Mythology
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David Beth: Kosmic Gnosis #58
David Beth has spent half a lifetime exploring the hidden aspects of consciousness, the malaise of the modern mind, the essences of divine archetypes and forms.
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Performance Special: Maui Trickster #57
Maui, the taboo-thrashing sun-subduing demigod of the Pacific islands, takes center stage in this episode, a force of erupting and disruptive nature that has been haunting podcast host and performance […]
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Valter Kinbom: Sacred Drums #56
The traditions of the Yoruba people in modern day Nigeria transformed into the religions of Voodoo, Candomblé and Santería in Haiti, Brazil and Cuba respectively. Valter Kinbom is an initiated […]
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Jo Blake: Chthonic Wisdom in the Odyssey #55
"…set out again, with an oar on your shoulder, and travel to a contry where people have never heard of the sea…" Why do most modern retellings of the Odyssey often choose to leave out the actual ending? We look at the deep, dark, feminine underbelly of the greatest voyage of all time.
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Kristina Aspeqvist: Vodou Queen #54
How does a Swedish percussionist raised on Balkan music end up as a Vodou queen in Ghana? That is a question Kristina Aspeqvist is more than happy to answer, in […]
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Listening #51
One year is no year. Two years is two years. Three years is a tradition. Celebrate the third anniversary with us in our podcasting cavern where we sit listening, waiting […]
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Johan Nilsson: Farming as Ceremony #48
Johan Nilsson: Farming as Ceremony #48 In the US, there’s a prediction that if the current traditional farming practices continue, there’s 60 harvests remaining before the topsoil is completely eroded. Is there another way? Biodynamic farmer and dancer Johan Nilsson offers one alternative. What if we transform our entire mindset and instead of viewing the soil as dead matter we enter into a relationship with it?
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Susanna Salo: Kalevala Tarot #44
Susanna Salo was looking for a deck of Tarot cards inspired by Finnish mythology, but could not find one. So she decided to make one herself.
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Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen & Petter Madegård: The Return of the Yule Goat #43
The practice of dressing up like a Yule Goat for Christmas has many examples in Scandinavian history. Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen has for the past few years aimed to remake a new tradition. Inspired by animism, carneval, Krampus processions in the Alps and samba he has started a Yule Goat Parade.
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Zara Waldebäck: Animistic Storytelling #42
From the busyness of UK screen writer’s rooms to the stillness of the Swedish forests. From mastering the story to serving the story. From performance to ceremony. From ego-centred to eco-centred.