Gandharvahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdPPuTaWagManas storytelling tradition clip: Nazarkul Seidahmanovhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtAcZvcgk4Pansori storytelling tradition clip: Jen Shyuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnKg7_gqV-4 REFERENCESVǫluspáhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VöluspáManashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_ManasPansori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PansoriPandvani/Pandavani/Pandwanihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PandavaniBifrǫst festival https://www.bifrostfestival.comFornyrðislaghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliterative_verse#FornyrðislagHexameterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HexameterOld Norsehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_NorseWalter Ong (Orality and Literacy - book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_J._OngThe Singer of Tales (Book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singer_of_TalesHomeric Questionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Question

Episode six of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. Dark October is upon us, and the ominous Slaughter Moon takes us for a spin through tales of dismemberment, inklings of werewolves and musings about the nature of light. REFERENCES Luciferhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuciferWerewolfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WerewolfRobert Graveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_GravesIconotropyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iconotropyWerehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WereThe Shaman: Voyages of the Soul Trance, Ecstasy and Healing from Siberia to the Amazon by Piers Vitebsky (book)https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Shaman.html?id=WX6UAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=yOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinShamanism: Archaic techniques of ecstasy by Mircea Eliade (book)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism:_Archaic_Techniques_of_EcstasyPercivalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival

We are happy to welcome our friend Maria Kvilhaug back «In the Borderlands»! This time, the author and historian gives us a fascinating look into her upcoming work – a book presenting a comprehensive list of instances of seidr in Norse sources.Seidr can be seen as a Norse form of shamanism and the stories Maria shine a light upon in her research paint a far more diverse, gender fluid and colourful picture of old Norse society and religious practices than what we are used to.Come join us on a journey through spell songs, fate swapping, transgressive trials of initiation and divine intercourse. Maria Kvilhaug on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug Maria Kvilhaug's website https://bladehoner.wordpress.com/author/ Maria Kvilhaug on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mariakvilhaug/ Maria Kvilhaug on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/ladyofthe.labyrinth/ REFERENCESÞórbjǫrg vǫlva in Saga of Erik the Red https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiðr#Erik_the_RedLotte Motzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_MotzYnglinga saga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynglinga_sagaSnorri Sturluson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri_SturlusonHeimskringla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeimskringlaRunes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RunesGaldr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GaldrKjalnesinga saga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjalnesinga_sagaCinderella https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinderellaBrothers Grimm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_GrimmSaxo Grammaticus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxo_GrammaticusBearskin (fairy tale) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale)Odysseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdysseusCirce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CirceOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinGunnlöd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnlöð

Episode five of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. It is September, and the Singing Moon invites us to listen. What songs will burst like bubbles from below? REFERENCES The Green Man and the Dragon by Paul Broadhurst (Book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10843042-the-green-man-and-the-dragon Jean-Jaques Rosseau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau?fbclid=IwAR0ShDw0WTVl4cxU0twE3az-o9kBHtJPSkJMUmg... Kalendae https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calende#Etymology På Tungans Tröskel: arktiska dikter från Grönland, Kanada och Alaska (Book) https://books.google.se/books/about/På_tungans_tröskel.html?id=KdtqAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y Knud Rasmussen: Grönländska Myter och Sagor (Book) https://books.google.se/books/about/Myter_och_sagor.html?id=QkE0wAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y Sjæl gør dig smuk: om inuit menneskene (Book) https://books.google.se/books/about/Sjæl_gør_dig_smuk.html?id=8TxgPAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Brittle one is Torgrim Mellum Stene's online intuitive genre-bending fantasy novel that he started in 2021. Following the initiatory journey of Brittle, Torgrim writes without planning ahead, instead allowing the story to unfold chapter by chapter in an ever expanding exploration of the world that he first set in motion.This episode marks the start of book two – its first chapter now available online – and we celebrate this with a conversation about Torgrim's experiences with intuitive storytelling and writing myth, interspersing it with Mikael's audiobook interpretation of the chapter. Enjoy!READ BRITTLE ONE HEREhttps://www.brittle.oneTORGRIM MELLUM STENE'S WEBSITEhttps://www.kloverknekten.no REFERENCESGeorge R.R. Martinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._MartinLeo Sofer: Stories of the Journey Homehttps://storiesofthejourneyhome.comThe Language of the Birdshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Language_of_the_BirdsJ.R.R. Tolkienhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._TolkienMythopoeiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythopoeiaHero's Journeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journeyEshuhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EshuEleguahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EleguaCheshire Cathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_CatAlice's adventures in Wonderlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_WonderlandKahlil Gibranhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran

