Podcast #22: Addiction & the Spirits of Colonialism

Shamanism, to me, is all about relationship. To enter into and maintain an ongoing right relationship with:

• The people we love

• The places we love

• The invisible beings and forces that we love (however your belief system perceives them)

In the West, right relationship has been decimated because we’ve lost our relationship to the sacred. Specifically, this appears in:

• Language

• Listening

• Abilities that connect us to receive knowledge and healing power from spirit/the divine

In this episode, we’ll explore how The Spirits of Colonialism played their part in making this happen and how they continue to perpetuate themselves through the insidious practice of turning the victim into the perpetrator. 

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Episode Notes

• Engaging with The Spirits of Colonialism, like all addictions, creates results where everybody loses.

• These results perpetuate themselves by turning victims into perpetrators.

Examples:

• The Roman Empire’s method: conscripting the conquered

• The English Empire’s method: the Welsh Knot and the Irish Stick

Everyone’s just trying to survive:

• Diaspora, immigration, running from and running towards

• My family’s story from the Italian Piedmont to Ellis Island and Patterson, New Jersey

Television Series: “Who Do Your Think You Are?”

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The Sober Shaman Program

Examining our family history often provides information about our ancestors’ painful encounters with The Spirits of Colonialism. For many, this is the awareness needed to help break the cycle of addiction.

The following lessons from The Sober Shaman Program guide you through that process:

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Watch the entire podcast episode here:

Next Steps

If you’re looking for a holistic, integrative, proven-effective program of long-term recovery, find my program here.

And to learn more about The Sober Shaman and how we can work together, you can always go directly to the website: www.RandalLyons.com.

With Blessings,
Randal