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On this episode of the Another Way To See It podcast, we talk with Adéllynn Polomski, Grammy Award winning Talent Manager, Music Industry Exec, and horse girl, about her personal journey of healing and growth, and how she cultivated courage, self-love, and resilience. Adéllyn on IG: https://www.instagram.com/adellynp/  We always love to hear from you, reach out:https://www.instagram.com/anotherwaytoseeitpodcast/Support our show:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1694878/supporters/new Coaches: Kim Moranhttps://www.kimmorancoaching.com/https://www.instagram.com/kimcalifornia/ Tracy Holemeyerhttps://www.uncontrollablyme.com/https://www.instagram.com/uncontrollably_me/ Produced by: Kim MoranMusic: A Rush of Inspiration by Evan Mac Donald Support the show

This week I chat with Welsh Bank Internationals Dai Jones & Matthew Pate. Dai, a brown bowl winner and recently top rod in the Welsh Trails and Matthew, current Manager of the Welsh Team. We chat about the Stillwater International Bank scene and also their local club lake Llyn Fawr. A club I am also a member of and where it all started for me. We chat about the fish farm where the club bring on some fantastic fish for The Llyn. We also talk about fly tying and they both give their top patterns which have brought them success over the years.

Dylan Griffiths, Owain Tudur Jones a Malcolm Allen sy'n asesu sefyllfa Abertawe, Caerdydd, Wrecsam a Chasnewydd ar ddiwedd ffenestr drosglwyddo mis Ionawr. Ac ar ôl dangos ei wir deimladau am 'yr Ayatollah' yn ddiweddar, mae 'na rywbeth arall bellach yn mynd "ar nyrfs" OTJ...

In this week's episode, we're diving into the folklore of the Brecon Beacons, Heol Fanog, and Pen y Fan.We'll explore the mysterious Lady of the Lake at Llyn y Fan Fach, and delve into the Arthurian connections of Pen y Fan, and let's not forget the haunting of Heol Fanog, also known as "Hellfire Farm," a site infamous for its paranormal activity.Is it all just folklore passed down through generations, or could there be more to these legends than meets the eye? The BOOKBY US A COFFEEJoin Sarah's new FACEBOOK GROUPSubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch Links:https://www.expertexplorers.com/category/europe/uk/wales/https://www.welshoverlandsafari.com/news/2017/4/28/the-lady-of-the-lake-at-llyn-y-fan-fach.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63440012https://www.spookyisles.com/heol-fanog-haunting/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_y_Fan_Fachhttps://www.breconbeacons.org/https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Brecon-Beacons/https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wales/pen-y-fan-and-brecon-beaconshttps://www.breconbeaconsparksociety.org/ https://www.visitwales.com/things-do/attractions/brecon-beaconshttps://www.legends.wales/Thanks so much for listening, and we'll catch up with you again on Wednesday.Sarah and Tobie xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;;; Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Huw Williams - Pen Llyn Ultras - Tea & Trails - Episode 51Precision Fuel & Hydration helps athletes crush their fueling and hydration to perform at their best. Use their free Fuel & Hydration Planner to get a plan for your next race.Follow this link to get 15% off your first order: https://visit.pfandh.com/teaandtrailsWe have merch! Check it out at - https://www.summitcrazy.co.uk/teaandtrailsAre you looking for a one-stop place for everything Tea & Trails? Check out www.teaandtrails.comWe'll interview trail runners from the front, back, and middle of the pack each week. We'll share training advice, nutrition advice and kit reviews too. We'll talk about current trail running stories and stories from inspirational people we feel you might be interested in. If you like what we do, then please tell your friends.This week, we share the mics with Huw Williams! Huw, AKA The Welsh Wine Runner, Nations Sweet Heart and any other self-given title, started running in 2013 because there was nothing good on the telly! The coaches help a Patreon, more tales from the trails, and we share our weekly deets.Penllyn Ultras - https://penllynultra.co.uk/30% off code.Pilgrims 60 - WAUT 50 & WAUT 75COAST 2 COAST Winter - TeaRun30Reach out to the Pen Llyn Ultra team is you have any problems with the codes.Aaron - Robinson - https://www.mycrazycollies.com/Scott Wrigley20 4 20 - 20 challenges for 20yrs of Children's Bereavement Centre - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cbc20420?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=cbc20420&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=69c051d7ebc5498290132c6a1459f7aaYouTube Reviewshttps://www.youtube.com/@GaryThwaitesBrew with the coaches - Thanks, Trish, Rebecca and Russell!Brew with the Coaches - https://www.teaandtrails.com/coachesSupport the showAmazon links are affiliate links.Celeste Yvonne's Book - https://amzn.to/40FYLK9Fix Your Feet Book - https://amzn.to/3FE4nf0Microphone - https://amzn.to/3huN86KGary's BGR Headtorch - https://amzn.to/3DQkoO2Eddie's Spine Race Headtorch - https://amzn.to/40pFXhgROAR - https://amzn.to/3WU7xB2NEXT LEVEL - https://amzn.to/3Hu15LrThe Daily Stoic Book - https://amzn.to/44qDm9jUltra Trails - https://www.ultratrails.co.uk/Greener Miles Running - https://greenermilesrunning.co.uk/Dales Runner - https://dalesrunner.co.uk/Hannah Walsh Coaching - https://www.hannahwalsh.co.uk/Punk Panther - https://www.punkpanther.co.uk/

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/A4dV6dChA5 On today's episode Pugh & Griff smoke our new CUSTOMS release Llyn. This cigar was made with Hostos at TABACALERA LA ISLA. What is your favorite annual cigar release? ●

This weeks episode I head to the hills and visit Llyn Clywedog one of the leading trout waters in the UK. If Clywedog was a football team it would be in the Champions League for sure. Not only is it a well run water it is set in the most majestic surroundings in the Cambrian Mountains. I fished it this week and in this podcast I talk of how we did, successful methods, plus areas to try. Some big fish are coming out this month, dont miss out on the action.

About Dr. HellersteinA pioneer in vision therapy and developmental optometry, for more than 30 years Dr. Hellerstein, has helped thousands of children and adults improve their vision and transform their lives — at home, in the classroom, and most recently on the playing field. Her breakthrough methods unlock barriers to learning and “rewire” around brain injuries, and vision perception or processing deficits. But you don't have to have a vision problem to benefit: her brain training strategies may be the missing magic if you're an athlete trying to nail a tricky shot or stay cool in competition. If it's a skill you can visualize, Dr. Hellerstein can help train your eyes — and mind's eye — on success.Award-winning authorDr. Hellerstein has extensive professional publications to her credit, but witnessing the joy of her patients overcoming a learning barrier or meeting a sports goal put her on a mission: to deliver her methods into a form that could reach a wide audience of parents and educators, to help more kids and more athletes. Her award-winning series, SEE IT. SAY IT. DO IT!®, is the happy result.

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A soothing talk to keep you company through the dark hours of the night and to help you sleep. Tony rambles about Glastonbury, growing apple pips, Nottingham Goose Fair, losing his tripod on Cannock Chase while in search of werewolves, the legend of Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest. The fairytale of the Maid of Llyn y Fan Fach in Breconshire. The importance of knowing which county you are in and a reading of Edward Thomas's wanderings through the March woods. Perfect to doze off to. If you don't get to sleep play it again, or listen to another episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CiTR's 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.Tonight's broadcast features Llyn Y Cwn, Carolina Eyck, Tangerine Dream, Elephant Bass Communication, Montreal's Red Fog and Guelph's Hymns57.

CiTR's 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.Tonight's broadcast features Llyn Y Cwn, Carolina Eyck, Tangerine Dream, Elephant Bass Communication, Montreal's Red Fog and Guelph's Hymns57.

CITR's 24 Hours of Radio Art in a snack sized format. Dark Ambient. Drone. Field Recordings. Noise. Sound Art. Or something.This evening's broadcast features LLYN Y CWN, DEISON / TONIZZO, and v/a ANTOLOGIA DE MUSICA ATIPICA PORTUGUESA III: CANTO DEVOCIONARIO.

This is the first episode of our new series about the maritime history of Wales. Our Welsh presenter Eirwen Abberley Watton finds out about the Porth Felen anchor-stock, a unique find for British waters for its age: the Porth Felen anchor stock is believed to be Roman.It was found in the Bardsey Sound off the coast of the Llyn peninsula in the north of Wales in 1974, a very dangerous (but beautiful) stretch of coast. An anchor-stock is a beam of wood or iron placed at the upper end of the shank of an anchor - transversely to the plane of the arms - and it serves to keep the anchor from lying flat on the seabed.To find out more Eirwen speaks with Jake Davies, a Welsh based diver and marine biologist with a passion for sharing the underwater marine environment off the Welsh coast. As a diver he's not just interested in marine life but the history and stories that lie beneath the welsh coast. Jake has recently led a series of dives looking for extra evidence relating to the anchor stock See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Ceri visits Llyn Fawr reservoir, his local water in South Wales. He fishes for the quality rainbows at evening time and sets up with dries to catch them as they come into the shallows to feed at last light. Ceri talks through his tactics plus goes on to tell of the history of this picturesque lake which dates back to the iron age.

Our virtual tour returns to Wales for a look at two different folktales featuring the Tylwyth Teg, or Welsh Faerie Folk. The first Welsh tale of the day is the story of the young man from Llyn y Dywarchen, who fell in love with a beautiful faerie woman - and the second is the story of a magical faerie harp, infused with the power to enchant all those that hear its music. There's more folktales, myths and legends waiting for you over on social media, so why not join us on: Twitter: twitter.com/thefaerie_folk  Instagram: www.instagram.com/thefaerie_folk/  Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefaeriefolk/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR9cDyL6Lsm2CWQ_HwUfDmA  The music featured in today's episode is 'Galway' by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3795-galway License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ *Though the travel information in this podcast was correct at the time of posting, things do change over time so please make sure to research your routes before travelling and adhere to any local guidelines once there.

