My guest today is going by the name Aurora Borealis. I first met her at an Ayahuasca ceremony I attended the year prior, and sensed then that she must be an interesting person with a story to tell. In this episode, we explore how doing some volunteer work in South Asia inadvertently led her to enrolling in university under the discipline of leisure studies; where she received grants to attend and profile some of the various festivals in western North America.

She is a prolific patient of plant medicine – some people might use the term ‘psychonaut’ - and recounts how her travels led her to the Sacred Valley in Peru attend a ceremony.

I really enjoyed the energy she brought to the podcast and hope you will might find something valuable in listening to her experiences.

In this episode of episode of the Eclectic Folk podcast we welcome an individual - going by the name Mr. Octopus - who has spent much his recent life doing activism for setting up eco-villages.

At the start of the Covid pandemic he retrofitted a van and started exploring the Americas. He worked towards contributing to the set up of eco-villages in Costa Rica and British Columbia.

He has also spent a lot of time studying ‘Systems Theory’, which if you’re as clueless as I am about that means, this might be a good podcast to listen to.

He has also started a YouTube channel, ‘Being Untamed’. Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1EkSkZb3q3_U0IYTsfP1w

My guest today is Xue – and that is her real name, she didn’t feel the need to go by a pseudonym. Xue is originally from China, however I crossed paths with her in a mountain town in North America, where she now lives. She is a journalist by trade and used to work for publications such as the Financial Times, doing reporting in China. Currently, however, she is active in spiritual development and is writing her first book, about her love affair with a Buddhist Monk. I found her a fascinating individual with a sharp mind, and I hope you will too.

Please join me in this, our 5th episode of the Eclectic Folk Podcast.

This is a bit more of an intellectually heavy / academic episode than some of the ones prior. Our guest today, Mr. Pink, is a PhD student approaching the end of his studies in Cognitive Psychology.

This episode is essentially divided into two parts on either side of a bathroom break. The first half we go in depth into cognitive psychology, how it utilizes A.I., the history of A.I. and how his discipline differs from other psychology disciplines.

The second half is more about his reasons for leaving academia and the paths he is interested in pursuing after.

Jessie is a cool guy, an old friend, an artist (now NFT artist) and comedian. He joins us today after a long hiatus where I went to a yoga ashram for 3 months, traveled about the coast of the Pacific Northwest, and concluded a romantic relationship. We touched on a lot of things, from our time together in China, to my neighbour’s untimely covid death.

This episode is a lot more humorous than the ones prior. It may in part be due to the fact that I microdosed beforehand. I think that’s why my laughs where higher pitched than usual, which I only noticed after the fact. Oh and I did in fact end up ‘trying it in one’. With the non-bleep bleep.

Jessie's info:

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/down.down.deep.below/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/downdeeperbelow

His most recent NFT project:
https://withkoji.com/@LostInTheDryer

Welcome to the Eclectic Folk podcast. Our guest Acaisha - who is also going by the pseudonym here ‘Butterfly Bear’ (There seems to be a recent trend of guests going by something with ‘bear’ in their name) is a sound healer in the West Kootenai region of BC.

Since attending one of her sound healing ceremonies, I found her an interesting person with a great deal of knowledge on things I know little about. I thought she'd make a great guest for the Eclectic Folk podcast.

Give it a listen. Feedback is welcome.

This is Episode 1 of the Eclectic Folk podcast. Our guest 'Fatty Bear' is a former tech entrepreneur from China who sold everything in order to travel the world and learn more about spirituality, at one point becoming an ayahuasca shaman apprentice in the nether regions of the Amazon rainforest.

I thought he'd make a great first guest of the Eclectic Folk podcast. I bleeped out one part in this recording - where he mentions which city we were currently in - in order to preserve anonymity.

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