Dangerous Wisdom

nikos patedakis
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A podcast for wild souls who want to live with open eyes and an enlivened heart. The world needs dangerous wisdom, and our education system functions primarily to keep us away from it—to stop us from taking the journey into the mystery and magic of the world. Because of this, we have achieved a catastrophic level of confusion, anxiety, and ignorance—with boatloads of tame wisdom, false wisdom, and self-help nonsense that only adds to the challenges we face. The path of wisdom—the path of wonder—deals with how things really work, and how we can become skillful and successful. Following it leads beyond concepts to a wonderstanding that can heal us, and empower us to help the world, realize our hidden potential, and experience the profound meaningfulness of life. In this podcast, we turn toward the dangerous stuff, the wild stuff, and confront the need to handle authentic wisdom with skill and grace, making sure the medicine doesn’t become another poison. If you want an inspiring space to explore the big and sometimes scary questions, a space that opens up into insights that can change your life and the world we share, join us. Find out more at https://dangerouswisdom.org/

  1. SEP 26

    From Utopias to Thrutopias - Manda Scott on Healing the World Through Stories

    https://dangerouswisdom.org/ Manda Scott’s novel ANY HUMAN POWER is a Thrutopian Political Thriller aimed to craft a path through from exactly where we are to a flourishing future that we’d be proud to leave behind to the generations that come after us and for those who will inherit the planet after we die. The novel helps us explore the question: How do you help the people you love create a future you’re proud to leave behind? Manda is a bestselling storyteller who brings together myths and speculative futures with a radical compassion, comes the story of a family at the heart of a political crisis and the ensuing uprising of a disenfranchised generation. A family that harnesses the skills and stories needed for real change, if they can choose the right path, before it is too late. Manda Scott is an award-winning novelist and host of the acclaimed Accidental Gods podcast. Best known for the Boudica: Dreaming series, her previous novels have been short-listed for the Orange Prize, the Edgar, Wilbur Smith and Saltire Awards and won the McIllvanney Prize. Her latest novel ANY HUMAN POWER is a Mytho-Political thriller which lays out a Thrutopian road map to a Dlourishing future we’d be proud to leave to the generations that come after us. With degrees in veterinary medicine and a Masters in Regenerative Economics, Manda’s life is oriented towards creating radical new narratives that will pave the way to the total systemic change our culture – and our world – needs. Any Human Power is available for sale on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Any-Human-Power-Manda-Scott/dp/1914613562 Readers can connect with Manda Scott on Facebook, Bluesky, Goodreads, Instagram, and LinkedIn. To learn more, visit https://mandascott.co.uk/ and https://accidentalgods.life

    1h 24m

  2. SEP 19

    Earth and Soul - Leah Rampy on Reconnecting in the Midst Ecological and Cultural Chaos

    https://dangerouswisdom.org/ https://www.leahmoranrampy.com/earth-and-soul-book.html Amidst accelerating climate devastation and an uncertain future comes a clarion call to renew a deep and personal relationship with Earth. Facing directly into the devastation of climate chaos and biodiversity loss, Rampy leads her readers on a soul journey into grief and loss to also claim the beauty, joy and possibilities available when we reconnect with Earth. As we follow the author’s compelling personal experiences and engagingly lyrical stories of whales, cedars, sparrows, and more, we see the necessity and urgency of learning from the wisdom of our kin in the natural world. Writing at the intersection of spirituality, ecology, and story, Leah Rampy illuminates a path to reweaving nature and soul. Under Rampy’s deft guidance, the beauty and genius of this sacred world unfolds before us. Even now when the world as we knew it is ending and a new story lies beyond what we can envision, we may live fully alive and lay stepping stones toward a diverse and vibrant world of oneness and mutual flourishing. Leah Rampy is an experienced speaker, retreat leader, and writer with a focus on soul and Earth connections. She is on the program staff of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation where she previously served as executive director and is the Senior Spiritual Program Leader for the Center for Spirituality and Nature. In 2019 she founded Church of the Wild Two Rivers which she continues to lead. Prior careers include teaching in public schools and universities, serving in leadership roles in Fortune 100 companies, providing executive coaching and leadership development through a company she founded, and non-profit management. Rampy holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum from Indiana University. She lives with her husband in a co-housing community in Shepherdstown, WV.

