Ep 131: “A more whole experience of reality” with Chad Andro of Radical Elphame
The Modern Fairy Sightings PodcastShow Notes
I chat with Chad Andro from the excellent Radical Elphame Podcast and companion substack at https://thefoliatehead.substack.com/ and his Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/RadicalElphame.
We discuss
Communications with fairies and spirits which arise in words and images
Engaging with spirituality and fear as a child
Overwhelming spiritual experiences
The framework he has learned and its application to more difficult experiences
What it’s like to balance being a parent finding time for personal practice
Writing as an offering
His advice on how folks could start engaging with these worlds
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Chad discusses his organic winemaking business near Mount Shasta and describes how his spiritual and ritual practice feed into that for his clients and the kinds of energies that arise in relation to the wine production. We also get into what it was like to discover Wicca growing up in the nineties and how he instead chose a Trad Witchcraft and animist route.
Chad will also be joining us soon on TMFSP Patreon for a private chat
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