In our sixth themed episode, we talk about faerie ladies from five out of the six Celtic Nations! We discuss whether or not faeries and humans can ever live together, Christian-influenced morality, and how beliefs in faeries have changed over time. We discuss Margot la Fée from Brittany, Joan the Wad from Cornwall, Nicnevin from Scotland, Aibell from Ireland, and the Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach from Wales. For more information about today's episode, go to mytholadies.com. Our cover art is by Helena Cailleaux. You can find her and more of her work on Instagram @helena.cailleaux.illustratrice. Our theme song was composed and performed by Icarus Tyree. To hear more of their music, check out icarust.bandcamp.com.

The story of Llyn y Fan Fach is one of the most famous Welsh fairy tales, and one of the best known examples of a Fairy Bride legend. But what does it mean and what folk beliefs could be behind it?

Today on the train we are discussing changelings. Who are they...or maybe what are they? Where do they come from? What is their agenda? Well hopefully today we can clear up some of these questions for you...do you even care?  Changeling, in European folklore, are a deformed or imbecilic offspring of fairies or elves substituted by them secretly for a human infant. According to legend, the abducted human children are given to the devil or used to strengthen fairy stock. How do you make the faerie gene pool stronger? You steal human kids! Duh! The return of the original child may be effected by making the changeling laugh or by torturing it; this latter belief was responsible for numerous cases of actual child abuse. The existence of changelings is believed to stem from the idea that infants are susceptible to demonic possession. In the Medieval Chronicles, by Ralph of Coggeshall, and in other sources, the fairies are said expressly to prey upon unbaptized children.   Most stories about changelings describe them as looking like ugly, little old men. Obviously, this can make distinguishing them from your average baby difficult. I’m sure you love your own kid, but let’s be honest. Most babies are horrifyingly strange looking when they are born. Now imagine if they fail to gain weight because of poverty or a condition the parents aren’t aware of. Other descriptions include babies with abnormally sized body parts or facial features. Basically, any defect could be a sign that a fairy took your baby. Though in other cases, a changeling baby does resemble a human child, but only slightly off. Maybe their eyes contain the wisdom of millennia. Or they seem quieter than they were when firstborn. But if they are alive and getting into mischief, it is still better than the alternative. Sometimes the changeling is said to be a pile of sticks magically made to appear as the mirror-image of the stolen child. The mirage sickens before quickly dying. The parents unknowingly bury the sticks, never knowing their true child was missing. n Irish legend, a fairy child may appear sickly and won't grow in size like a normal child, and may have notable physical characteristics such as a beard or long teeth. They may also display intelligence far beyond their apparent years, as well as possess uncanny insight. A common way that a changeling could identify itself is through displaying unusual behaviour when it thinks it's alone, such as jumping about, dancing or playing an instrument — though this last example is found only within Irish and Scottish legend. So far it kinda looks like we might be changelings… beards and music instruments...also I have uncanny eyesight and Moody likes to dance when he thinks no one is around. "A human child might be taken due to many factors: to act as a servant, the love of a human child, or malice. Most often it was thought that fairies exchanged the children. In rare cases, the very elderly of the fairy people would be exchanged in the place of a human baby, so that the old fairy could live in comfort, being coddled by its human parents. Simple charms such as an inverted coat or open iron scissors left where the child sleeps, were thought to ward them off; other measures included a constant watch over the child." L. Ashliman points out in his essay 'Changelings' that changeling tales illustrate an aspect of family survival in pre-industrial Europe. A peasant family's subsistence frequently depended upon the productive labour of each member, and it was difficult to provide for a person who was a permanent drain on the family's scarce resources. "The fact that the changelings' ravenous appetite is so frequently mentioned indicates that the parents of these unfortunate children saw in their continuing existence a threat to the sustenance of the entire family. Changeling tales support other historical evidence in suggesting that infanticide was frequently the solution selected." Fairies would also take adult humans, especially the newly married and new mothers; young adults were taken to marry fairies instead while new mothers were often taken to nurse fairy babies. Often when an adult was taken instead of a child an object such as a log was left in place of the stolen human, enchanted to look like the person.[5] This object in place of the human would seem to sicken and die, to be buried by the human family, while the living human was among the fairies. Bridget Cleary is one of the most well known cases of an adult thought to be a changeling by her family; her husband killed her attempting to force the fairies to return his 'real' wife.   The interesting thing about changelings is that there are tales of changelings in many different cultures and their folklores. Let's check out some of these different versions of changelings throughout folklore.   First up we have Mên-an-Tol. Mên-an-Tol is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall UK. In Cornish the name means “the stone of the hole”, why call it that you ask...well the main stone is basically a stone donut. Only one other example of a holed stone exists in the county: the Tolvan Stone near Gweek. The other three stones are more regular granite pillars commonly used in stone circles, with one dressed flat side. There is speculation that these were simply four of the stones of an ancient circle, further large stones having been discovered lying just below the ground nearby. The local moniker the 'Crick Stone' alludes to its alleged ability to aid those with back pain and children suffering from rickets and tuberculosis.  This cute little stone formation is thought to be from the late neolithic to early bronze age. Now you may be asking yourselves what this thing has to do with changelings, well, we are gonna tell ya.  So according to local legend, a woman had a child that was supposedly replaced with a changeling by pixies. The woman did not know what to do. Under the suggestion of some locals, she took the child to the stone and passed him through 9 times. 9 seems to be the magic number here, as for the curing of rickets and tuberculosis, children were passed through the hole naked nine times.  After the woman passed the changeling through the stone it allegedly cured the child of the changeling issues. Ok so its not much but fuck it, its a relatable changeling story.    GERMAN FOLKLORE According to Karl Haupt in the book The Legend Book of Lausitz, A child must always have someone nearby until it is six weeks old. Otherwise, an old woman from the woods or the mountains could come and exchange a physically and mentally retarded, malformed changeling for the infant. At the very least, one must place a hymnbook near the child's head before leaving the room. However, if--through negligence--the misfortune does occur, you should take prompt notice of it. Then you need only make a switch from the branches of a weeping birch tree and beat the changeling severely with it. The old woman will respond to his cries by bringing back the exchanged child and taking the beastly child away. You must allow her to depart unhindered, neither scolding nor cursing her, otherwise you will be left with the changeling hanging on your neck. Wow. This is one of the descriptions that have actually led to cases of child abuse as stated at the beginning of the episode. There are many tales of changelings in german folklore. The belief in changelings was strong and widespread. These beliefs continued to exert influence well into the nineteenth century, and in some areas even later. As late as 1924 it was reported that in sections of rural Germany many people were still taking traditional precautions against the demonic exchange of infants. The Germans had some precautions to help aid in the combating of changelings being swapped out for human children. Here are some according to Jacob Grimm from the book Deutsche Mythologie:    Placing a key next to an infant will prevent him from being exchanged. Women may never be left alone during the first six weeks following childbirth, for the devil then has more power over them. During the first six weeks following childbirth, mothers may not go to sleep until someone has come to watch the child. If mothers are overcome by sleep, changelings are often laid in the cradle. To prevent this one should lay a pair of men's pants over the cradle. Whenever the mother leaves the infant's room she should lay an article of the father's clothing on the child, so that it cannot be exchanged     In the town of Altmark they believe in what are sometimes called dickkopfe or thick heads. In the area itself they are usually referred to as “the underground People”. The underground people are dwarves. They have names like sleepy, grumpy, and dopey. According to J. D. H. Temme in his book Folk Legends from Altmark, to prevent the underground spirits from exchanging a newborn child, it must be continuously watched until it is baptized. For this reason the baptism takes place as soon as possible. Dwarfs are often called "the underground people." They live beneath the earth and would like nothing more than to have beautiful, well-formed human children. They will steal newborns, leaving their own malformed children, called changelings, in their place. Therefore there is always a great rush to have the child baptized, and until this happens the mother and child will not be left alone for even an instant. Furthermore, until then there must always be a burning light near them, even in broad daylight, because the underground people are afraid of light.   A child must carefully and continuously be protected against exchange by the underground people until it is baptized. Therefore the so-called "word of God," a leaf from the Bible from a hymnbook, is either wrapped up with the child in its blanket or laid in its cradle.   Here's a few stories of changelings in different parts of Germany:     The Changeling of Spornitz (Source: Karl Bartsch, Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche aus Meklenburg) A young peasant woman in Spornitz had her child stolen by an underground person or a Mönk, and a changeling put in its place in the cradle. The mother saw it happen, but she could neither move nor call out. The maniken told her that her son would someday become the king of the underground people. From time to time they had to exchange one of their king's children for a human child so that earthly beauty would not entirely die out among them. She was told to take good care of the little dwarf prince, and her house would be blessed with good fortune. With that the Mönk laid the changeling on her breast and disappeared with her child. She took care of the child, and the prosperity of her household increased visibly. However, the changeling remained small and ugly, and died in his twentieth year.   Mecklenburg Changelings Source: Karl Bartsch, Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche aus Meklenburg (Vienna, Wilhelm Braumüller, 1879), vol. 1, p. 62. Bartsch's source for this legend is Pastor Dolberg from Hinrichshagen. In Rövershagen the underground people once exchanged a woman's unbaptized child for one of their own. Following the advice of a wise man, she laid the underground people's child on the chopping block as though she were going to kill it with an ax. The dwarf's child immediately disappeared, and her own child was returned.   The Changeling of Plau Source: Karl Bartsch, Sagen, Märchen und Gebräuche aus Meklenburg (Vienna, Wilhelm Braumüller, 1879), vol. 1, p. 42. A married couple in Plau had a child that after two years was still only as long as a shoe. It had an enormously large head and could not learn to talk. They shared their concern with an old man, who said: "For sure the underground people have exchanged your child. If you want to be certain about this, then take an empty eggshell and in the presence of the child pour fresh beer into it, then add yeast to make it ferment. If the child then starts to talk, then my suspicion is right." They followed this advice. The beer had scarcely begun to ferment when the child called out from its cradle: Now I am as old As Bohemian gold, But this is the first I've ever heard tell, Of beer being brewed in an eggshell. The dwarf's actual words, in the original Low German: Ik bün so olt as Böhmer Gold, doch dat seih ik taum irsten Mal, dat man Bier brugt in Eierschal. The parents determined that the very next night they would throw the child into the Elbe River. They arose after midnight and went to the cradle, where they discovered a strong and healthy child. The underground people had taken back their own child.   