The fourth episode of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. This time we focus some lunar light on the goddesses Venus and Freyja. REFERENCES Venus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology) Bracteate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracteate Swedish History museum (gold collars) https://historiska.se/utstallningar/the-gold-room/ Freyja https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja Brisingamen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%ADsingamen Ginnungagap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginnungagap Jörmungandr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jörmungandr Dwarves in Norse Myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_(folklore)

Part three of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. REFERENCES Mantis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis Chhinnamasta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhinnamasta

Paul Maslov Karlsson is a philosopher, currently writing his doctoral thesis at Uppsala University, Sweden. We talk deeply with him about the concepts of fact and fiction, what their characteristics are, and whether there can be said to exist a meaningful distinction between them.Myth, scientism, art and conspiracy theory are all given their due in this fascinating conversation. We hope you enjoy the journey as much as we did. REFERENCES Vladimir Propphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_ProppJoseph Campbellhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_CampbellThe Hero with a thousand faceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_FacesAristotlehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AristotlePoeticshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetics_(Aristotle)Platohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlatoMarvel comicshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_ComicsCarl Junghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_JungJungian archetypeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypesRichard Dawkinshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_DawkinsThe Magic of Realityhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_of_RealityThe Rat in the Pizzahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_af_KlintbergHesiodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HesiodAlexander Baumgartenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gottlieb_BaumgartenDavid Lynchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_LynchFrank Herberthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_HerbertBook: Dunehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)Film: Dunehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(2021_film)Isaac Asimovhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_AsimovAsimov's lawshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_RoboticsMimesishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MimesisHans-Georg Gadamerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Georg_GadamerPythagorashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PythagorasPaul Ricœurhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_RicœurSonglinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SonglineAlan Moorehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_MooreVoice of the Firehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_FireDavid Ickehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_IckeAkira Kurosawahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_KurosawaRashomonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RashomonMikhail Bachtinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_BakhtinFyodor Dostoevskyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazovhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_KaramazovStoicismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoicismHomerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomerHesiodhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HesiodTorahhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah

Part two of our podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials, released on every full moon – where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millenia. REFERENCES Puck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_(folklore) Yin and Yang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang Hieros Gamos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieros_gamos

Our thirteenth episode gives some well-deserved mythological attention to the number 13. Torgrim sets off on a 13-minute long quest in search for a more creative perspective on what is often considered to be nothing but a bringer of bad luck.REFERENCESKnights Templarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_TemplarFriday the 17thhttps://www.thoughtco.com/unlucky-friday-the-17th-3972380Trayodashihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrayodashiLokasennahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LokasennaPrometheushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus12 Olympians on the frieze of Parthenonhttps://www.parthenonfrieze.gr/en/about-the-frieze/12 Tribes of Israelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_of_IsraelChromatic Scalehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scaleKabbalah and the numbers 12 / 13http://www.betemunah.org/twelve.htmlPrime numberhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_numberBuckminster Fullerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_FullerPlatonic solidhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solidMazaalothttps://www.scribd.com/document/451288151/Mazal-ConstellationDodecahedronhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DodecahedronTarot card: The Hanged Manhttps://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/566f41e69091869557a9d12d/5e83a3061e6cfcf762b87d10_zH1Q2IV1OwlPf6XSZ6enRuK7pt3PAuJMJNy7wxU3UBWMYRt1iecJvcYv348hDOh1mEYJsbgjsGgmR2a6yja-mP8QtTjMiAMmqURg8JaxVHFIPjFe6TKWd9fNp-4Z2dW8JZ9hfEZc.pngTarot card: Deathhttps://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.wYU1s4Lq3AfRk7mRUwXyAAHaMu&pid=ApiRune: Eiwazhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EihwazThe 12 labours of Herculeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules

Ben Haggarty is one of the world's leading contemporary storytellers, who creates and performs work inspired by international fairy tale, myth and epic. His deep research into ancient stories and cultures also led to the graphic novel series MeZolith with artist Adam Brockbank. Starting from this stone age horror project, we explore all sorts of questions surrounding research and telling (and re-telling) of traditional narrative. Since the age of stone and bone the storyteller has straddled the worlds seen and unseen, giving voice to tales hoary with age, tales that have been revived time and time again by countless mouths and minds before, remade, refound, rediscovered, remembered. Ben Haggarty's website www.benhaggarty.comMeZolith - Stone Age Dreams and Nightmares Book 1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8100001-mezolith?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ZXbd...MeZolith - Stone Age Dreams and Nightmares Book 2https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27276075-mezolith-book-2MeZolith artist Adam Brockbank's website https://www.adambrockbank.com/Ben Haggarty's training videoshttps://crickcrackclub.com/the-secret-art-of-the-storyteller/ REFERENCES Brothers Grimmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_GrimmMesolithic period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MesolithicAncient Technology Centre https://ancienttechnologycentre.comDoggerlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoggerlandPyrite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyriteVedbek burial, Denmark https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=32656Alan Moore's Swamp Thing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102324.Swamp_Thing_Vol_1Book: Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17669062-shamanBertolt Brecht https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_BrechtBook: Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_OvidQueen Eleanor of Aquitainehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_AquitaineThe Kalevalahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KalevalaLanguage of the birds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_the_birdsThe Nart Sagas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nart_sagaScythians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythians

Here begins a podcast within the podcast – a series of full moon specials where we turn our attention to the glowing celestial body that has inspired artists and mystics for millennia.

We are happy to welcome back Jo Blake from episode #3 to talk about her upcoming project The Witness, based on the Gospel of Mary – a 5th century text that casts the teachings of Christ in a different light. Join us for this easter deep dive into gnostic gospels and buried knowledge. Jo Blake's websitehttps://www.jo-blake.co.uk Video trailer for The Witness https://vimeo.com/617003267 REFERENCESGospel of Mary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_MaryNew Testament Apocryphahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament_apocryphaCarl Junghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_JungThe Red Bookhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Book_(Jung)Neolithic site Göbekli Tepe in Turkeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_TepeTermahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terma_(religion)Hilma af Klinthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_KlintThe Sleeping Kinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_asleep_in_mountainKalevalahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KalevalaVäinämöinenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VäinämöinenQuetzalcoatlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuetzalcoatlSaint Sunnivahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunnivaGoddess Inannahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InannaMinoan Snake Goddesshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_snake_goddess_figurinesChakrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChakraNoushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NousGoddess Isishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IsisAbraxashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AbraxasGlastonburyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlastonburyBook: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Lelouphttps://www.innertraditions.com/books/the-gospel-of-mary-magdaleneBook: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgeaulthttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7986010-the-meaning-of-mary-magdalene

Does living psychedelically necessarily mean taking psychedelics? How does dream, poetry and art relate to psychedelic consciousness? How can you share psychedelic journeys and insights in a way that make them meaningful to others? Prepare to be advised by Amazonian shamans, visionary artist William Blake and the archetypal wise fool! REFERENCES The Unbearable Everything – Torgrim's article about his ayahuasca experience https://www.mythopoesis.net/2020/04/12/the-unbearable-everything/ Eduardo Kohn interviewed at the World Science Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi66wFfOC-4 Book: How Forests Think https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17718835-how-forests-think The Eleusinian Mysteries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries Entheogens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen Devdutt Pattanaik https://devdutt.com/ Default mode network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network Shiva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva Vishnu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu Theriomorph/Therianthropy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therianthropy Tryzub http://symboldictionary.net/?p=894 William Blake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake Book: William Blake vs. the World by John Higgs https://johnhiggs.com/books/william-blake-vs-the-world/ Hilma af Klint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint Book: The Alphabet vs the Goddess: The Conflict between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/455992.The_Alphabet_Versus_the_Goddess Set and setting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting The Princess who always had to have the last word – folktale from this collection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Folktales

