Sound healing therapist and author Vickie Dodd joins me in this episode to discuss her book "Healing Through Sound: Awakening Your Audible Body." Vickie explains the connection between sound and healing, how reclaiming our voice is to reclaim our power, the soothing power of humming, the importance of loving ourselves, and using our voice to bring …

Physician, author and global justice and human rights activist Dr. Paul Zeitz joins me in this episode to discuss his book Revolutionary Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered Activist . Paul and I discuss overcoming pessimism, the importance of self-care, unity consciousness, and the necessity of unlocking our radical imagination to co-cr…

Author Alice Markham-Cantor to discuss her book The Once and Future Witch Hunt Alice and I discuss her ancestor Martha Carrier who was hanged as a witch in Salem, along with my ancestor Cotton Mather who contributed to the hanging. We discuss Salem as a story about stories, emerging capitalism as the backdrop of the witch hunts, and how Salem was a…

Poet, author, teacher, and guide Shonagh Home joins me in this episode to discuss her book "Poetic Whispers from the Cauldron of the Otherworld." In addition to sharing some of her poetry, Shonagh talks about her training with mushrooms, psilocybin is at once a portal, and the elders of Gaia, the sidhe, how she began receiving her poetic transmissi…

In this episode, I’m joined by Alan Pearce, co-author with his wife Beverly of the book Coma and Near-Death Experience: The Beautiful, Disturbing and Dangerous World of the Unconscious. Alan discusses how patients placed in medically induced comas experience alternate realities, the negative effects experienced by patients including delirium and PT…

Author Jonathan Ellerby Ph.D, joins me in this episode to discuss his book The Seven Gateways of Spiritual Experience: Awakening to a Deeper Knowledge of Love, Life, Balance, and God. Jonathan discusses spirituality as a relationship to life’s biggest questions, finding the sacred in the present moment, the value of visualization, and the importanc…

In this episode, I’m joined by author Sean McNamara to discuss his book Dewdrops of Infinity: Psychedelics, Psychic Abilities, UFOs and the Puharich Project. In a wide-ranging conversation, Sean discusses the nature of consciousness, out-of-body experiences, lucid dreaming, remote viewing, psychokinesis, and UFOs. He also talks about whether micro-…

Author Brandy Gillmore joins me in this episode to discuss her book Master Your Mind and Energy to Heal Your Body. Brandy explains how an accident left her wheelchair-bound in debilitating pain and deemed incurable by the medical establishment. She explains how she tapped into the mind’s innate ability to heal combined with clearing negative emotio…

Author Chris Allaun joins me in this episode to discuss his book The Black Book of Johnathan Knotbristle: A Devil’s Parable and Guide for Witches. Chris discusses the value of teaching through story, learning by listening to nature, merging ecstatic and traditional folkloric witchcraft, the power of imagination, and Mother Goose as a book of magica…

Authors Harvey Rice and Jackie Cole join me in this episode to discuss their book Flight of the Bön Monks: War, Persecution, and the Salvation of Tibet’s Oldest Religion. Jackie and Harvey share their experiences in Tibet and with the Bön Community and discuss the riveting tale of the escape of three Bön monks at the time of the Chinese invasion of…

In this episode, I’m joined by author Chanda Parkinson to discuss her book Meditation and Tarot. Chanda and I discuss how tarot symbols are reflections of our psyche making the cards a psychological tool, the value of embracing ambiguity, the virtues expressed in the cads, the importance of building a relationship with the cards, and how journaling…

Psychologist, author, and dream interpreter Dr. Michal Lennox joins me in this episode to discuss his book Psychic Dreamer: Exploring the Connection between Dreams and Intuition. Michal and I discuss the universal meaning behind dream imagery, intuition as forward memory, how we are always dreaming, visitation dreams, and night terrors and multidim…

In this episode, I'm joined by Akashic Guide, Spiritual Mentor, and Yoga Instructor Heather Ivany. In a wide-ranging conversation, Heather explains the Akashic records, and we discuss the nature of spirituality, learning how to communicate consciously, embodied consciousness, the importance of spiritual sovereignty, and manifesting the change you w…

In this episode, I’m joined by author, spiritual teacher, and psychologist Maetreyii Ma Nolan to discuss her book Into the Heart of the Infinite: A Spiritual Memoir of an Extraordinary Mystical Journey. Maetreyii Ma discusses what led her from the suburbs of Chicago to the ashram of the Indian guru Sri Sri Anandamurthi, her experience of the dark n…

In this episode, I’m joined by author William Mistele to discuss his book The Hermetic Tree of Life: Elemental Magic and Spiritual Initiation. William discusses the influence of Franz Bardon on his work, virtues and vices on the Tree of Life, working with elemental spirits, and how the final end of magic is the perfection of the imagination. Suppor…

In this episode, I’m joined by author, ecologist, and community activator Jeremy Schewe to discuss his book Aisling: Discovering Keys in the Irish-Celtic Mysteries. Jeremy discusses sacred sites and the land as a living expression of the divine, the sidhe and selkies, and the power of being open to a deeper calling. Support Rebel Spirit Radio https…