Up next...the changeling in Irish folklore…   In Ireland, the Faerie folk are always treated with respect, but many accusations are hurled at them as well, from making crops wither to milk turning sour. One of the most common accusations is that they steal humans and spirit them away to live in the Faerie realm, whilst leaving an unwanted faerie in their place, which becomes known as...you fucking know it...a changeling. Humans at risk of being taken are said to include handsome young men as they are taken to become lovers of the female Faeries. One theory why this happens is that the Faeries see humans as a stronger and healthier race and try to enhance their own bloodline by breeding with humans. Midwives and new mothers are also favoured by the Faeries because they can be made servants of the Faerie queens and easily tend to the Faerie children. It is said that Faerie women find childbirth very difficult and if the pregnancy even lasts until birth then the Faerie babies that survive are often deformed and stunted. Very occasionally, some people leave the mortal world to live in the Faerie realm by choice. They don’t usually stay in the Faerie realm for life and will return to their home after several years. Of course, none of them returns the same person after so long in the Faerie realm and often people will recognise that these people have ‘changed’ in some way. Traditionally, the person who returns will possess a ‘gift’ of some type and may be a master of herbal or magical knowledge. Humans most at risk of the Faeries are babies and young children. It is suggested that babies are taken as it is easier to integrate them into the Faerie community and there is less chance of them remembering their real parents. When they are taken, a Faerie child, disguised to look like the human child, is left in their place hence the name, ‘Changeling’. Although most Changelings don’t get to return to the Faerie realm, there have been tales of this happening and the Human child finally returned to its rightful family. The Faeries envy human babies as they tend to be happy, healthy, and sturdy beings. On occasion, they have been known to take a child because they simply believe it is not loved enough by its human parents or even take the child out of malice or spite, especially if someone from that family has disrespected someone from the Faerie Realm. One can never be too sure what a Faerie’s motive is. So how do the Irish recognize a changeling? Well let's find out! It is said that you can tell a Changeling baby by the fact that it is ill-tempered and looks wizened in appearance. Most will have very dark eyes and if you look into them you can see wisdom well beyond their age. A Changeling will also grow and develop a lot quicker than a human baby and within a few weeks the Changeling will have a full set of teeth and their legs and arms will be quite bony and thin. A changeling doesn’t always appear as a baby and occasionally the Faeries will leave a piece of enchanted wood called a ‘stock’ in the cradle instead. This stock will appear to grow sick and die right in front of the ‘parents’ eyes. The changelings’ new family will never have any good luck while the changeling resides in the family home as the changeling will drain the family of any good fortune that will come their way. A warning though to all those people who become parents to a changeling, it must be loved and cared for like it is your own if you ever want to have a chance of seeing your own child again. The unspoken threat is that if the changeling is harmed or abandoned in any way, the Faeries will treat your child just as badly or possibly even worse, a risk any parents would not be willing to take. However, don’t despair! There are certain methods one can use in the event of returning a Changeling from where it came from and ensuring the safe return of the child that has been taken. Below you will find some of the most traditional methods used. Trooping Faeries leave their barrow, (their home) several times a year. A direct swap is possible at this time although to be successful, specific spells and rituals need to be performed. A Faerie changeling is often weak and feeble so they must be nurtured and loved so that he/she becomes healthy and happy. When this occurs the Faerie parents usually decide that they want their natural child back and will switch them, themselves. This is probably the best and safest way to return a changeling to its proper parents as I really wouldn’t recommend the next method myself. In some areas in Ireland, Faeries are seen as demons. So because of this, the stolen person is not seen as kidnapped but possessed and it is believed that Faeries can be exorcised just like demons. The victim is beaten or tortured in the hope that life within the ‘host’ will become so unpleasant the Faerie be cast out. In Ireland, it is widely believed that the Faeries are terrified of fire and some alleged Changelings have been badly burned or even killed by the efforts of others in order to make the Faerie leave. If attempts at returning the changeling fail the unlucky ‘parents’ can expect the Changeling to grow up to be a snivelling, dim-witted person who will no longer be a changeling but will be known as an ‘oaf’. So if the Changeling becomes an oaf, what becomes of the human child living in the Faerie realm? Some are reported to pine and grieve so much for their loved ones in the mortal world that they wither and die. While others can adapt quite well and live happily within the Faerie realm enjoying a long life filled with cheerfulness, Irish music and Irish dancing.   You want stories? Here's a couple for ya. This is the story of Bridget Cleary. On March 15, 1895, Bridget Cleary, the 28-year-old wife of a copper, went missing from her cottage near Clonmel in County Tipperary. Days later her body was found in a shallow grave, burned to death by her husband and family members who suspected her of being possessed by a fairy. Cleary, believed to be 'the last witch burned in Ireland,' was the victim of dangerous superstitious beliefs. Her story has become part of Irish folklore, and her tragic tale has been immortalized in the children’s rhyme “Are you a witch or are you a fairy, Or are you the wife of Michael Cleary?” Books have been written about her and filmmakers are currently trying to raise funds to make a movie loosely based on her story. Cleary and her husband Michael were a well-off but childless couple. Bridget was a dressmaker who made additional independent income from keeping hens. According to accounts, she caught a cold that possibly developed into pneumonia, or she may have had tuberculosis. As her condition worsened, her husband and her uncle, Jack Dunne, began to circulate the story that Bridget had been taken by fairies and the woman in the bed was a changeling. According to Irishidentity.com, herbal cures were forced down her throat and she was held over the fire while being asked repeatedly if she was a changeling. Several family members assisted and neighbors were present the evening before her death as more tests were conducted on her. On March 15, 1895, her husband set fire to her nightgown and threw lamp-oil on her. “She’s not my wife,” he said. “You’ll soon see her go up the chimney.” Jack Dunne forced one of Bridget's brothers to carry her to a shallow grave. Some time afterward, it was reported to the local priest that Bridget had been burned to death by her husband and other family members. The priest went to the police who found her charred body and arrested nine people, including Bridget’s family members, neighbors, and friends, in connection with the murder. Michael Cleary served 15 years for the crime, after which he emigrated to Canada. According to the New York Times, the case was used as a weapon against Irish Home Rule, asking how could a people who still believed in fairies and spirits be trusted to govern themselves in the modern world? A REAL CHANGELING In a little village on the Cavan/Leitrim border, there lived a man who had disappeared and was said to have been taken by faeries. Miraculously he returned 10 years later out of the blue. While this story is said to be retold all the time even up to this, we could not find the details of this story anywhere, no names, no dates, no nothing. That being said … get your shit together people out there. POLISH/SLAVIC How do you get a one armed polish guy out of a tree? How many pollocks does it take to screw in a light bulb? Screen door on a submarine...you've heard them all, but have you heard about the changeling in Polish folklore? Doubt it, but that is why we are here. To inform you on the coolest shit around...like the Dziwozona. Also known as the Mamuna or Boginka,  they were thought to be the spirits of a girl who died in childhood or women who killed their child (oddly connected), but they could also be women who died during pregnancy or women who had a child out of wedlock. Basically, the demon was often meant to represent things that were considered bad for women and represented an unnatural life or death. Depictions vary, but the most common description is that she’s an old hag with breasts so large she washes her clothes with them. Damn thats hot...anyway… Dziwożona was thought to appear during foul weather among the trees and swamps. Unlike many demons who would attack directly (though depictions of the boginka did include attacks), Dziwożona waited and observed mothers with their children. During this time she could make the children ill and would often come up with elaborate schemes to draw the mother away. She would then strike when the mother was gone, replacing the child with a changeling – the hag’s own child. Changelings were creatures that appear throughout Slavic myth. Demons would use them to replace the children they stole, but the changelings did not grow like normal humans. They had massive abdomens and small, disfigured heads. Which is different from the German myths if you remember from earlier as theirs had the big heads. They rarely slept, screaming into the night, and sometimes they even grew claws and jagged teeth. Almost all changelings died in childhood, but if they survived, they were little more than spiteful, mumbling loners. It’s likely that changelings and the connection with Dziwożona were simply the early Slavs’ ways of understanding disabilities among children. Beyond it being a warning for mothers not to abandon their children, it was easier to explain away that a demon stole the child than to accept disabilities are a part of human life. It’s brutal but unfortunately was common among early cultures. There were ways to protect your child against the Dziwożona, though. Parents would tie a red ribbon around the baby’s hand (a tradition still continued today in some Slavic countries) and also give the child a red cap to wear, protecting their face from the moon.   SCANDINAVIAN The folk belief regarding the interchanging of children by the subterraneans is prevalent and old – in Norse times, the changeling was called vixlingr and skiptingr – and was most likely founded on the physical fact that a seemingly healthy and normal child could change drastically over a short period of time, and develop abnormal features. The portrayals often include the child having a big head, yellow and sallow complexion, "old man's face", bulging eyes, long hands and short feet and pointy teeth. Being "hungry as a watchdog," crying day and night, the changeling was described as a obstinate and imbecile being, and a slow learner, whether it came to walking, reading or talking. Contemporary medicine would most likely recognize symptoms of jaundice, rickets, atrophy (muscle wasting) and other defects caused by heredity and malnutrition. But for people without this medical knowledge, the "healing" simply consisted in getting rid of the changeling as soon as possible, in order to get the “rightful'' child in return. The treatment performed to attain such, was nothing less than horrible; among the many tricks in the book were to pretend to throw the child in the oven, pinch his nose with red-hot irons, and whipping him naked on a pile of garbage three Thursday evenings in a row. The idea was of course to frighten and abuse the poor creature to such a degree that the child’s “real” mother would feel sorry for him and reverse the switch.   The legends recounting stories about elderly changelings prove however that this procedure was far from effective. At worst, they could be hundreds of years old, it was said. But it was never too late to get them out of the house. You could just lure them to talk and reluctantly divulge their age, they were exposed and made ready to die. The more outrageous the attempts were, the greater was the chance to fool them.   A legend from Southern Norway, tells the story of an elderly changeling; the household put forward for him a huge pot of just a tiny bit of porridge in it, yet as many spoons as they could muster.   Then he said: "I'm older than the mountains, and as gray as a scythe, but never have I seen so great a barrel and so little food and so many spoons before!" Then they knew that he was a changeling.   On a farm in Eastern Norway they pretended to brew ale in an eggshell. But when the old man awoke and saw this, he burst out laughing:   "No, now I have been around for so long that I've seen the old forest burn down and grow up again seven times, but never have I seen anyone brew beer in an eggshell."   Then, someone asked. "Are you finished?"   "Yes, "replied the old man. At the blink of an eye he was gone, and there was only a crumbling bone remaining. " Norwegian poet Haldis Moren Vesaas (1907-1995) wrote a poem about the changeling that might be easier to relate to than the old legends. This poem however, speaks of loving your child no matter how tired you are. For the changeling and the sweet, gentle child is the same, but sometimes it feels as if your little angel has been replaced with a nasty, vicious troll that nobody likes. Wanna hear it? Well you’re gonna anyways cus its out fucking show! Rockabye rockabye big, ugly child, troll is your surname, no doubt. The hugest boiler is in use as we speak, no less, to silence your trout   The cradle you lie in will soon be too small, this hardship sure takes its toll You are heavy, so heavy, and the night is so long, for she who must cradle a troll   All that see you, give me advice, that I should torment you, kick and toss. Then they will come for you, and I can get back the long lost child I’ve lost   Rockabye changeling, big and foul Please, keep the fear at bay I will not hit you, trust me on that, and no one shall take you away   The other, the cutie, can stay where she is While you, who is hated so deep, needs me to love and care for you And look! Now you’ve fallen asleep   The tales vary from country to country and region to region in Scandinavian folklore. Scandinavian parents would often place an iron tool such as a pair of scissors or a knife on top of the cradle of an unbaptised infant to prevent its being abducted by the trolls. It was believed that if a human child were still taken, in spite of such measures, the parents could force the return of the child by treating the changeling cruelly, using methods such as whipping or even inserting it in a heated oven. In at least one case, a woman was taken to court for having killed her child in an oven. In Sweden, it is believed that a fire must be kept lit in the room housing a child before it is christened, and ,furthermore, that the water used to bathe the child should not be thrown out, since both of these precautions will prevent the child from being taken by trolls. In one Swedish tale, the human mother is advised to brutalize the changeling (bortbyting) so that the trolls will return her son, but she refuses, unable to mistreat an innocent child despite knowing its nature. When her husband demands she abandon the changeling, she refuses, and he leaves her – whereupon he meets their son in the forest, wandering free. The son explains that since his mother had never been cruel to the changeling, the troll mother had never been cruel to him, and when she sacrificed what was dearest to her, her husband, they had realized they had no power over her and released him.  SPAIN The next legend comes from Spain, more specifically Asturias. Asturias is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. Their mythology contains tales of the Xana. The Xana is a beautiful fairy said to dwell wherever pure bodies of water flow, combing her long curly hair with a comb made of sun or moonbeams, using the water as a mirror. This bad fairy may also live in a cave, safeguarding her immense collection of ill-gained treasure. The Xana reminds us of sea nymphs and nixies, who also spend time near water using their beauty to lure humans. One of the key defining characteristics of the Xana is their thievery.  Many tales describe the Xana acquiring a plethora of earthly treasures, and many myths talk of young adventurers who unsuccessfully attempt to gain the treasure of the Xana. Tales of Xanas also often involve the kidnapping of a human child, replacing it with their own offspring (called Xaninos). The Xana will make this swap by entering a human home through a keyhole. They cannot care for the children themselves. They find themselves ill-equipped to feed their children, due to their lack of lactation. So instead of dooming their own child to the fate of starvation, they take a human child from their cradle and replace it with their own fairy child. This behavior is reminiscent of changelings in other cultures. Eventually, the human mother will realize that their child has been replaced.  WALES “Tylwyth Teg,” (Welsh fairies) or “Fair folk” were thought to have sought-after human babies and would steal them whenever they could, swapping them with a poor weak substitute of fairy descent. The new fairy baby displayed crabbiness and ugliness which would be visible. The distraught families, upon suspecting their child to have been “swapped” would seek the most horrific solutions to the problem, often employing a “fairy doctor” to diagnose the child as a fairy using various torturous methods which would lead to the death of the poor child. Some practices involved burning the child with hot coals, holding them over a fire or boiling water, leaving them exposed to the elements, or drowning them in the belief that the fairies would rush to save their own and give back the “real” child. Such was superstition and so intense was the fear of the fair folk, this practice was sadly common and widespread. Unchristened children were thought to be most at risk as were girls and twins. In all households, there were routine precautions aimed to prevent child theft. A prevalent one involved putting fire tongs over a cradle, because of the fairies’ well-known antipathy to iron. In the parish of Trefeglwys, near Llanidloes, Montgomery, a little shepherd’s cottage dubbed the Place of Strife, on account of the trouble recorded there. A couple that once resided there had twins, when they were a few months old the wife went to the house of neighbors, leaving both babies alone. When she returned, she saw the “blue petticoats of the old elves'' fleeing from her home. Hurrying indoors, she found her house as she had left it and was relieved. However, as the weeks rolled by, she noticed her twins' growth seems stunted. Her husband accused them of not being his, and it caused a huge rift between them. A local wise man gave this advice. He told her that when she was preparing dinner for the harvesters, in sight of the twins she was to empty the shell of an egg and fill it with pottage. Then carry it out to the workers as if meant to feed them all. But he told her to listen to what the twins say to each other about this strange behavior. If they discuss it in ways that children should not understand, then she should take them both to the river Llyn Ebyr and throw them both in. She did as she was told and heard the twins say; ACORNS BEFORE OAK I KNEW; AN EGG BEFORE A HEN; NEVER ONE HEN’S EGG-SHELL STEW ENOUGH FOR HARVESTMEN! On hearing this, the mother took the two children and threw them into the Llyn, and sure enough, saw goblins in their blue trousers come to save their dwarfs. The mother had her own children back again, and all was well once more. In Wirt Sykes book British Goblins, Welsh Folklore, he writes that a Dazzy Walter, the wife of Abel Walter, of Ebwy Fawr, one night in her husband’s absence awoke in her bed and found her baby had gone. Terrified, she searched around her bed for it and grabbed it with her hand above the bed, which was as far as the fairies had managed to carry it. And a woman called Jennet Francis, of that same valley of Ebwy Fawr, said that one night in bed she felt her infant son being taken from her arms; after that, she screamed and hung on, and, as she phrased it, ‘God and me were too hard for them.’ This son later grew up and became a famous preacher of the gospel. The Llanover estate when run by Lady Llanover in the 19th century was rife with rumours of the fairies amongst the gardeners who worked there. Several accounts were recorded, and it was said that Twlyth Teg would change children in the area. One family who would regularly leave out offerings of bread and milk for the Fae had a son who decided it was funny to replace the bowl of milk with urine. On finding it, the angry fairies threw the contents around the room and placed a curse as punishment that there would always be a fool – an idiot who would never prosper in his family. Sure enough one of his own children in later years turned out to be one and this continued in every generation since. A woman by the name of Nani Fach was also said to be the offspring of the fairies as she was presumably “different.” House staff of Lady Llanover would throw crumbs of bread on the floor before going to bed at night as offerings to the fairies such was their fear of them. Well… Wales seems to have a bit of a changeling problem...and a lot of funny names of places.  So those are some of the myths of changelings from various cultures. While there are some differences most seem to have the same basic principles. You see many of the same stories repeated through the various myths. They may have different wording or phrasing due to the region or culture but they are the same. There were a couple  recorded stories of deaths due to people thinking that someone was a changeling. We discussed the story of Bridget Cleary earlier but there was another tragic incident that involved a child. Michael Laehy was only four when he died. Anne Roche, an old woman of very advanced age, was indicted for the murder of Michael Leahy, a young child, by drowning him in the Flesk. This case, which at first assumed a very serious aspect, from the meaning imputed to the words spoken by the prisoner, that the sin of the child’s death was on the grand-mother, and not on the prisoner, turned out to be a homicide, committed under the delusion of the grossest superstition. The child, though four years old, could neither stand, walk, or speak – it was thought to be fairy struck – and the grandmother ordered the prisoner and one of the witnesses, Mary Clifford, to bathe the child every morning in the pool of the river Flesk, where the boundaries of three farms meet; they had so bathed it for three mornings running, and on the last morning the prisoner kept the child longer under the water than usual, when her companion (the witness, Mary Clifford) said to the prisoner, ‘how can you hope ever to see God after this?’ to which the prisoner replied, that ‘the sin was on the grand-mother, and not on her.’ Upon cross-examination, the witness said it was not done with intent to kill the child, but to cure it – to put the Fairy out of it. On her being charged by the policeman who apprehended here with drowning the child, she said it did not matter if it had died four years ago. Baron Pennefather said, thought it was a case of suspicion, and required to be thoroughly examined into, yet the jury would not be safe in convicting the prisoner of murder, however strong their suspicions might be. Verdict: not guilty. Author Robert Curran says that the verdict is suggestive of the depth of belief in changelings in the community. There were several similar cases in rural Ireland in the 19th century. The reality behind many changeling legends was often the birth of deformed or developmentally disabled children. Among the diseases or disabilities with symptoms that match the description of changelings in various legends are spina bifida, cystic fibrosis, PKU, progeria, Down syndrome, homocystinuria, Williams syndrome, Hurler syndrome, Hunter syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, Prader-Willi Syndrome, and cerebral palsy. The greater incidence of birth defects in boys correlates to the belief that male infants were more likely to be taken. Psychologist Stuart Vyse writes that modern parents have higher expectations of childbirth and when "children don't meet these expectations, parents sometimes find a different demon to blame." A condition known as regressive autism, where children appear to develop normally in their early years and then start to show symptoms of autism, can also be compared to marks of a changeling child. As noted, it has been hypothesized that the changeling legend may have developed, or at least been used, to explain the peculiarities of children who did not develop normally, probably including all sorts of developmental delays and abnormalities. In particular, it has been suggested that autistic children would be likely to be labeled as changelings or elf-children due to their strange, sometimes inexplicable behavior. For example, this association might explain why fairies are often described as having an obsessive impulse to count things like handfuls of spilled seeds. This has found a place in autistic culture. Some autistic adults have come to identify with changelings (or other replacements, such as aliens) for this reason, as well as their own feelings of being in a world where they do not belong and of practically not being the same species as the other people around them. (Compare the pseudoscientific New Age concept of indigo children.)   So like a lot of things the changeling myth may be chalked up to nothing more than people just not understanding and knowing about deformities, birth defects, and mental illness. Interesting nonetheless!    Top movies involving changelings...there's one that doesn't make sense...but here we go https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=changeling&ref_=kw_ref_typ&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie   Ace’s Depot http://www.aces-depot.com   BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast   Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp   And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.   Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE                                              

