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The Mythic Life Podcast

The Mythic Life Podcast

By Steven Martyn July 5, 2019 January 13, 2020

In this episode, Dr Sharon Blackie speaks with Steven Martyn: an artist, farmer, wildcrafter, builder, teacher, writer, visionary.

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Our first one day event here on the farm in many y Our first one day event here on the farm in many years! Join us on October 22 in Golden Lake. 10-5 pm, Lunch included. Link in our bio for more info or to register. pre-registration required. This is for you if you feel drawn to our work, to Steven's teachings, to be present on the land with us, but not ready or uncertain that the Sacred Gardener School is for you. This is for you if you feel a longing to connect with others of like mind, to contemplate the ways of making a good life; how to live in good relationship with the earth and her beings, how to cultivate these relationships and have them grow and spread their seed. Come join in circle with Steven Martyn (of the Sacred Gardener) to hear stories and teachings of the land about the transition toward a ‘good life’. For many folks while we may be conscious consumers and have some good practices in our days, for the Earth and for our health, the sum of our lives is still adding up in the wrong column. That of destruction toward the Earth. And while we can minimize our carbon footprint, it is not enough. We must start adding to the column of creation. Growing, making, giving, caring, teaching, healing and sacrifice are actions that lead to co-creation, adding to the column of creation. This teaching circle is about how to deal with the wake of destruction and through co-creation generate a counter-wake, Personally and Culturally. To really be “awake” these days is one of the most painful experience one could have. Because to be awake is about being aware of your wake. A-wake. In just going through our daily lives we create a wake of consequences, tied to each of our actions and thoughts. As you become ‘awake’ it can be paralyzing to realize how deeply we as consumers are unwittingly part of the Earth’s destruction. Our wake must also rebound back out to creation in a good way, cancelling out the destructive waves. As can happen when two boats pass in opposite directions. And in the calm that follows culture will naturally grow again and rebuild a new shoreline. #regeneration #awake #goldenlakeontario #ottawavalley #sacredgardener #spiritualawakening #consciousness #reconnect
Whoa Folks! The abundant blessing of this land is Whoa Folks! The abundant blessing of this land is flowing into our home to be stored in various ways. Canning, fermenting, drying, freezing... we do some of everything and it’s a full time job this time of year. So much more not shown here... beets and carrots still to come, garlic, pounds of dried herbs for food and medicine, squash, chickens in the freezer... on it goes. Life is good. There’s nothing like eating food you grew in the midst of a deep winter, knowing that all willing, life will dawn on the land again come spring. #harvest #foodstorage #autumn #fallequinox #growyourown #givethanks
Giant Puffball mushrooms aren’t easily mistaken Giant Puffball mushrooms aren’t easily mistaken for other puffballs; they can get as big as a soccer ball. Even bigger! They are full of protein, and can be cooked in a variety of ways, but our favourite is to dehydrate them, powder them and add to soups and to create spice blends. The powder thickens soups and adds a mild, earthy flavour. Make sure when you harvest them that they’re all white, inside and out. If they are yellowing or have dark parts on them, they’ve passed and are not good to eat. Happy mushroom hunting 😀 #puffball #wildmushrooms #puffballmushrooms #wild #wildedibles #foraging #preserving #preservingwildfood
"Our physical body, I’ve come to realize, is our "Our physical body, I’ve come to realize, is our spirit’s protector. All of the spiritual challenges we are faced with today, all of the personal and collective karma, all of the stuff that that is in the land and in our food, all of that is coming at us all of the time from different directions and our physical body is protecting our spirit from it. Your physical body absorbs all of that stuff and it morphs it into an illness so you can deal with it without it destroying your auric field. More and more I see that, that there are these very distinct layers that make us up as whole human beings. Our physical body is like a guard and protector for us as spiritual beings. We always think ‘oh I’m sick there is something wrong with me’; no, you’re sick, there is something right with you. That means your body is actually working, and it’s working on something, it’s not a bad thing. What is it working on? What are you trying to process that you can’t process spiritually or emotionally? And your physical body is doing it for you, it’s protecting you." From Steven's conversation with Everything Herbal. Read the full interview, link in our bio. #herbs #plantsasmedicine #spiritualbody #illnessasprotection #everythingherbal #emotionalbody
