Interviews
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Finnish, Interviews, Kalevala, Magic, Markus Luukkonen, Mikael Öberg, Mythology, Performance, Shamanism, Storytelling, Tale singing
Markus Luukkonen: Finnish Magic #37
Do you know the origin of iron? When did you last fall and take fright? These questions are good to keep in mind as we delve into the world of Finnish magic, where sorcerers prepare themselves for healing by standing on rocks in freezing rapids and newborn children are protected from evil spirits in the sauna by being given misleading nicknames.
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Ecology, Hindu, Interviews, Mythology, Psychedelic Mind, Shamanism, Śivani Howe, Storytelling, Yoga
Śivani Howe: Yoga of Remembrance #36
Śivani Howe is a classically trained Sannyasi of the Saraswati lineage from India. She shares a few personal stories brimming with synchronicity and serendipity, among them an amazing tale of her special relationship with bees.
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Christianity, Dance, Interviews, Jo Blake, Mysticism, Mythology, Performance, Religion, Specials, Storytelling, Trickster
Easter Special: Jo Blake – Heresy #34
In this Easter Special, interdisciplinary performer Jo Blake returns to In the Borderlands to talk about her upcoming show "The Witness" about the relationship and balance between Jesus and Mary Magdalene and how his story became History and her story became Heresy.
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Animism, Ecology, Henrik Hallgren, Interviews, Law, Rights and Systems, Rewilding, Trickster
Henrik Hallgren: Earth Rights – A Trickster in the System #33
Can Nature have rights? We speak with ecopsychologist and Earth Rights activist Henrik Hallgren about the fascinating introduction of a trickster in the legal system, the concept that everything on Earth, from animals to rivers to entire ecosystems, have subjective rights.
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Andreas Kornevall, Apocalyptica, Interviews, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Rewilding, Runes and Sigils, Shamanism, Storytelling
Andreas Kornevall: Demblem #31
In this episode we speak about the creation of demblems, counter-sigils to deactivate and balance the negative aspects of our logo-inundated society.
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AI, Art, Interviews, Lee Mason, Metaverse, Mythology, Sculpture, Shamanism, VR
Lee Mason: Metageist #28
In this episode we explore a different borderland altogether, the liminal spaces of the Metaverse. With VR artist and digital myth maker Lee Mason AKA Metageist as our guide we line dance on the edge between dream and reality, exploring themes as diverse as hypnagogic states, shadow people, digital life forms/ecosystems, cautionary sculptures and consensual realities.
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Animism, Apocalyptica, Ecology, Interviews, Mythology, Norse, Persian, Rewilding, Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen, Storytelling
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen: Year of Aun – Story as Healing, Story as Curse #26
Historian of religion and animist thinker Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is back on our podcast! This time to launch the Year of Aun, an invitation to celebrate 2023 as a year of healing and reconnection based on old Nordic spiritual practices.
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Interviews, Kersti Ståbi, Mythology, Norse, Performance, Storytelling, Tale singing
Kersti Ståbi: Vǫluspá – performing poems from the Poetic Edda #22
Vǫluspá - The Prophecy of the Seeress from the Poetic Edda is one of the most well known texts from Norse mythology. But how could this oral poem have been performed?
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Divination, Interviews, Maria Kvilhaug, Mythology, Norse, Shamanism
Maria Kvilhaug: In the Bay of Magic and the Wilderness of Cave Land – Initiation Narratives in the Sagas #20
Come join us on a journey through spell songs, fate swapping, transgressive trials of initiation and divine intercourse.
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Brittle one, Interviews, Mythology, Psychedelic Mind, Torgrim Mellum Stene, Writing
Intuitive Storytelling: Celebrating Brittle one Book Two #18
Brittle one is Torgrim Mellum Stene’s online intuitive genre-bending fantasy novel that he started in 2021. Following the initiatory journey of Brittle, Torgrim writes without planning ahead, instead allowing the story to unfold chapter by chapter in an ever expanding exploration of the world that he first set in motion.