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The final instalment in our popular mini-series Still Waters Run Deep. Today we hike through both Snowdonia and the Otherworld as we discover further tales of the Gwragedd Annwn, or, the ladies of the lakes. ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw

This episode discusses being able to highly perform at work, but not being able to function outside of work due to depression! The podcast also has a bestselling book! TALES & TACTICS TO THRIVE www.AYAlpha.com/book Get all the resources from each shows spotlighted guest, get your support and your questions answered. Connect across social media @AwakenYourAlpha @AdamLewisWalker to join the conversation.

We're returning to our exploration of the the Ladies of the Lakes as we rejoin Rhiwallon in the Brecon Beacons, as the dramatisation of the lady of Llyn y Fan Fach concludes. The second episode in a three-part mini-series. ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw

Today we're getting out our hiking boots and heading into the mountains to dive into the world of the Gwragedd Annwn: the water women of the Welsh lakes. We start with the most famous lake lady of all - the keeper of Excalibur in the legends of King Arthur - before finding ourselves in the Brecon Beacons for the story of Rhiwallon and the Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach. The first of a three-part mini-series. ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw

In this episode we travel with Neil to one of the most magical lakes in the British Isles.In the beautiful dark waters of Llyn Fawr, in Mid-Glamorgan, Neil comes face to face with the reflections of another world - home to ritual, ceremony and an ancient way of life that spanned the Bronze and Iron Ages. He rubs shoulders with an elite group of thinkers, whose power and knowledge spread right across the British Isles and discovers a hoard of incredible artefacts.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Jewelry artist and gallery owner Llyn Strong made her first piece of jewelry in 1972, igniting a passion that would develop into a now 40-year career. Recipient of an Honorable Mention in the Custom Design Distinction category of the 2019 MJSA Vision Awards competition, Llyn is recognized for her signature collections and her distinctive custom designs. In this episode, Llyn discusses how she got started making jewelry, the story behind the creation of her award-winning cuff bracelet, and how she approaches marketing and selling her custom design services.

  The 362nd of a series of weekly radio programmes created by :zoviet*france:   First broadcast 15 June 2019 by Resonance 104.4 FM, Resonance Extra and CJMP 90.1 FM   Thanks to the artists and sound recordist included here for their fine work.   track list … :zoviet*france: - A Duck in a Tree LInk 362a 00 Deison - Intro 01 John Okimase - Two Menominee Flute Songs 02 Kommissar Hjuler - Dansk Piano Sectioner 12 03 Andreas Berthling - With() 04 DR - June #3 05 Llyn y Cwn - Twll Du 06 OVOD - Then and Now 07 [unknown sound recordist / BBC] - Tractors – Ford 7610 Tractor, with Trailer – Drive over Rough Track – Approach, Pass, Departs – Exterior 08 Line Spectrum - Fabric Merge 09 Banks Bailey - [untitled – 'The Pool' track 1] 10 Mytrip - I Stood Still (Sinking) 11 Robert Cole Rizzi - Somehow It Got Gloomy and I Don't Know Why 12 William Basinski - Cobalt Pools 13 Emmanuel Toledo & Mathieu Lamontagne - Red Forest Step #2 ++ Deison - Outro … :zoviet*france: - A Duck in a Tree LInk 362b    

This week we keep our discussion close to home by talking about... well home. We take you on a quick tour through the history of King's Lynn, a small town on the Norfolk coast that has a quite a large impact. We round it off, as always, with a ridiculous death and this week we throw in a local legend.  As always, here are our sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Lynnhttps://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Kings-Lynn-Norfolk/http://practitioners.exeter.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Eastanglianwitchtrialappendix2.pdfhttps://norfolktalesmyths.com/2019/06/01/witchcraft-in-17th-century-norfolk-2/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/suffolk/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8389000/8389033.stmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouverhttps://tracymonger.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/norfolk-witchcraft-executions-ritual-objects/http://thehistoryanorak.blogspot.com/2016/01/witch-heart.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England#DeathWe also plug our friends' podcast at the end of tonight's show and we encourage you to check it out - the ManNic Podcast discusses all things pop culture and nerdy, including a review of Game of Thrones Season 8 and Avengers Endgame: https://soundcloud.com/mannic-podcast

This week we have a special guest on the podcast to share their unexplained experiences. Gabe, from the band LLYN, joins us to tell us of strange lights seen in the sky while residing in Arizona. Tune in for mysteries in the desert as riff about UFOs. Check Gabes band out on instagram @llyn.stagram for all the stellar stuff they are working on also.