    1h 11m

  3. AUG 31

    Give Your Intuition Some Horse Power - Kim McElroy and The Council of Horses Oracle

    https://www.spiritofhorse.com/ https://books.innertraditions.com/the-council-of-horses-oracle/ https://dangerouswisdom.org/ The Horse stands out as a medial figure, a spirit being who can carry us across thresholds of insight and initiation. Shamans and other spiritual adepts have long turned to the symbolic and spiritual presence of the horse to arrive at healing and transformational vision. We discuss in particular her Council of Horses Oracle Deck (co-authored along with Sandra Wallin), including a reading that will be relevant for listeners and viewers. This deck, made up of paintings carefully crafted by Kim, allows us to tap into the divine wisdom of horses for guidance and self-transformation. The deck includes 40 beautifully illustrated cards featuring horse avatars and mythic equine beings such as unicorns, kelpies, Pegasus, and Chiron The guidebook shares the message of each card, guidance to help you determine if you are on the right path or need a nudge in a more positive direction, as well as suggested actions to help you integrate the lessons from the Council of Horses Allowing you to tap into the earthly and spiritual wisdom of horses, this oracle embraces humanity’s millennia-old relationship with horses as interactive guides to transformation. Each beautifully illustrated card conveys the captivating presence of the horse, offering an encounter with the equine soul while transmitting healing frequencies directly from the mystical Council of Horses. Serving as portals of transformation, the cards allow you to actively engage with horses as sentient beings who choose to support the well-being of humankind. The accompanying book explains how to work with the cards, alongside a history of the horse as an intermediary between humans and the divine. From modern-day mystics to legendary horse avatars like unicorns, kelpies, Pegasus, and Chiron, the horse of each card offers guidance and courageous questions to help you determine if you are on the right path, off track, or need a nudge in a more positive direction. Kim McElroy is an award-winning equine artist renowned for her visionary artistic and written creations. Blessed by her horse mentors, she is the illustrator of Way of the Horse wisdom cards. She lives in Kingston, Washington.

    1h 43m

  4. AUG 23

    Dangerous Meditation - Cortland Dahl and a Meditator's Guide to Buddhism

    https://dangerouswisdom.org/ Meditation can become one of the most dangerous acts of defiance against ignorance in all its forms, from injustice and inequality to ecological degradation and the loss of meaning and connection. But, in order to take full advantage of the potentials of meditation while limiting unwanted side-effects, we need proper education, training, and guidance. The most dangerous forms of meditation are dangerous only to ignorance, and they arise from holistic paths of life and learning. The Buddhist traditions offer some of the most holistic, comprehensive, and varied meditation teachings and practices available to us. In book, A Meditator's Guide to Buddhism, Cortland Dahl translates the Buddhist traditions into a framework that can guide us in our current context. Cortland Dahl, Ph.D. is a leading expert on mindfulness, meditation, and the science of wellbeing. His eclectic background includes long periods of solitary retreat in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal and the translation of ancient Tibetan meditation manuals, as well as cutting-edge research on the science of wellbeing and the creation of an acclaimed meditation app. He is a scientist, author, translator, entrepreneur, and meditation teacher, but his true passion is using ancient wisdom and modern science to help people flourish. More information: https://cortlanddahl.com/ https://tergar.org/ https://hminnovations.org/meditation-app

    1h 24m

  5. AUG 15

    Dangerous Psychedelics - The LoveWisdom of Microdosing, with Jim Fadiman and Rachael Henrichsen

    https://dangerouswisdom.org/ Does a psychedelic microdose offer dangerous wisdom? Jim Fadiman, one of the most venerable leaders in the psychedelic renaissance of the dominant culture, together with Buddhist yogini and holistic health practitioner Rachael Henrichsen, join us to discuss Jim's new book, Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance---the first comprehensive book on microdosing. Microdosing potentially offers some wonderful dangerous wisdom. You can find the book, and also report your experiences with microdosing, here: https://www.microdosingbook.com/ Find Rachael here: https://redgateintegrativemedicine.com In the introduction to his book, Jim writes: I’ve been investigating psychedelics, professionally and personally, since the early 1960’s. Until 15 years ago I knew nothing about very small doses, nor did anyone else I knew. However, I’ve focused on little else since then, discovering, reviewing, and sharing the extraordinary results that people have reported after taking a 10th or less of a full-on psychedelic trip dose. During all those other decades I was fixated on transcendent doses (not concert, not recreational, not therapeutic, not even problem solving). As I reflect on what I know now, I am filled with wonder and chagrin as well as gratitude and humility. I was introduced to psychedelics one night at a sidewalk cafe in Paris in 1961, when my favorite professor, Richard Alpert (later Ram Dass), put a pill into my hand and said, “The greatest thing in the world has happened to me, and I want to share it with you.” A few months later, no longer in Paris, I was a draft-dodging psychology graduate student at Stanford University. Apart from my academics, I worked off-campus with a private clinic that was pioneering psychedelic psychotherapy. There, I took a high dose of LSD in a safe, guided environment and had an incredible awakening, becoming aware of the interconnectedness of all things. That realization and its aftermath has shaped the rest of my life. These days, there is an ever-expanding number of books by people recounting how all of those astounding, amazing, fantastic trips changed their lives. This is not one of those. It is, instead, about how thousands and thousands of people all over the world have improved their health and their capacities without the razzle dazzle, heaven-opening, reality-expanding experiences that made the 60’s such an optimistic culture-changing decade.