In this episode, I’m joined by author Rick de Yampert to discuss his book Crows and Ravens: Mystery, Myth, and Magic of Sacred Corvids. Rick discusses the intelligence of crows and ravens, crow language, how they show up in myth, religion, and prophecy, crow magic, and how a corvid just might have been depicted in the paleolithic cave art of Lascau…

In this episode, I’m joined by author and Taoist priest Gregory Ripley to discuss his latest book The Hundred Remedies of the Tao: Spiritual Wisdom for Interesting Times. In addition to exploring what is meant by the Tao, Gregory discusses the importance of self-examination, expanding our circle of compassion, embracing life and living, and the inh…

Scholar and author Tobias Churton joins me in this episode to discuss his latest book The First Alchemists. In addition to explaining the origins of alchemy, Tobias discusses two of the earliest alchemists, Zosimos of Panopolis and Mary the Prophetess, and the art’s connection to Gnosticism, Judaism, and hermeticism, and how exploring the origins o…

n this episode, I’m joined by Keith Parker, teacher, author, and healing practitioner. In a wide-ranging conversation, Keith shares his spiritual experiences that led to his co- founding of Field Dynamics, an energy healing modality. We also discuss the nature of energy healing, working with subtle energies, consciousness, and how the aura might re…

Best-selling author Dawson Church joins me to discuss his most recent publication "Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy. "Among many other topics, Dawson talks about overcoming the brain’s negativity bias, reverse engineering enlightenment, and how the evolution of the human brain can transform …

In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Julia Gordon-Bramer to discuss her book Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom from the Major Arcana. Julia discusses how tarot is a tool of transformation, finding stories in the cards, the benefit of reading reversals, reading for difficult people, and how tarot imagery is found in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. Supp…

Brad Wells, founder of Reunion, a non-profit plant medicine retreat center in Costa Rica joins me in this episode. Brad shares his life-altering experience with ayahuasca and how the medicine reunites us with who we are at our core. He also discusses the specialized retreats offered at Reunion, including the Cultivating Pride retreats designed excl…

In this week's episode, author Judith Polich joins me to discuss her book, "Why Can't We Be More Like Trees? The Ancient Masters of Cooperation, Kindness, and Healing." Among other topics, Judith discusses the importance of recapturing the magic of seeing the world through an unconditioned lens and the many virtues that trees teach, including learn…

Author Steele Alexandra Douris joins me in this week's episode to discuss her book Spirits, Seers & Seances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic, and the Supernatural. Steele discusses the history of spiritualism, how it was sometimes a force for social justice, the archetype of the gothic heroine and the final girl, and how Christmas was the season for …

In this week’s episode, author Pierre Pradervand joins me to discuss his book The Gentle Art of Spiritual Discernment: Your Guide to Discovering Your Personal Path. Pierre talks about the importance of living an examined life, the spiritual experience of non-duality, the connections between gratitude and a blessing heart, and how we are all express…

In this week’s episode, psychetherapist and author Matthew Ash McKernan joins me to discuss his book Wyrdcraft: Healing Self and Nature Through the Mysteries of the Fates. Ash explores the answer to the question “what is wyrd?” and discusses tricksters, unverified personal gnosis, the wild and the wyrd, the importance of remembering our wholeness, …

In this week’s episode, curandera and author Erika Buenaflor joins me to discuss her book Veneration Rites of Curanderismo. Erika shares her training and background and how she is the epitome of the wounded healer. She talks about ancestors and social justice, the distinction between cultural appropriation and misappropriation, and how we all need …

Mitch Horowitz returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book Modern Occultism. In a wide-ranging conversation, Mitch talks about why older isn’t necessarily better, why we may have entered a new Renaissance informed by esoteric ideas, the different ways that Gnosticism speaks to our cultural moment, and the history of parapsychology and its imp…

In this episode, I am joined by author Mark Ireland to discuss his latest book, The Persistence of the Soul: Mediums, Spirit Visitations, and Afterlife Communication. Mark talks about being the son of the internationally known psychic medium Richard Ireland, some of his own psychic experiences, developing a process to certify psychic mediums, pseud…

Ronnie Pontiac returns to Rebel Spirit Radio to discuss his latest book, co-written with his wife Tamra Lucid, The Magic of the Orphic Hymns a New Translation for the Modern Mystic. Ronnie discusses the history and myth of Orpheus and the Orphic tradition, Orpheus as a countercultural figure, the influence the Orphic hymns have had on literature, a…

In this episode, author Sue Frederick joins me to discuss her book Through A Divine Lens: Practices to Quiet Your Ego and Align with Your Soul. Sue explains how we are all souls on a journey, the importance of looking at the chaos of the world through the soul’s point of view, why we should always do the work that our souls are calling us to do, an…

In this episode, author and documentary filmmaker Michael Stuart Ani joins me to discuss his book The Ghost Dance: An Untold History of the Americas. In a wide-ranging conversation, Michael discusses his experience of living with the Yanomami, his interactions with Carlos Castaneda and Timothy Leary, why commercializing plant medicines is another f…