Julia Plevin is an author and entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Forest Bathing Club in San Francisco. She started studying the mental health consequences that people suffer from when they don't get enough time in nature. After this she decided to dedicate her life to getting people back to a state of nature and thus the Forest Bathing Club was born. (0-10 minutes) Subscribe Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Email Address We respect your privacy. Thank you! What is Forest Bathing? She explains how it comes from a Japanese practice called Shinren Roku which literally means luxuriating in nature. It is essentially a practice where you go into nature and do nothing but attend to the present moment. It comes from a period where the Japanese started doing lots of research in the 1980s into the health effects of being in nature and how it lowers the heart rate, levels of cortisol and stress. When did you first start Forest Bathing? Julia says she has always loved being in nature, but it was only when she started living in New York that she became aware of the lack of nature and how that would affect her mental health. She started doing her graduate work on the mental health effects of being disconnected from nature in 2015. The forest bathing club was born out of this research. Is the Forest Bathing club a business? Forest Bathing is a community organization. They usually do an event that is a co-creative event where people bring something to share with the whole group, an offering back to nature. Sometimes they do charge, but usually it is to ensure that they can afford to make the experience a supportive one for all participants. When did you first start getting into mindfulness and how does that relate to your love of nature? Julia says she has been doing yoga since she was 15 years old and was aware of mindfulness, but didn't really know what was. She never wanted to do the meditation at the end of the class. She loved being in nature but she would always be running through. She then started to realize the importance of slowing down and finding that more mindful state of being. How does it feel to go from spending a lot of time in nature and then back into the city with all its frantic energy? Julia explains a story of how one day she was running through Sutro park in San Francisco and a guy stopped her and asked her "Do you know why there all these ribbons around the trees here?"She was like "I'm just trying to run here. Don't bother me". He responded by saying that "These ribbons mean they are about to cut down these trees". She became aware of what was going on and realized that someone had to shout at her in order to really pay attention. She says that this man told her about how they planted Eucalyptus in the park 140 years ago and now UCSF (who owns the land) is trying to cut them down. It is feared that they might be looking to build more housing there under the guise of reforestation. She talks about how in order to write her book about Forest Bathing she found a small cabin by Stinson beach and spent time deep in nature every day. As new communities form new cities or we restore old cities, how do we ensure proper access to nature as a byproduct of living in cities? Julia says that its important to make space in new cities for nature, but Forest Bathing is actually practiced where the city meets nature. Its the integration of urban and wilderness areas. She brings up an important point that as humans we usually separate nature from urban environments, but we forget that human beings are a part of nature and so is everything we create. The streets and buildings are all part of nature as well. While in your cabin in Stinson beach, how long would you spend in between times in nature and time spent with other people?Stinson Beach is a beach town in the summer, but Julia was living there during the winter so she didn't have much contact with other people except for a friend who lived up the road. Its also only 45 minutes away from San Francisco so she could also come back pretty quickly.Stewart mentions that the most difficult thing for him when practicing in nature for long periods of time was coming back into an urban environment and being hit by the wave of frantic energy that most people spend their lives in. Most people who live in cities are always on, always under a sympathetic nervous system response. How do you deal with coming back into the city and the hustle and bustle? Whenever Julia would find herself coming back to the city and getting stuck in traffic she would look at a tree on the side of the road and this would remind her that she still can find an avenue of relaxation when surrounded by urban chaos.She also mentions that when humans look at nature we go into a soft focus which calms us down as opposed to a hard focus when scanning the environment for danger which many of us are doing all the time. Just looking at nature lowers stress. She would reminder herself that every breath she is taking is nature and all the people surrounding her are part of nature. In times of stress she would continuously repeat this. (10-20 minutes) In your meditation practice do you use mantra? Yes she has picked up various practices like this over the years studying with various teachers. One in particular she picked up from Llyn Roberts when working with her for five days in the Hoh rainforest which is the largest temperate rainforest in the world. Llyn wrote a book with Sandra Ingerman. Julia was called to live in the Hoh forest with llyn. She reached out to Llyn about research for the book. There was a synchronicity where Llyn had reserved the dates that Julia wanted to come see her in the Hoh for another client, but that client couldn't actually make it so it worked out perfectly. While in the Hoh rainforest, Llyn gave Julia a few simple mantras. One is "Out of my head, into my body, my heart and the earth". This can be done while putting your forehead into the ground and letting go of thoughts. She has another one that she uses. She went to Japan and lived with a shegendu monk. Shegendu buddhism is a lineage of Buddhism that holds that nature holds the ultimate truth. If you want to learn you have to go out into nature. The monk asked her "do you feel a connection with the universe?"She said "somedays, but somedays not". This guy also gave her a mantra that she uses with certain hand positions. She says her name out loud and says the date. She says "I'm grateful to be born in a human body. Today I connect to the universe and I aim to use my connection to serve the highest good."This reminds Stewart about the traditional understanding of mantra and how many teachers will argue that you need a mantra in Sanskrit because Sanskrit is a holy language that is able to make all the sounds that a human is capable of making which other languages cannot. Stewart says he doesn't buy into this, but the idea behind mantra was that you connect to a deity through Mantra and Julia's mantra fits this purpose. Can you describe the feeling you get when you are in nature? She says she can try and will do so through a story. When she first started writing the book, she was really stressed out about the process of writing and deadlines. She started getting imposter syndrome and questioned who she was to be writing a book about nature when stress was still a constant struggle for her. This feeling of stress became a sort of bullshit meter. She started to use it as a trigger to practice all the techniques she was learning from these people. She learned that its great to learn all these techniques but there is no point where the anxiety will somehow stop for good. It always comes back. Even today when she has a big decision to make she had to go to a redwood grove and just sit on the earth and let it take all the stress. When she uses the practices and techniques they seem to work for what she needs them for.There seem to be two trends for a certain part of millennials: a move back to nature and a tendency to live out of vans. How do you see both of these trends playing out and connecting together over the next five years? Julia says that she sees a lot of awakening around the benefits of nature. People are in such a grind all the time. They have stressful jobs and then in order to mask the stress they start drinking or shopping. When people start to spend more time in nature, they realize that they need way less to be happy. All of a sudden instead of stressing out about the job, they find way more joy in what's growing in their backyard. People are starting to wake up and ask themselves the question: What am I doing with my life and why? As people start to move into nature more, Julia questions what will happen to cities.Stewart explains how cities evolved because they centralize knowledge and talent in one geographical location and idea exchange almost happens by osmosis. People are stimulated to innovate in cities. Now with the internet this process is becoming more decentralized. This couldn't happen really with older people because they are used to transmitting ideas person to person, but with people who are younger they are more able to do this on the internet almost naturally. So the necessity of living in a city might change and young people might end up living in nature more. This could be a positive change but might also put stress on natural ecosystems.Julia brings up the point that when people are living in a city they have a much smaller ecological footprint. Stewart explains how self driving cars will also started (30-40 minutes) What is the main practice or technique you have used the most over the past 30 days? She says that she does the sun salutation described above pretty much every day.Julia also asks people "What do you get from nature?" People start with saying food, water, and then they eventually realize that they get everything from nature. Then Julia asks people "What do you give to nature?" People usually realize that they never really thought about this. What do people do when they go forest bathing? Julia starts by saying that its easier to describe what forest bathing is not. It is not a hike and it isn't being lead in the forest by a naturalist. Some people come regularly, others come just once. Basically on a forest bathing trip they start off with describing where people are geographically. If they are in the Presidio, Julia starts off by explaining what is the cultural, historical and natural environment and its significance. She also talks about where they are cosmically, for example talking about whether we are in a full or new moon. Everyone has an opportunity to share their name, where they are coming from, and an intention for the experience. Throughout the forest bath there is nothing you have to do. You can sit underneath a tree and thats it. As a group, Julia leads different meditations. She leads people into connection with their five senses. There are games and shamanic journeying. It depends on what is going on in the environment. At the end, there is a council where people can share their truth. After this there is a tea ceremony where people drink something from the forest around them. The next one is on the 29th of April with an organization called Kismet. How did you find your voice on your journey to create Forest Bathing? Julia says that it has been difficult to find her voice. When you start to share things like mindfulness and meditation, there is no way to do it in without authenticity. There is no other option besides practicing what you preach. Its really hard to find your voice.In the beginning, she would speak one way with someone and then another way with a different person. Part of finding her voice was to speak from a place of authenticity all the time. This is scary. What is your definition of yoga? The union of breath, body and movement. Julia says that Yoga is a really powerful way to move energy through her body. She says that Forest Bathing is just one part of the pie. The forest is very grounding and contains an earth energy. She found out that she was actually too grounded and she needed a different energy. She started going to Hot yoga classes to find some more fire energy. This reminds Stewart about the original form of yoga which changed once pictures started to enter the technological milieu. It's pretty clear from the historical record that the yoga we practice today in studios has very little connection with the practice of yoga as it has traditionally practiced. Many people think that the movement side of yoga was actually more of a dance. There was little to no thought put to how the poses looked to an external observer. Julia explains how she is leaving for Guatemala tonight and the retreat she is about to go on. What will you do on the retreat? Its a group of reiki healers and there will be a lot of Mayan astrology. If you have one piece of advice for someone picking up a meditation practice? Find something that works for you. Its important to find your own voice. When Julia first started training to become a yoga teacher she found that she tried to copy what the instructor said, but instead she realized its important to live the practice so that it comes through you without trying or efforting. That it flows out of you.

Tamar Halpern takes the Big 5 Personality Test and breaks it.  Support this Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carlking Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-carl-king-podcast/id1202709564 Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4VlLUSeRUrDzF1Omtu9rdp Tamar Halpern is a filmmaker... specifically a writer and director living in The Imaginary City of Los Angeles. A few years ago she released a documentary that all creative people will love. It's called Llyn Foulkes One Man Band, and it's about a painter who was discovered by the art world at Age 77. For my musician friends, this guy's got a homemade complex musical contraption called The Machine -- it's a sort of drum set with pitched bicycle horns, which he plays while singing jazz songs. Go watch it on Netflix, iTunes, or Amazon right away, because it's a dark and funny masterpiece, kind of like American Movie. Tamar has also written and / or directed 6 feature films, including Shelf Life starring Betsy Brandt from Breaking Bad, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life starring Mira Sorvino, and the recent Lifetime movie called My Daughter Is Missing. Tamar is a great friend of mine and was actually my first freelance client in 2008 when I quit the corporate day job world. They say the best way to repay someone is have them take an online personality test. So here we go...

Lake Fairies British Goblins: Welsh Folk Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1881) Book 1 Chapter 3 by Wirt Sikes All about Lake Fairies. the Gwragedd Annwn or Women of the lakes, a legend of Crumlyn Lake, the elfin cow of Llyn Barfog, the Legend of the Meddygon Myddfai and much more. 'British Goblins' is packed with information on fairy mythology. All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, will be found recorded in the show-notes below and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you. Running Order: Section 1 0:42 The Gwragedd Annwn, or Dames of Elfin Land 1:53 Section 2 5:38 St Patrick and the Welshmen; a Legend of Crumlyn Lake 7:41 Section 3 8:28 The Elfin Cow of Lyn Barfog 9:24 Y Fuwch Laethwen Lefrith 12:22 The Legend of the Meddygon Myddfai 12:22 Section 4 13:42 The Wife of Supernatural Race 13:33 The Three Blows; a Carmathenshire Legend 13:44 Section 5 17:19 Cheese and the Didactic Purpose in Welsh Folk-Lore 17:20 Section 6 21:43 The Fairy Maiden's Papa 21:44 Section 7 22:44 The Enchanted Isle in the Mountain Lake 22:46 Section 8 24:14 Legend of the Men of Ardudwy 24:18 Section 9 28:54 Origin of the Water Fairies 29:20 Their prevalence in many Lands 30:29     The Gwraig of the Golden Boat Names Used in this Section All proper names, and words in Welsh or other languages, are recorded here in the show-notes and we've done our best to get the pronounciations right for you. Gwragedd Annwn Llyn Barfog Y Fuwch Laethwen Lefrith Meddygon Myddfai Ardudwy Gwyn ap Nudd Plant Annwn Archaeologia Cambrensis Drayton's account of the Battle of Agincourt 'Cymru Fu' Cardiganshire Crumlyn Lake Briton Ferry St. Patrick St. David of Wales 'Sut yr y'ch chwi?' (How d'ye do?) Cambria Erin Aberdovey Carmarthenshire Gwartheg y Llyn Dyssyrnant Fuwch Gyfeiliorn Dere di felen Emion, Cyrn Cyfeiliorn-braith y Llyn, A'r foci Dodin, Codwch, dewch adre. Iolu MSS Taliesin Williams Merthyr Llandovery, published for the Welsh MSS. Society, 1848 Vale of Towy Cras dy fara, Anhawdd ein dala; Dos, dos, dos! Gwraig annwn Cwm Meddygon Cadogan, Gruffydd and Emion Rhiwallon Rhys Gryg, Lord of Dynevor Gray's Inn Lane Cambro Briton diawl Mabinogion Falstaff Drws Coed Turf Lake (Llyn y Dywarchen) Cymry Undine, Melusina, Nausicaa Vale of Clwyd Maidens Lake, or Llyn y Morwynion Cynwal Dracae Nymph of the Lurley Morgan môr gân Faro Islands In China, the superstition appears in a Lew-chewan legend mentioned by Dr. Dennys   British Goblins can be found on Sacred Texts. You can find out more about Wirt Sikes on Wikipedia. Try the Celtic Myth Podshow for the Tales and Stories of the Ancient Celts at http://celticmythpodshow.com or on Apple Podcasts. Our theme music is "Gander at the Pratie Hole" by Sláinte.  You can find their music on the Free Music Archive. Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save