Come join in circle with Steven Martyn of the Sacr Come join in circle with Steven Martyn of the Sacred Gardener, under a canopy of old Maple trees to hear stories and teachings from the land, about the transition towards a ‘good life’. For many folks, while we may be conscious consumers and have some good practices in our days, for the Earth and for our health, the sum of our lives is still adding up in the wrong column; that of destruction toward the Earth. And while we can minimize our carbon footprint, it is not enough. We must start adding to the column of creation. Growing, making, giving, caring, teaching, healing and sacrifice are actions that lead to co-creation, adding to the column of creation. This teaching circle is about how to deal with the wake of destruction and through co-creation generate a counter-wake, Personally and Culturally. To really be “awake” these days is one of the most painful experiences one could have. To be awake isn’t about being aware of things that have little to do with our daily lives, like corporations and governmental conspiracies, or even about knowing our own colonial history, it’s about being aware of your wake. A-wake. In just going through our daily lives we create a wake of consequences, tied to each of our actions and thoughts. As you become ‘awake’ it can be paralyzing to realize how deeply we as consumers are unwittingly part of the Earth’s destruction. Almost everything most folks do is destructive toward the Earth, and this huge collective wake is destroying the self-healing, self-regulating living ecology of the Planet. Our wake, must not just be diminished through correct consumerism but must also rebound back out to creation in a good way, cancelling out the destructive waves. As can happen when two boats pass in opposite directions. And in the calm that follows, culture will naturally grow again and rebuild a new shoreline. #meafordontario #awake #consciousconsumer #consciousness #livinginalignment #reconnect #consciousliving #earthwisdom #spiritualteachings #creation #handmadelife #reclaimyourlife
A few weeks back I had an amazing experience, a vi A few weeks back I had an amazing experience, a vision, given to me by Ghost Pipe. Ghost Pipe has been called Indian pipe or Indian Ghost Pipe, but now has more appropriately come to be called Ghost Pipe, at least in herbal circles. In the last couple of years there has been strangely copious amount of this plant growing, bulging out in bunches everywhere under the trees like mushrooms after the rain. In forty years or so of my knowing this plant and watching I’ve never seen anything like this growth. Sometimes our collective interest and acknowledgement of a plant brings more of it into the physical realm. Generally though, on a personal and collective level, plants ‘present’ in a big way when our human consciousness is ready for them, or we need them. Thinking about it this way it’s clear we humans are needing more help than ever with our ‘skeletons in the closet’; with that which we thought was dead and buried, but which is sprouting back up for us to look at again. One of the medicine’s signatures is Ghost Pipe’s bowed head, which we do when we are burdened with the corpses of the past. Line up this plant’s medicine with what’s happening on a planetary level, with lockdowns and fear and it makes perfect sense this plant is presenting in a huge way these days. Because of both the rise in information about this herb and the actual numbers of plants, I made a good amount of tincture a couple of years ago. It bruises blue but like magic when immersed in spirits and turns an incredible deep royal purple. This colour holds another aspect of this plant’s medicine signature. Purples and the ultra-violets stand at the edge of our experience of physical existence. Beyond them does exist but we cannot see it physically. In nature the colour purple is very rare. We see it in the twilight, in the hue of distant mountains and in a few plants. Purple in our body often represents the resolution of entropy and physical decay. The point at which flesh (red) transforms into water and either (blue) is violet. Also consider the chakra system in which the purple relates to the spiritual body. Read more of Steven's vision, free on Patreon. #ghostpipe #plantteachings
Red clover flower harvest! The more you pick them Red clover flower harvest! The more you pick them, the more they produce. Clover is a nitrogen fixing plant, so we leave many in our gardens to support natural nitrogen fixing, which increases soil fertility. Clover is a nourishing tea high in protein and is a rich source of vitamins A, B-2, B-3, C, and E. Red clover is an alterative and is used to assist the body in removing metabolic waste products. It contains natural antioxidant isoflavones, which can help prevent loss of bone density through menopause. When combined with other well known purifying herbs like burdock or yellow dock red clover is used as a remedy for treating skin conditions and disorders, like eczema. Just a few things about this profoundly nourishing and powerful herb! More info on herbal allies when you become a Patreon subscriber, link in bio.
Did you know we have a tier through our Patreon su Did you know we have a tier through our Patreon subscription that sends you a box of the highest quality hand harvested, unique creations to your door? You get this along with access to our twice monthly release of exclusive videos, interviews and articles, with an archive of over a year of content. Our most recent box included: Boreal sunrise tea blend ~ Labrador Tea, lemon balm, spruce tips, bee balm Boreal toner~ witch hazel distillate infused with sweet fern, Labrador tea and Sweetgale Smoking Blend~ mullein, marshmallow leaf, Angelica leaf, raspberry leaf and sweet fern Smudge stick~ prairie sage, mugwort, lavender Comfrey, plantain, calendula and lavender oil salve Balm of Gilead incense blend~ make your own incense cones with native tree buds! Become a patron to recieve these gifts from the land. Handmade with love ❤️ link in our bio. #boreal #handmade #skincare #simple #smokingblend #salve #incenseblend #herbaltea #bioregional

sacredgardener

Seeding earth wisdom since 1989.
Home of The Sacred Gardener School.
Wildculturing ~ Co-create ~ Wildcrafting
We're on Patreon!