    1h 35m

  6. AUG 3

    Horses Leading Change - Dialogue with Kelly Wendorf CEO of EQUUS

    Anyone who listens to this episode can enjoy Kelly's course, How to Lead a Transformative Life, for free! Here are the details: 100% off of How to Lead a Transformative Life - worth $457 Use EQUUS100KW Two consecutive Saturdays for two hours (four hours total) Here is a link to the course: https://www.theequusacademy.org/courses/how-to-lead-a-transformative-life-2025 How can horses lead transformations in human souls and in human cultures? They do this by presencing an ancient wisdom that always appears vibrantly alive and alove. A “flying lead change” allows a running horse to respond with breathtaking grace to changing conditions. “Collectively, we need a similar physics-defying maneuver,” Wendorf writes in her book, Flying Lead Change: 56 Million Years of Wisdom for Leading and Living. Kelly and I discuss her book, which offers an essential guide to nature-based leadership inspired by the wisdom of indigenous teachings and horses. Kelly locates a common element to the challenges and crises of our modern age in disconnection―from each other, our planet, and the sense that our lives have purpose and meaning. Kelly's work offers a new approach to leading and living inspired by two profound sources of ancient wisdom: original peoples and Equus (the horse), grounded in evidence-based principles of neuroscience. Her book discusses the key elements to a horse-inspired approach, including: • Listening―the starting point for all leadership, in which we suspend our biases and preferences • Care―explore the ancient, indigenous understanding of care that is reciprocal, empathic, and beneficial to all • Presence―meeting the here and now with vulnerability, openness, and a stable foundation • Safety―how a masterful leader creates a sense of group resilience and strength by “leading from behind” for the welfare of all • Connection―ways to move away from coercion and force to promote genuine communication and belonging • Peace―creating group harmony right now through the surprising concepts of “congruence” and “tempo” • Freedom―returning to our wild nature that is inherently free, unbridled, and unbroken • Joy―moving beyond temporary happiness to a state of wholehearted engagement of life, whatever the circumstances Kelly Wendorf, MCC, MECD Founder and CEO of EQUUS Kelly Wendorf is an ICF (International Coach Federation) Master Certified Coach, published author, spiritual mentor, disruptor, and socially responsible entrepreneur. Her early experiences were vitally and deeply shaped by the natural and ancient world around her where she learned a way of listening to forces within people, nature and moments. This unconventional education grants her a gift of perception that liberates untapped potential and hidden gifts within individuals and organizations, helping them to solve problems differently through a wisdom-informed and wholeness approach. Throughout her life she has lived and worked around the world, studying with many spiritual and Indigenous leaders in India, Africa, Indonesia and Australia. Such immersion in multi-cultural perspectives has honed a passion for creating a new narrative in the human condition, empowering high-performing individuals, organizations, and their leaders to wield meaningful change in their families, communities, and in the world through servant leadership and innovative business development. She has worked inside a spectrum of clientele – from Amazon, to Microsoft to some of the most underserved communities. She has been called a ‘corporate shaman’ and a ‘CEO whisperer’. She is known for being a trustworthy translator of ancient cosmologies to contemporary relevance. Kelly founded, edited and published Kindred magazine (Australia), an evidence-based publication that explores the social, cultural and biological underpinnings of a...

    1h 19m

  7. JUN 19

    Dangerous Wonder - Dialogue with Coltrane Lord, Foundress of the Wonderland Project

    Coltrane Lord is a Psychedelic Integration Specialist, Artist-Healer, and Foundress of Wonderland Project, a nonprofit organization that connects marginalized women who suffer PTSD due to domestic violence, rape, or sexual exploitation to trauma informed psychedelic plant medicines care and integration. Coltrane is interested in the intersection of spirituality and science, ancient wisdom for modern times, and how our unique perspectives can merge to elevate the soul of humanity & reverence for the planet. More in depth info: wonderlandproject.love lordcoltrane.com

    1h 21m

  8. MAR 21

    Derrick Jensen on Postmodernism and His First European Tour

    Writer Derrick Jensen joins us to discuss politics, ecology, and philosophy.

    1h 13m
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A podcast for wild souls who want to live with open eyes and an enlivened heart. The world needs dangerous wisdom, and our education system functions primarily to keep us away from it—to stop us from taking the journey into the mystery and magic of the world. Because of this, we have achieved a catastrophic level of confusion, anxiety, and ignorance—with boatloads of tame wisdom, false wisdom, and self-help nonsense that only adds to the challenges we face. The path of wisdom—the path of wonder—deals with how things really work, and how we can become skillful and successful. Following it leads beyond concepts to a wonderstanding that can heal us, and empower us to help the world, realize our hidden potential, and experience the profound meaningfulness of life. In this podcast, we turn toward the dangerous stuff, the wild stuff, and confront the need to handle authentic wisdom with skill and grace, making sure the medicine doesn’t become another poison. If you want an inspiring space to explore the big and sometimes scary questions, a space that opens up into insights that can change your life and the world we share, join us. Find out more at https://dangerouswisdom.org/

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  • Creator
    nikos patedakis
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2025 nikos patedakis
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