Learn about shapeshifting from prominent expert and Shamanism teacher, Llyn Roberts. What is it?  Why do it? How to do it? Join CJ as she interviews Llyn Roberts about her book “Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness”.  What is Shapeshifting? Shapeshifting is a technique of changing from one energetic state to another. It’s based on the belief that everything is made of energy and that we are all connected to each other through this force. Most of us have been introduced to shapeshifting through fantasy movies like Twilight, where hunky Jacob shapeshifts from a human into a werewolf.  Despite these modern day takes on shapeshifting, it is a spiritual technique that shows up in many ancient forms of Shamanism. Although the fantastical idea of shapeshifting into an animal may be more exciting, the truth is we actually shapeshift every day. Think of the last sporting event you went to. Most likely, your energy shapeshifted the moment you entered the stadium. For me, it was the local Seattle Sounders soccer game. The confetti flying in the air mixed with the loud clapping and cheering noises encircled me and before I knew it, my energetic state shifted to match the excitement of the audience. That is basic shapeshifting. The easiest way to understand it is by comparing it to the basic scientific process of changing from one state to another.  For example, water shapeshifts into ice, liquid, and steam. Recently, I read Llyn Robert’s book called Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness Here are some excerpts from her book that beautifully defines shapeshifting:  “Shapeshifting is about changing from one state to another.  It is innate to us all and the calling card of nature and life. We, and the world within which we live, are ever-changing and evolving.  When we take the time to really see and immerse ourselves in the natural world around us – the winds, tress, animals, stones, skies- we discover that everything is constantly moving. The air can transform from an oppressive stillness on a hot summer’s night into a gentle breeze…and then again it can morph into a powerful hurricane.  Human beings also continuously morph from one state to another.  Our body changes dramatically through the course of a lifetime from birth to death. Whether changing weather patterns, shifting moods, or mutable physical afflictions- it is easy to see that we and everything in our world are quite fluid.” Why do people want to shapeshift? The answer depends on who you are talking to. If you talked to a Shaman, who is the healer in many indigenous communities, shapeshifting is a powerful spiritual practice.  Shamans travel to other worlds and realms to obtain wisdom, power, and energy to assist change in this world.  The mission of the Shamans is to maintain balance between people, spirit, and nature.  Shamans use their abilities for the benefit of others and for positive change within their communities. Unlike the many Evangelists we see on late night television that use healing as a power trip, Shamans are not doing the work for an ego trip, personal gain or for profit. There are other groups (e.g.- merge with an arch enemy and get them into a car accident) that use shapeshifting as a means of gaining power over others. The intention is to use shapeshifting to control others, cause harm to others or for personal gain. When I interviewed Llyn Roberts, a teacher in Shamanism, she described this behavior as sorcery and believes that those who use sorcery find that the negative energy comes back to hurt them. I heard something similar during a class on “core shamanism” with Michael Harner, the founder of The Foundation for Shamanic Studies. In the class, the teachers believe that anyone who misuses these techniques loses their powers. What do you experience when you shapeshift?  What are the benefits? Over the last year, I’ve taken a few classes from The Foundation for Shamanic Studies.  The very first class involves finding your spirit animal, which is an animal that brings you personal power. The class encourages participants to create an ongoing relationship with your spirit animal that you can shapeshift with it. Similar to the spiritual connection depicted in the movie Avatar. The inhabitants  merge their spiritual energy with nature and the connection allow both parties to experience the power of the other.  One of the main characters Neytiri, played by Zoe Saldana, exemplified the concept of shapeshifting when she demonstrated how to spiritually connect with the dragon to gain it’s loyalty. One of my spirit animals is a crow, in the past I have allowed our energies to unite and by doing this, both the crow and myself experience the benefit of merging. The crow encounters a humanistic view of the world whereas I experience the world from a crow’s point of view. The first thing I noticed when merging was the difference in my visual perception- instead of my eyes focusing on just two feet in front of me, I found myself broadening my visual horizon. My eyes wanted to scan around and focus on getting a larger, more panoramic view of my surroundings.  Everything became more intense, even the ripples in the water were sharper. Whether it was real or not, who knows, but it certainly felt real. Plus, I was able to see life around me from a different perspective. You may question what actually happens during the merging process? I wondered this myself and my sense is that all life forms have a spiritual and energetic vibration that is capable of uniting with others through energy. My energy merged with the energy of a crow’s archetype.  In this intermingling of energy, each being gets  the opportunity to gain the life wisdom that each has collected over many years. Oddly, this merging gave me a sense of wholeness and a closer connection to life around us. Can humans really transform into animals like you see in the movies? A number of sensationalists seem to think so. I was a bit skeptical, but wanted to keep an open mind.  So, I asked Llyn Roberts, a prominent teacher of healing and Shamanism, if she’s ever seen someone actually change into an animal, like a snake or wolf.  Hear her thoughts on YouTube (http://youtu.be/F2208mZ6gAw?t=19m46s). Llyn has spent her whole life studying, observing, and leading trips to visit Shamans in several regions including Central America and Asia. During these encounters she has seen shapeshifting into animal, plants, or elements of nature. In terms of animal shapeshifting, Llyn has not witnessed with her eyes an actual transformation of a Shaman turning into an animal. What she did observe, however, was just as interesting. The Bird people in the High Andes and in the Asian Steps would wear a feathered headdress or large feathered wings on their backs. The feathered articles represent the spirit animals of the Shamans. The people would wear this while the Shamans performed their healing. While never seeing animal transformations, Llyn has seen non-ordinary things happen, like balls of light in the sky where Shamans shift into balls of light. http://www.allthingshealing.com/Shamanism/Time-Space-and-Dreaming/8799#.VHZ12mTF9-Y and http://www.olympicmountainearthwisdomcircle.org/shaman_from_the_stars_by_llyn_roberts.php. I, too, have seen something similar in a class I took with James Van Praagh, a reputable spiritual medium. James called these spirit beings that showed up as balls of light “orbs”.  During this class, we turned the lights down low and everyone started taking pictures with their phones. I saw nothing. However, I was shocked when I looked at the photos taken. It showed big orbs and some had faces within them. It was freaky….but super cool. Aside from the unorthodox effect of what was seen, it still somehow makes sense. If we are energy forms, then we should be able to shift energetically into balls of light. How would you describe the healing environment during a visit with a Shaman? Llyn Roberts described a healing ritual that she took part in. She emphasized how healing in these cultures are very different than our Western understanding of healing at the doctor’s office. To begin with, healing takes place in a village, as opposed to some private room in a clinic with soft music playing. The setting is most likely at someone’s house with grazing animals nearby and people bustling around. Plus, there are other villagers watching you. The power of community is a healing force within itself and this idea of communal healing is something that the inhabitants of these villages believe in. In addition, the healing energy is environmental, which means anyone in the vicinity will get the same healing benefits as the client being healed. How would you describe what it felt like to get a healing from a Shaman? Llyn Roberts describes her healing ceremony with a Shaman, where “shapeshifting tools” like water, plants, and stones were applied directly to her nude body. These tools are the elements that are bringing balance and harmony during the healing. In a Shamanic healing practice, it is the fire, water, stones and spirits that are doing the work. The Shaman’s role is to engage the heart and mind and to bring their spirit helpers to facilitate the healing. During the ceremony, Llyn felt that she got “her out of her head” and was able to quickly connect with her body.  She described being fully immersed by the elements and further explained, “When you end the process, you have merged with the elements from the process. It opens your heart. It opens your senses.  You feel like you have come home”. How would you describe a healing setting during a visit with a Shaman? Llyn Roberts describes a healing ritual that she took part of in a village. She emphasized how healing in these cultures are very different than our Western understanding of healing at a doctors.  First of all, the clients is not in a private closed room with soft music playing.  It’s more likely that you are in someone’s house with grazing animals nearby and people bustling around.  Plus, there are other villagers watching you.  The community attends because the power of community is a healing force in itself.  In addition, the healing energy is environmental, which means anyone in the vicinity will get the same benefits as the client who is being healed. Llyn leads groups of people to these ceremonies She described being a witness to healing miracles from people with life-threatening illnesses such as cancer to those that are unable to have children or have other extreme forms of imbalance in their lives. Each of her guests encountered a different experience that allowed them to experience themselves in fresh ways with a renewed sense of balance. What is it like being a practitioner in a fire practice? Llyn Roberts describes her fire healing practice.  “First, you are opening and breathing deep within the earth and with the earth. The Shapeshifter or Shaman serves as  a conduit for energy, which means that they are always shapeshifting and merging with the energy. It’s not the Shaman or the shapeshifter or their ego that is doing the healing during this practice. Instead, the power is coming from the earth. Once connected, you are breathing in the sacred energies. For the Shaman’s in Ecuador, it is their sacred water and volcanoes that they are working with. Then you open your heart to merge with the fire – the living spirit to which the Shaman develops a real relationship with. If you aren’t in the right relationship with the fire you can get burned.” When Llyn performs these ceremonies, she places alcohol in her mouth and literally breathes fire onto her clients.  Hear the description of her practice. How to Shapeshift? If you want to learn more about Shapeshifting, I recommend Llyn’s book “ Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness”. Interested in trying shapeshifting now? Click here to experience shapeshifting(http://youtu.be/F2208mZ6gAw?t=24m). Here are a few steps to follow: Close your eyes. And take a few deep cleansing breaths. Think of a dilemma – something that you are having an issue with or that bothers you (e.g.- pesticide use in environment) Tune into your emotion and label them. Are you angery, disappointed, outraged, or do you feel sad hopeless or confused? Let go of the negative thoughts. Take a few more deep cleansing breaths. Go back to your childhood memories. Think of something in nature that you had affinity with.  It could be a tree or a flower, a stuffed animal or a childhood pet. Think about this being from nature and allow your senses to emerge. Try to see, feel, touch, smell and hear it as if it’s right in front of you. Become aware of the subtle qualities – the gentleness, unique colors or graceful presence). You will begin to shapeshift and take on the form of your chosen nature being. The merging will fit like a glove. There are 2 ways to merge. Imagine the tree, flower, animal or whichever is your chosen nature being, is just a few feet in front of you. Enter the nature being as if you could walk right into that tree, flower, animal, etc. and take on its form. Imagine that your body is morphing into the full form of that being. For example, if you were morphing into the tree, you would morph into it’s branches, trunk, and roots. Sense what it feels like when your body takes this form. Continue to feel and then bring into your awareness the dilemma in #2. Looking through the consciousness of this nature being. Look through the eyes of the nature’s being and see how your perception changes. How would this being see your problem from its perspective? Look at the issue through all sides and see it through that nature being’s perception. Let the focus on that dilemma dissolve. Relax and come back to merging with that nature being and its form. Now, make the transition back into your form. Morph back into your own body and consciousness. Step back from the form and come back to the present. Take a few deep, cleansing breaths as you transform back to your full self.   About Llyn Roberts -Award-winning Author, Teacher of Healing and Shamanism      Llyn Roberts, MA – aka “Cedar” – is a prominent teacher of healing and shamanism. An award-winning author, her newest book,Speaking with Nature: Awakening to the Deep Wisdom of the Earth, is coauthored with Sandra Ingerman. She also wrote Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness (IPPY Award); Shamanic Reiki (Roberts & Levy), and The Good Remembering. Llyn’s work incorporates her experience as a psychotherapist, training with diverse indigenous cultures, study in Tibetan Buddhism, and Western body-mind transformational approaches. She teaches shamanic methods that can be applied to everyday life in order to turn crisis and fear into opportunities, and which heal us, and our relationship with the Earth. Her emphasis is: spiritual ecology, deep feminine wisdom. Her work opens us to an expanded paradigm of well being that is essential to our own and the planet’s health as our world is rapidly redefined. She holds a master’s degree in Tibetan Buddhist and Western Psychology from Naropa University (1985). She was a student of the late, Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche and is an initiate of shamanic circles in Latin America and in Siberia. She has facilitated indigenous book projects and led sacred journeys for twenty years to indigenous shamanic peoples living in remote regions of the Amazon basin, the Asian steppes, high Andes, the lands of the ancient Maya, and to indigenous groups in rural West China. She has taught at highly regarded educational institutions including the Omega Institute, Omega’s Women’s Leadership Center, Esalen, Hollyhock, Rowe Conference Center, Kripalu, the Prophet’s Conference, Bioneers, Evergreen State College, the Eagle Condor Foundation. She was consultant to the University of Massachusetts Sustainability Initiative in Dartmouth and to Earth Train, a Panama-based non-profit organization engaged in reforestation and educational programs, and indigenous cultural preservation. She serves as adjunct faculty for Union Graduate School and The Graduate Institute. She was a psychotherapist for the acclaimed Buddhist-inspired therapeutic community, Maitri Psychological Services, akaWindhorse. Her work is featured in numerous tele-seminars and in books, pod cast and radio interviews and magazine articles. Llyn is former director of the non-profit organization, Dream Change, founded by NY Times best selling author, John Perkins, with whom she co-facilitated of Earth-honoring transformational programs for seventeen years. She is the founder and president of the Olympic Mountain EarthWisdom Circle, “OMEC”, a worldwide community of people dedicated to promoting a sacred and responsible relationship with the Earth (www.eomec.org). Roberts translates ancient techniques into modern-day practices to help us transform personal imbalances, open to our higher purpose, deepen our relationship to spirit and nature, and reclaim our power to make a positive difference in the world. - See more at: http://www.fireitupwithcj.com/how-to-shapeshift/#sthash.5qEQgOnU.dpuf