Documentary filmmaker and author Daniel Drasin joins me in this episode to discuss his book "A New Science of the Afterlife: Space, Time, and the Consciousness Code." In addition to exploring the evidence for the afterlife, including the Scole Experiments, Daniel discusses consciousness, pseudo-skepticism, synchronicities and post-mortem pranks, an…

In this episode, author, artist, and alchemist Marlene Seven Bremner returns to Rebel Spirit Radio to discuss her latest book "The Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work." Seven discusses how historical movements in art reflect the alchemical opus, the relation of chakras to alchemy, and why accessing our …

In this episode, author Stephanie Mines, Ph.D. joins me to discuss her book The Secret of Resilience: Healing Personal and Planetary Trauma Through Morphogenesis. Stephanie explains how we have been encouraged to forget and the importance of remembering our wisdom, she discusses the original brilliance of our primordial fire, the pure potentiality …

In this episode, death doula and author Anne Marie Keppel #joins me to discuss her book Death Nesting: The Heart-Centered Practices of a Death Doula. Anne-Marie explains what a death doula is, she discusses the importance of thinking about the ideal death, the art of living well and dying well, time retrieval, whether the dead should attend their o…

In this episode, author Darrin Drda joins me to discuss his book New Age Wasteland: An Inside Look at the Dark Side of Woo Spirituality and Culture. In an extensive conversation, Darrin discusses conspirituality, the Woo to Q pipeline and the dangers of toxic ideas, cults and enlightenment as a tool for manipulation, the necessity of compassion wit…

Author Ben Stimpson joins me in this episode to discuss his book, Ancestral Whispers: A Guide to Building Ancestral Veneration Practices. In a wide-ranging conversation, Ben explains that the ancestors are so much more than our biological lineage, but can include a sense of place and anyone and anything that has contributed to your sense of self. H…

In this episode, author Mara Branscombe returns to the podcast to discuss her latest book, Sage, Huntress, Lover, Queen. Mara discusses several archetypes of the divine feminine, the importance of working with the shadow, the necessity of meeting our fire, how love is artistry in motion, and finding solace in the universal web. Support Rebel Spirit…

Author and educator Amal Jacobson joins me in this episode to discuss his book, Beyond Materialism: Spirituality for the 21st Century. In a wide-ranging conversation, Amal talks about the limiting perspective of materialism, how spirituality is part of what it means to be human, and his experience on the path of Tantra, and its ability to help us o…

In this episode, I am joined by author Cheryl Pallant, Ph.D. to discuss her book, Ecosomatics: Embodiment Practices for a World in Search of Healing. Cheryl talks about the importance of learning the personal language of how your body speaks to you, embodied spirituality and mindfulness, different kinds of intelligence, including the intelligence o…

I am quite honored and excited to have author T. Susan Chang join the podcast to discuss her latest book, The Living Tarot. Susie talks about her realization that you can’t teach anyone tarot, but you can teach them to teach themselves by helping them discover how tarot speaks to them. She discusses the relationship between tarot and magic, the man…

In this episode, I am joined by author David Pantano to discuss his book, The Hermetic Physician: The Magical Teachings of Guiliano Kremertz and the Fraternity of Miriam. David provides background on Guiliano Kremertz, the leading esoteric figure of the Italian Hermetic Tradition in the early 20th century, he discusses the therapeutic magic of the …

Dr. Connie Zweig returns to Rebel Spirit Radio to discuss her book, Meeting the Shadow on the Spiritual Path: The Dance of Darkness and Light in our Search for Awakening. Among many other topics, Connie discusses the nuances of awakening, the importance of recognizing the distinction between states of consciousness and stages of development, transf…

Author Jen Frey joins me to discuss her book, Communicating with Plants: Heart-based Practices for Connecting with Plant Spirits. Jen explains how we all owe our lives to plants, how building a relationship with plants can open us to a world of awe, wonder, and magic, the importance of embracing nature’s guidance over human intelligence, and how pl…

Doctor and author Sharon E. Martin joins me in this episode to discuss her book, Maximize Your Healing Power: Shamanic Healing Techniques to Overcome Your Health Challenges. Sharon explains the value of using intuition in medical diagnosis, how an awareness of consciousness could revolutionize healing, how the ways we think can bring us inner peace…

In this episode, author Paul Levy returns to Rebel Spirit Radio to discuss his latest book, Undreaming Wetiko. Paul talks about Wetiko as revelation, how light is revealed through the darkness, our participation in the process of divine incarnation, Wetiko as a catalyst for the evolution of the human species, and creative agency as an antidote to t…

Author and psychic medium Salicrow joins me in this episode to discuss her book Spirit Speaker: A Medium’s Guide to Death and Dying. Along with her experiences of spirit communication, Salicrow discusses the various ways spirits communicate with the living, the importance of sacred storytelling and honoring the ancestors, the fear of death and spir…

Physician and author Friedemann Schaub joins Rebel Spirit Radio to discuss his book The Empowerment Solution: Six Keys to Unlocking Your Full Potential With the Unconscious Mind. Friedemann discusses the importance of loving yourself, how we each have a responsibility to show up with our innate talents and gifts, how anxiety can serve as an inner c…