Dominic Kelly is a performance storyteller who has ventured deep into the vast landscape of stories that surround the Irish mythological hero Cú Chulainn – so much so that he cycled around Ireland to see all the mythical places found in the Táin, sometimes called Ireland's National Epic or the Irish Iliad.We speak about engaging with myth, how stories like the Táin have the potential to ground us in reality, and if there's a value to violence told well. Tickets for The Hero Light at Ulverston's Coronation Hall on 17th march 2022https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hero-light-furness-tradition-tickets-245923242037 Dominc Kelly's blog about cycling the Táinhttps://dominickelly.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/cycling-the-tain-the-ulster-cycle-on-wheels-part-1/ Dominic Kelly's websitehttp://dominickelly.eu Folklore of Birds Twitter feed by Dominic Kellyhttps://twitter.com/birdsfolklore REFERENCES The Táin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Táin_Bó_CúailngeUlster cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_CycleFenian cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_CycleMythological cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythological_CycleCú Chulainn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cú_ChulainnFionn mac Cumhaill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_CumhaillSaint Patrick's Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_DayThe Morrígan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADganAsterixhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsterixThe sacred bull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_bullMinoan religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_religionCeltic otherworld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_OtherworldAos Sí https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aos_S%C3%ADLugh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LughTuatha Dé Danann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_Dé_DanannPeter Brook's Mahabharata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mahabharata_(play)Jiddu Krishnamurti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti

"All of the drama of divination serves to move the participants out of their normal modes of thinking, shaking them up in order to change their minds because their current understanding of the situation is inadequate."February 25th 2022 sees the premiere of a brand new collaboration between performance storyteller Mikael Öberg and butoh artist KAI-EN: HRIST – an act of divination. We investigate the ingredients and inspirations for this performance and learn about butoh, Norse Mythology, divination practices and the search for the alive-space in between.(Divination quote from Philip M. Peek, African Divination Systems) HRIST event https://www.facebook.com/events/350993973186278?active_tab=aboutKAI-EN Butoh Company website www.kai-enbutoh.seKAI-EN Butoh Company FB-page https://www.facebook.com/KAIENBUTOHCOMPANY REFERENCES Tatsumi Hijikatahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsumi_HijikataYoko Ashikawa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb7nSr8BnGs&t=71sSU-EN Butoh Company https://www.suenbutohcompany.netBook: Divination – Perspectives for a New Millennium, edited by Patrick Curry https://www.routledge.com/Divination-Perspectives-for-a-New-Millennium/Curry/p/book/9781138268210#Book: African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing, edited by Philip M. Peek https://iupress.org/9780253206534/african-divination-systems/Book: The Visible and the Invisible by Maurice Merleau-Ponty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203348.The_Visible_and_the_Invisible

Our guest Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a historian of religion and founder of the project Nordic Animism. His PhD "The Stick and the Calabash“ is a result of extensive anthropological research of the Brazilian Candomblé tradition and of how the archetypal energies of gods are manifested there. We talk about trance and possession, conspiracy theories, and modern society's loss of a subjective relationship with the forces of the world. And underneath it all we ask the question - what exactly is a god and how do you build it? Nordic Animism https://nordicanimism.com Nordic Animism Patreon https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimism Nordic Animism Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/Runehr Nordic Animism Youtube: The Phallus and the Wild Goddess-video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVNKvwobHDI&t=1106s REFERENCES THE QUOTE READ IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODERune Hjarnø Rasmussen: ”Defining mythology as symbolism is reductionist in two senses:1) it shortcuts that slightly too long discussion about how mythology relates to reality in order to uphold and perpetuate a distinctly modern epistemology that interiorizes religious meaning.2) it is therefore wildly Eurocentric and sees any religious reality from the symbolic perspective because of the compatibility with modern perception and therefore occludes that in most animist, or even religious, perceptions symbolism is only one out of a whole range of devices used to relate to non-human subjects and produce reality.”John Dominic Crossan: ”My point is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.”Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen: ”My point would be that those ancient peoples did not tell symbolic stories that people are now unfortunately so dumb that they take literally. But rather that they told them literally and that we are now dumb enough to need symbolicism to understand them rather than try to grasp the infinitely complex and exquisitely attuned realities that they express." Candombléhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candomblé Orisha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha Mana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana Megin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megin Fetishism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetishism The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_of_Reality