Lori Llyn, formerly part of the duo Crystal Rose, joins RevKess and KaliSara to talk about ther 2015 release Motherland. Lori will be one of 29 musical acts to appear on stage at Caldera Fest. KaliSara, RevKess, and Lori will be talking about her musical career and the many transitions it has gone through leading up to the present. What is it like to write a Rock Opera inspired by a dream? That any more will be shared on this music filled episode. Lori describes herself, in part: "Through the years I've taken many musically artistic turns, but the common thread that seems to keep it all together is that I am inspired to both listen to and write music that elevates the human spirit.  I've always seen my musical path as a journey, and sometimes trying to find that perfect label can be maddening for an artist. Through my professional life I've been primarily known as a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; drawing influences from world music, ancient European and Celtic folk music, classical music and classic rock." Her July 2015 release of Motherland is described on BandCamp as: "This album offers a diverse collection of songs and chants inspired by sacred land of Avalon. If you like vocal rounds, community chanting, or just want to enter into this magical world for a while, then this CD may just be something you are looking for." Lori recently performed at PantheaCon 2016 and will appear on stage at CalderaFest.

En el centro de Los Ángeles, en el 640 de Main Street, existe un hotel “low cost” de unas 600 habitaciones que fuera diseñado para viajeros de negocios, erigido en 1924. Su reputación creció en los años 50 como residencia transitoria. Su nombre original era Cecil Hotel. Recientemente fue rebautizado como Stay on Main. ¿Quizá este cambio de cara fue motivado por los hechos luctuosos que acontecieron entre sus habitaciones en el pasado? Viajamos al estado de Oregón, al noroeste de los E.E.U.U. Más concretamente al estado de Damasco. En los bosques de esta ciudad se esconde un recinto insólito que nadie tiene muy claro quien construyó. Su simbología sin embargo es más que evidente. Para más señas, su entrada está presidida por dos pirámides. A 3,1 km frente a las costas de la península de Llyn, en el condado de Gwynedd, al norte de Inglaterra, se encuentra el que podría ser el reducto de tierra más sagrado de Reino Unido. Con 1 km de ancho, 1,6 km de largo, lo que le da una extensión que no llega a los dos km2, se la llama Bardsey Island. La traducción de este nombre que viene del antiguo gales significa algo así como “la isla de los 20.000 santos". Volvemos a los E.E.U.U., al estado de Virginia. En su universidad investiga un científico llamado Jim Tucker, que ha decidido continuar los trabajos de Ian Stevenson y ha dedicado su tiempo a recopilar casos de niños que dicen recordar su vida pasada. En la localidad puertoriqueña de Río Piedras, en el barrio Buen Consejo, tuvo lugar un suceso alucinante el 3 de marzo de 1980. Una joven puede ver a través de la ventana de su habitación algo increíble. Un suceso que podríamos titular: "Intrusos en el patio". El Caso fue investigado por Jorge Martín, ufólogo del CIFONI. Pueden leer el informe, puesto a disposición por el investigador Ignacio Darnaude en su web.

"Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Dave."No, she is not," is the answer Dave gave."She hangs by her feet, and she lives in a cave.I don't believe that's how llamas behave. ""Oh," I said, "You are right about that.I think your mama sounds more like a..."Bat!""Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Fred."No, she is not," is what Freddy said."She has a long neck and white feathers and wings.I don't think a llama has all of those things.""Oh," I said, "You don't have to go on.I think your mama must be a..."Swan!""Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Jane."No, she is not," Jane politely explained."She grazes on grass, and she likes to say 'Moo!'I don't think that is what a llama would do.""Oh," I said, "I understand, now.I think your mama must be a..."Cow!""Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Clyde."No, she is not," is how Clyde replied."She's got flippers and whiskers and eats fish all day...I don't think llamas act quite in that way.""Oh," I said, "I'm beginning to feelthat your mama must really be a..."Seal!""Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Rhonda."No, she is not," is how Rhonda responded."She's got big hind legs and a pocket for me...So I don't think a llama is what she could be.""Oh," I said, "That is certainly true.I think your mama's a..."Kangaroo!""Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Llyn."Oh, Lloyd, don't be silly!" Llyn said with a grin."My mama has big ears, long lashes, and fur...And you, of all people, should know about her!""Our mamas belong to the same herd, and you,know all about llamas, 'cause you are one, too!""Yes, you are right," I said to my friend."My mama's a..."Llama!"And this is...THE END.

On August 26th, the last Tuesday of this most powerful month at 4:00 p.m. we will have an award-winning author, Llyn Roberts joining us LIVE!  She is a prominent teacher of healing and shamanism who has worked in remote locations with indigenous shamanic people.  Her books are many and these are a few of them: The Good Remembering, Shamanic Reiki, and the 2012 Independent Publishers Award-winning, Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness. She is a modern-day mystic and spiritual ecologist.  Llyn has lived for two years at the edge of the wilderness in the Hoh Rain Forest, Pacific Northwest.  She has trained extensively with Ecuadorian Quechua healers and facilitated sacred journeys to indigenous people living in remote regions of the Amazon, the Asian Steppes, High Andes, and in ancient Maya lands.   She has translated these ancient techniques into modern day practices to help people transform their own personal imbalances, opening them into their higher purpose, and helps them deepen to their personal relationship to spirit and to nature.  I have read the book “Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness” and it has changed me from the inside out.  Please join me and our special guest on August 26th at 4:00.  And please call in if you have a question or a comment.  The number to call is 213-559-2974.  Tell your friends and family about this fantastic guest that will be on the “Pure Hope Show”

At age 70, LA painter and one-man-band musician Llyn Foulkes struggles to be remembered. As he finishes two paintings, one that cost him his marriage, he feverishly works to create deep, three-dimensional 'pictures' layering real objects and shadows. When no one attends his NY show, he blames himself. With commentary from Dennis Hopper, we learn Llyn was kicked out of the Ferus Gallery for insulting another artist's work, setting the tone for the next fifty years of his refusal to sell out. Twenty years after performing on the Tonight Show, he plays 'The Machine' alone, a one-man band in both music and art. Part Clint Eastwood, part political anarchist, this intimate portrait of Llyn Foulkes follows his obsessive craft and process for eight years. Director Tamar Halpern stops by for a conversation on capturing the essence of a modern iconoclast.

This folk tale is taken from 'Welsh Ghost Stories' by Rev Elias Owen, 1896. Director: Richard Hand and Producer: Lyndon Jones, both of the Drama Department of our Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries. The speaker, Paul Owens, is a graduate from Glamorgan University’s BA Drama degree (now working as a voice actor). Paul Owens can be contacted at textundra@gmail.com

Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 59 Der Grune Man - Viatores: Donnerseele - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Donnerseele-Eine-Trommelreise-männlichen-Archetypen/dp/3866630646 Mootstone - Cephalodidge - http://cephalodidge.webs.com Day in the Life interview with Damh the Bard (www.paganmusic.co.uk) by Paul Newman (www.storyfolksinger.co.uk) Where Poetry Fails - Vanessa Cardui - http://www.vanessacardui.ca The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach - Claire Hamilton - http://www.livingmyths.com Link to  quiz prize - Stalking the Shadows - BJ Edwards - http://www.bjedwards.co.uk For further information on the Druid tradition - www.druidry.org DruidCast theme - Hills they are Hollow - Damh the Bard - www.paganmusic.co.uk