Battered Souls with Dylan Charles

Jul 20 2024 52 ep. 33

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Transformational conversations with people whose darkest times have helped them to escape the matrix and evolve. Hosted by Dylan Charles, editor of Waking Times, perspectives on this show are shamanic, psychedelic, open-minded, and intentionally apolitical.

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Battered Souls #052 - The Mystical Meets The Practical with Sol Luckman

Jul 20 2024 74 mins

Alright everybody, enjoy this conversation with the enlightening and mystical Sol Luckman. He is the author of many things including his latest book, The World Cult and You: Your Place in it and Your Way Out Of It. He's a prolific artist and musician, and someone well-versed in the language of spirit and transformation. I really didn't know where this conversation was going to, and

Battered Souls #051 - Preparing for Ceremony with Jonathon Miller-Weisberger

Jul 06 2024 71 mins

Welcome back to the Battered Souls podcast with Dylan Charles. Ceremony has been an important part of my life for the last 15 years, and for this episode I speak with my teacher and good friend Jonathon Miller-Weisberger about the details in preparing yourself for a proper yagé ceremony. Jonathon is the owner and propietor of Ocean Forest EcoLodge in the Osa Peninsula of Costa R

Battered Souls #050 - Heal to the Root with Amber Antonelli

Mar 13 2024 66 mins

Alright everyone it's been a long time since I've published an episode, as I've been focused on other things. Super happy, though, to be back with this light and deep conversation about the African shamanic plant medicine, Iboga. Amber Antonelli is my guest. Iboga provider, Bwiti initiate, and Co-founder of Awaken Your Soul Iboga retreats in Costa Rica, Amber shares her insight and

Battered Souls #049 - Sobriety, Sanity & Shamanic Healing with Jenny Kolb

Oct 19 2022 77 mins

When I last had Jenny on my show in 2020 it was right as the pandemic was setting in, and my how things have changed. She's been working in the recovery space in Colorado and also spent time in Africa to complete her iboga provider training, and I thought her insight on the importance of sobriety and how it relates to shamanism would be a useful conversation for many of you out the

Battered Souls #048 - Shadow Ceremony with Steven Twohig

Oct 05 2022 62 mins

In this episode I had the pleasure of talking with Steven Twohig of Mastering Change. He has a unique perspective on psychedelics and the plant medicine Ayahuasca, and is currently focused on psychedelic integration with an emphasis on shadow work. He is affiliated with Soul Quest Ayahuasca Church in Orland, FL, and I got a chance to ask him about some of the methods and modalities

Battered Souls #047 - Psychotherapy & Sacred Medicine with Gerard Artesona

Jun 23 2022 58 mins

In this episode of Battered Souls I speak with psychotherapist and healer Gerard Artesona. Gerard has a long history of working with ayahuasca, and uses these experiences to shape his perspective in his personal psychotherapy practice. We talked about his story of growing up in a somewhat dysfunctional family and feeling like an outsider, his work with clients, his perspectives on

Battered Souls #046 - The Truth About Your Soul with guest Moughenda Mikala

May 13 2022 66 mins

In this episode I spoke with 10th generation Bwiti Shaman, Moughenda Mikala, who is the global steward of the ancient African medicine tradition of Iboga. I met Moughenda in 2013 and had the great honor of participating in a proper ceremony with him, and I find his wisdom and perspective on the value of life is invaluable for these times. It truly was an honor to speak with him. He

Battered Souls #045 - Before and After the Fall with guest Jay Campbell

Apr 29 2022 102 mins

I'm fascinated by the stories of people who've succumbed to the pressures and suggestions of this toxic world and have fallen down in life, only to get back up, take full responsibility for their comeback, and then go on to use their experience to be of positive influence to others. Biohacker, author, podcaster and businessman Jay Campbell and I recently met, and I was immediately

Battered Souls #044 - You Don't Have a Mental Illness with guest Ali Zeck

Apr 05 2022 69 mins

In this episode of Battered Souls I had the extraordinary opportunity to speak with activist and survivor Ali Zeck. Ali is one of the most articulate and outspoken advocates for medical sovereignty and truth in our world today. As a survivor of psychological and psychiatric abuse, Ali spent decades being told she had a mental illness, and was on a devastating roller coaster of trea

Battered Souls #043 - Tales From the Yagé Lodge with Jonathon Miller-Weisberger

Mar 18 2022 91 mins

In this episode I talk with ethnobotanist and steward of the ancient Secoya Yagé tradition, Jonathon Miller-Weiseberger to talk about the experience of drinking sacred medicinal brew at Ocean Forest EcoLodge in Costa Rica. Jonathon is a good friend of mine, and my teacher of this cultural treasure, and also the author of Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodi