Wisdom Keeper Podcast Dr. Miles Neale

#pilgrimage #java #borobudur #bali In this episode of the wisdom keeper podcast I host anthropologist Patrick Vanhoebrouk a specialist in Javanese culture, Buddhist and Hindu tantric traditions, and the Dukun, indigenous shamans of the mystical island of Java. Patrick takes us on a pilgrimage into Java’s deep prehistory, decoding its prophesies that foretold of the cataclysmic events he thinks we are now amidst. He also brings us into the powerful megalithic sites such the Borobudur mandala, and explains how they are energetic portals used to align cosmos and psyche, ignorer to bring about a radical transformation of consciousness at this critical time in history.

Patrick is anthropologist in residence at the Amanjiwo in Java. https://www.aman.com/resorts/amanjiwo

He will be offering the welcome keynote lecture upon our arrival in Java on our next pilgrimage to the Indonesian Islands in September 2023. https://www.sacredearthjourneys.ca/current-tours/sacred-healing-in-java-and-bali-with-dr-miles-neale-and-geshe-tenzin-zopa Pilgrimages with Dr. Miles Neale https://www.gradualpath.com/pilgrimage Buddhist psychotherapy with Dr. Miles Neale https://www.milesneale.com/therapy

 

Judson Davis, PhD, is a university educator, author, spiritual counselor, filmmaker, and world traveler. He holds a Doctorate in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (2012) and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology (with emphasis in Jungian Depth Psychology; 2006) from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is founder and director of the Institute of East-West Interdisciplinary Studies, where he offers counseling and online courses on the interface of Jungian and Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Judson has taught on the university, college, and corporate levels in California, Germany, Japan, and South Korea, has produced documentary films, and has presented his work in a variety of public venues. Dr. Davis is the author of the book "The Sacred Image: C. G. Jung and the Western Embrace of Tibetan Buddhism" as well as numerous peer-reviewed journal publications dealing with spirituality, psychotherapy, and consciousness studies including “Alchemy and Transformation, East and West: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Jungian Psychology and Tibetan Tantra". More on his work can be found at: www.east-westinstitute.com

In this episode Judson and I discuss:

∙His ‘dark night of the soul’ experience during lock down in Thailand

∙Owning your shadow and reclaiming your disenfranchised projections

∙His round the world pilgrimage and Campbellian call to adventure

∙His mystical experience in the Himalayas, meeting the Tibetans, and becoming small in the face of immensity of the mountains.

∙The archetype of coming undone, in order to be recreated, both personally and culturally.

∙The collective dark night of the soul of our civilization, and the early dawn of an expanded global consciousness.

∙The Astrology of the Great Year, cycles of time, and waking up during contraction.

∙Psychedelic therapy and venturing into alternative dimensions of reality and meeting non human beings

∙Jung’s notion of the Self compared with the Tibetan notion of the void and clear-light of Dharmakaya

∙Sense-making the global crisis through myths from world cultures, Jung, and Joseph Campbell

∙Jung’s encounter with the East: Chinese Alchemy, Buddhism, and Tantra

∙Esoteric traditions emphasis on a direct personal experience of awakening into Christ consciousness or Buddha nature

∙The use of sacred symbols such as deities, mandalas, pilgrimage, sacred mountains, tree of life, and the diamond as aids to alchemical transmutation

∙Judson defines and deconstructs Jung’s process of active imagination

∙How to work with “Big dreams”

∙Jung’s view of the unconscious and its relationship to shadow, persona, and Self.

∙The thrust of the Self, to integrate the split of shadow aspects of our collective unconscious, will drive a social leap forward in our evolution to be more sensitive and inclusive beings.

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In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast I’m delighted to be joined by scholar and Tibetan medical practioner Erik Jampa Anderson who takes us on a magical journey into the realms of synchronicity, mythology, and animism. Eric pulls back the curtain on his upcoming book Unseen Beings where he traces the root cause of the break down of our civilization to the prevalence of anthropocentrism. Are human beings really at the center of it all, seemingly in control of a mechanistic world? Are we suffering the loss of enchantment? While people’s movement across the planet strive for greater equity and inclusivity, Erik makes a bolder leap forward to suggest that our expanding consciousness must begin to include the rights of plants, spirits, and the earth herself. This conversation proposes an inspiring innovation that combines spiritual practice and activism.

