Dreaming the Ancestors

Feb 21 2025 16 ep. 56 mins 83

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An intimate journey of remembering and reclaiming ancestral stories, feminine wisdom, and earth magic. Throughout the series, I talk with guests from Ireland & the British Isles about ancestral dreaming and remembering as a pathway back to reverent ways of living in the modern world. Through stories, teachings, and personal sharing we’ll discover the greater possibility of who we can be in this time of planetary change.

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Animism, Archeology, and The Ancient Pretani People of Britain ~ Sam MacLaren

Feb 21 2025 50 mins

There’s a lot of interest at the moment in connecting with our ancient past, and reviving the “Old Ways” of our earth-honoring ancestors. And while there’s so much we can learn from the past, it can be all too easy to romanticize or misinterpret our ancestral history. In this episode Sam weaves together archeology, animism and academia to demystify Britain’s ancient peopl

Sacred Kingship, Initiation, and Healing the Division between Men & Women ~ Niall Graham

Dec 10 2024 63 mins

In this episode, Niall is deeply vulnerable in sharing about his own mental health journey and his discovery of what it means to be a man. He discusses the significance of the Mother Wound for men, and men’s deep longing to be initiated by the feminine. He also expresses the need for strong men who are committed to their inner healing, and becoming the men that the world needs. N

Alchemy, Folk Medicine, and Tending the Sacred Waters ~ Charlotte Pulver

Nov 13 2024 42 mins

In this episode, Charlotte weaves together the story of alchemy and her journey to revive the folk medicine of her lineage. Her ancestors were apothecarists for many generations before being persecuted for their knowledge; a tradition that Charlotte has lovingly reclaimed. Although her lifelong interest in making medicines brought her to many different cultures around the world, it

Rewilding, Ancestral Lifeways, and Ecological Repair ~ Lucy Ní hAodhagáin

Sep 28 2024 49 mins

In this episode, Lucy Ní hAodhagáin (they/she) shares how living in conscious relationship with the land has the power to revive our innate wildness, our sense of belonging, and the wisdom of the ancestors. In Lucy’s early life in Belfast, they would journey into the wild to feel a sense of safety and connection. Over time, their passion for the natural world and ancestral ways

Harnessing imbas forosnai (divine inspiration) for sacred activism ~ Laura Murphy

May 17 2024 63 mins

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Reviving the Proto-Celtic Language & the Ancient Ways of Woman ~ Carolyn Hillyer

Mar 28 2024 56 mins

In this episode, Carolyn Hillyer shares wisdom about living on the wild lands of Dartmoor and her process of reviving and reimagining the Proto-Celtic language; a language spoken by ancient ancestors across various parts of Europe, including the British Isles. Carolyn’s work has awakened in me, and many others, a sense of what our Indigenous tongue might have been before the Angl

Welsh Witchcraft & Women of Welsh Mythology ~ Mhara Starling

Jul 03 2023 66 mins

Wales is a country full of legends and myths about the spiritual world; stories of sacred lakes, healing herbs, women of magic, and the mighty red dragon. The Land remembers these stories and the ancient ways of mystery and magic; traditions that have their roots in old Brythonic Britain. There are some fierce and magical women in Wales’s ancient mythology who embody the archetyp

Irish Tree Wisdom, Plant Magic & Land Tending ~ Aoife Ní hEochaidh Réamainn

Apr 25 2023 56 mins

In the midst of rapid technological advancements, there is an ancient whisper that calls to many of us...a calling to return to the wisdom of the earth and the sacred technology of nature. A calling to reconnect with the land in the heartfelt ways of our ancestors. A calling to remember the medicine of the plants and trees, and how to heal ourselves as we heal the earth. In this ep

Pathways of Belonging & Courting the Sacred ~ Isla Macleod

Nov 24 2022 49 mins

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Modern-Day Druidry and Rites of Passage ~ Eimear Burke

Jun 30 2022 49 mins

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