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Our first one day event here on the farm in many y Our first one day event here on the farm in many years! Join us on October 22 in Golden Lake. 10-5 pm, Lunch included. Link in our bio for more info or to register. pre-registration required. This is for you if you feel drawn to our work, to Steven's teachings, to be present on the land with us, but not ready or uncertain that the Sacred Gardener School is for you. This is for you if you feel a longing to connect with others of like mind, to contemplate the ways of making a good life; how to live in good relationship with the earth and her beings, how to cultivate these relationships and have them grow and spread their seed. Come join in circle with Steven Martyn (of the Sacred Gardener) to hear stories and teachings of the land about the transition toward a ‘good life’. For many folks while we may be conscious consumers and have some good practices in our days, for the Earth and for our health, the sum of our lives is still adding up in the wrong column. That of destruction toward the Earth. And while we can minimize our carbon footprint, it is not enough. We must start adding to the column of creation. Growing, making, giving, caring, teaching, healing and sacrifice are actions that lead to co-creation, adding to the column of creation. This teaching circle is about how to deal with the wake of destruction and through co-creation generate a counter-wake, Personally and Culturally. To really be “awake” these days is one of the most painful experience one could have. Because to be awake is about being aware of your wake. A-wake. In just going through our daily lives we create a wake of consequences, tied to each of our actions and thoughts. As you become ‘awake’ it can be paralyzing to realize how deeply we as consumers are unwittingly part of the Earth’s destruction. Our wake must also rebound back out to creation in a good way, cancelling out the destructive waves. As can happen when two boats pass in opposite directions. And in the calm that follows culture will naturally grow again and rebuild a new shoreline. #regeneration #awake #goldenlakeontario #ottawavalley #sacredgardener #spiritualawakening #consciousness #reconnect
Whoa Folks! The abundant blessing of this land is Whoa Folks! The abundant blessing of this land is flowing into our home to be stored in various ways. Canning, fermenting, drying, freezing... we do some of everything and it’s a full time job this time of year. So much more not shown here... beets and carrots still to come, garlic, pounds of dried herbs for food and medicine, squash, chickens in the freezer... on it goes. Life is good. There’s nothing like eating food you grew in the midst of a deep winter, knowing that all willing, life will dawn on the land again come spring. #harvest #foodstorage #autumn #fallequinox #growyourown #givethanks
Giant Puffball mushrooms aren’t easily mistaken Giant Puffball mushrooms aren’t easily mistaken for other puffballs; they can get as big as a soccer ball. Even bigger! They are full of protein, and can be cooked in a variety of ways, but our favourite is to dehydrate them, powder them and add to soups and to create spice blends. The powder thickens soups and adds a mild, earthy flavour. Make sure when you harvest them that they’re all white, inside and out. If they are yellowing or have dark parts on them, they’ve passed and are not good to eat. Happy mushroom hunting 😀 #puffball #wildmushrooms #puffballmushrooms #wild #wildedibles #foraging #preserving #preservingwildfood
"Our physical body, I’ve come to realize, is our "Our physical body, I’ve come to realize, is our spirit’s protector. All of the spiritual challenges we are faced with today, all of the personal and collective karma, all of the stuff that that is in the land and in our food, all of that is coming at us all of the time from different directions and our physical body is protecting our spirit from it. Your physical body absorbs all of that stuff and it morphs it into an illness so you can deal with it without it destroying your auric field. More and more I see that, that there are these very distinct layers that make us up as whole human beings. Our physical body is like a guard and protector for us as spiritual beings. We always think ‘oh I’m sick there is something wrong with me’; no, you’re sick, there is something right with you. That means your body is actually working, and it’s working on something, it’s not a bad thing. What is it working on? What are you trying to process that you can’t process spiritually or emotionally? And your physical body is doing it for you, it’s protecting you." From Steven's conversation with Everything Herbal. Read the full interview, link in our bio. #herbs #plantsasmedicine #spiritualbody #illnessasprotection #everythingherbal #emotionalbody
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