May 5, 2022
Medicine Woman Charlotte James shares about healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature. You’ll also hear about:
- The intersection of race and psychedelics
- Integration and the 5 circles of self
- How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca
- The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith
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Charlotte James works to create a world in which all beings are able to live in fearless pursuit of their radical transformation. She uses her purpose as an entheogenic medicine woman and her skills as a coach and digital strategist to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation. Learn more about Charlotte’s work at theancestorproject.com.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca
- On feeling called to facilitate the medicine
- The intersection between race and psychedelics
- What happened when Charlotte heard the call from mushrooms on the need to organize community for black women
- Charlotte’s experience apprenticing during the pandemic
- Ancestral practice as harm reduction
- Working towards collective liberation
- The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith
- On connecting to the traditions of your ancestors
- What are you policing within yourself?
- Restorative justice and decolonizing the self
- The importance of BIPOC only spaces
- Communicating with respect and compassion for each other
- Building the life and the world you want to see
- Being responsible for replicating our own trauma
- Why we cant manifest our way out of oppression
- How our eagerness can overshadow our integrity
- Channeling integration into daily action
- How judgment and shame blocked Charlotte’s connection to the medicine
- Healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature
- Integration and the 5 circles of self
- Why it isn’t selfish to have your needs met
- Exploring nudism and nakedness in nature
- Clothes and respectability politics
- Challenging what we perceive as acceptable
- Integration circles for BIPOC folks
- And so much more!
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References:
- Native Land https://native-land.ca/
- Psychedelics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug
- Rave scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave
- Cannabis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)
- Anthropology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology
- MDMA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA
- Die Antwoord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Antwoord
- LSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide
- Kambo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambo_cleanse
- Bufo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufo
- Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca
- San Pedro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis_pachanoi
- Iboga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibogaine
- Cocaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine
- Okayplayer || Article https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/black-people-psychedelic-drugs-monnica-williams.html
- Andrea Wright https://www.instagram.com/guidedbydre/
- 5-MeO-DMT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MeO-DMT
- Mike Tyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson
- Shaman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism
- People of Color Psychedelic Collective https://www.pocpc.org/
- Decolonization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization
- Appropriation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation
- Systemic racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism
- Restorative justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice
- Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings
- Polytheistic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism
- Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
- Entheogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen
- BIPOC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color
- Pagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism
- Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam
- Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism
- Diaspora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora
- Saxon People https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxons
- 5D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-dimensional_space
- Cognitive dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed || Book https://amz.run/5YY1
- Shipibo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipibo-Conibo
- Body dysmorphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder
- Enneagram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality
- Tobacco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco
- Sage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_apiana
- Cacao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean
- Polyamorous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory
- Shawna https://www.instagram.com/shawna.cason/
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