🎧 Podcast: Spiritual Materialism in Miami
Listen now (71 min) | Recording from a live panel exploring the spiritual ego, the misuse of ayahuasca, cultural appropriation, and more
What happens when you gather a festival organizer, a Sufi mystic, a Tibetan Buddhist, an Inkan priest, and a medicine musician to talk about the pitfalls of Western spirituality?
You get a riveting conversation, that’s what. 😉
Topics Covered
An indigenous approach to plant medicine that looks beyond the Western healing-centric perspective.
Spiritual materialism: Is it a subtle trap where contemplative practices are used to enhance ignorance or is it an unavoidable part of the journey?
A nuanced perspective on cultural appropriation that respects the origins of spiritual practices and traditions.
"On Spiritual Materialism" was hosted by Keysel Pelaez, along with panelists Giselle World, Kaheal Head, Ivan Lopez, Shamelle Gonzalez, and Ivan Waiki Poma.
Moodboard
I had a lot of fun prompting Midjourney for images embodying the abstract ideal of spiritual materialism.
Here are some of my favorites :p