Erik Jampa Andersson, founder and director of Shrimala, is a scholar practitioner of Sowa Rigpa, colloquially known as Tibetan Medicine, based in London. He is a graduate of the Shang Shung Institute of Tibetan Medicine, and one of a rare and distinguished members of a small cohort of Westerners who has studied the four classical medical tantras. His first book, Unseen Beings, is due to be released by Hay House publications in Spring 2023. A Buddhist practitioner since 2005 (at the age of 14), Erik found an early home in the Tibetan tradition under the close guidance of Lama Tsultrim Allione, founder of Tara Mandala retreat center in Colorado, and numerous teachers from Tibet and Bhutan. While pursuing a degree in religious studies at Naropa University, he was inspired to change course and enroll in a five-year Tibetan Medicine program at the Shang Shung Institute, in which he was trained extensively under notable senior physicians including Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo, Dr. Namgyal Tsering, Dr. Nyima Tsering, and other Sowa Rigpa experts in America and Asia. His Website is: https://www.shrimala.com/ 

Erik and I discuss: 

• The murder of Erik’s brother that brought on an existential crisis in early childhood 

• How J.R.R. Tolkien opened up a portal into the mythological dimension of life

• The loss, purpose, benefits, and necessity of a mythology perspective

• Magic in Tibetan Buddhism, and his synchronistic encounter with Lama Tsultrim Allione

• Do demons and spirits exist or are they merely psychological archetypes?

• The Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice of Chöd or Feeding Your Demons. 

• The global and personal consequences of our anthropocentric paradigm

• The history and power of animism, and how to relate to unseen beings.

• Working with racism, patriarchy, and anthropocentrisim.

• Global healing through inclusivity with unseen beings including plants, animals, and the spirit world.

• Root cause of the ecological crisis and the possibility of transformation.

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In this episode, Ray and I discuss:

∙Early discovery of esoteric transitioning including astrology

∙Break through meditative experiences with his spiritual teachers

∙Intellectuals history of astrology 

∙A symbolic world view, how we lost it, why we need it

∙How does the cosmos impact the psyche?

∙The Great Saturn-Jupiter conjunction of 2020 that ushered in the pandemic

∙Planetary causal effects vs synchronicity

∙“The universe is composed of stories not atoms”

∙Destiny vs free will in your horoscope

∙The relationship between psychology and astrology 

∙The Great Year, precession of the equinoxes and the Yuga cycle

∙Hallmarks and shadow of the Aquarian Age 

∙Individual rights, power to the people, and the rise of narcissism

∙The war in Ukrainian and the the United States undergoing its Pluto return 

∙The rise of fascism and facing the legacy of racism  

∙Ray’s biggest lesson after 50 years of practice.

RAY GRASSE is a Chicago-based writer, musician, photographer, and astrologer. He is author of eight books including Stargates, The Waking Dream, Signs of the Times, and his most recent opus When the Stars Align.

Ray received a degree in filmmaking from the Art Institute of Chicago under experimental film pioneers Stan Brakhage and John Luther-Scofill. He studied with various esoteric teachers in both the Kriya Yoga and Zen traditions. He's lectured extensively on the topics of astrology, synchronicity, and mythology, and maintains an active astrological practice with clients around the United States and abroad. 

I discovered Ray’s work in 2019 as I was preparing for my class Return with Elixir, and enjoyed tremendously his lecture series titled Secrets of the Esoteric Traditions on Youtube.

Ray’s website: https://www.raygrasse.com

Ray’s New Book, When the Stars Align: https://www.amazon.com/When-Stars-Align-Reflections-Astrology/dp/0578394383

Ray’s YouTube lecture series, Secrets of the Esoteric Traditions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgd5q-JA8xpJtWu28QgcRxeJWtpKltPD8

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Widely respected author and blogger in fields ranging from nature spirituality, Druidry, ceremonial magick, hermeticism, alchemy, mundane astrology, and the future of industrial society, John Michael Greer (JMG) is the prolific author of more than seventy books, including sixteen novels, and blogs weekly at ecosophia.net. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara.

In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast, JMG and I discuss:

- an intellectual history of esoteric traditions from ancient Egypt and Greece to India and China, cross pollinating via the Silk Roads.

- ancient and advanced civilizations such as Atlantis and Lumeria, that might have influenced Egypt and Sumeria, and which have been lost in the historical record.

- the thread that binds all esoteric traditions, the art of resurrection: dying before you die, in order to be reborn.

- The history and practice of Alchemy from early textual sources to the Middle Ages, including the meaning of the alchemical notion Solve et Coagula

- The relationship between Western alchemy, magick and Tibetan Buddhism

- Astrology, its history, relevance, and how it works including Jung's notion of synchronicity.

- How we need to live from a symbolic or mythologic perspective to experience a more meaningful life.

- Mundane astrology and how to use planetary alignments for predictive purposes in worldly affairs from politics to economics.

- Catabolic collapse and the slow descent of our civilization.

- How to "collapse now, and avoid the rush", and advise for preparing for the inevitable cycles of death and rebirth on the civilizational level.

John Michael Greers books can be found here.

  *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

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More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/

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