Winter Solstice Special #45

How does a Swedish percussionist raised on Balkan music end up as a vodou queen in Ghana?That is a question Kristina Aspeqvist is more than happy to answer, in a free-flowing way. Our enthralling conversation of her professional and spiritual journey felt sometimes like jazz, sometimes like folk, sometimes transcendent. Just like her music.KRISTINA ASPEQVIST LINKS http://www.rythmworks.se https://stockholmvodouorchestra.comhttps://www.musikcentrumost.se/artist/nioki-beats PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCESVodouhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_VodúnEwe peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_people?variant=zh-cnDavul drumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DavulConga drumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CongaGrammis Awardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GrammisKVASThttps://kvast.orgFeirefizhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/FeirefizParsifal/Percivalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PercivalRay Lemahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_LemaRay Lema and the Bulgarian Voiceshttps://www.allmusic.com/album/bulgarian-voices-mw0001008398Tom Sawyerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_SawyerAurelia Deyhttps://www.aureliadey.comKetahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KetaBengt Bergerhttps://www.instagram.com/bengtberger/Brekete drumhttp://www.rythmworks.se/Produkt-filer/brekete.htmlLise-Lotte Noreliushttps://www.lise-lottenorelius.seAnimismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnimismHaitian revolutionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_RevolutionTibetan Buddhismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_BuddhismOdinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OdinFrigghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FriggKakelugn/Masonry heaterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heaterSanteríahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanteríaFowlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FowlBalafonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BalafonThe White Goddess by Robert Graveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_GoddessThe Pig episode of In the Borderlandshttps://www.intheborderlands.com/2021/12/21/christmas-yuletide-special-the-pig-4/Asante peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asante_peopleTiamathttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiamatKunda peoplehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunda_peopleIfáhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IfáDiakon/Deaconhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeaconMami Watahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_WataUNESCO Intangible cultural heritagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_ListsI Chinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_ChingCowrie-shell divinationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowrie-shell_divinationAccrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AccraGreta Lindholmhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_LindholmBirgit Åkessonhttps://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_ÅkessonSufismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism

We are delighted to welcome Laura Burns back into our podcast grotto. This multidisciplinary artist working within the vast mythopoetic landscape of relation to the invisible presences all around us, the more-than-human, the unknown, the forgotten and the lost, take us on a meandering journey on a free-flowing river of resonance. We speak of the need for cultural regeneration, of how languaging the world create realities and of mending the gaps in the ancestral field. And of much, much more. Welcome! LAURA BURNS LINKS http://www.lauraburns.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/_laura_burns/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Family Constellations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Constellations Bill Plotkin https://www.animas.org/about-us/our-founder/ Animas Valley Institute https://www.animas.org/ Mythopoesis/mythopoeia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythopoeiaGenízarohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen%C3%ADzaro West Kennet Long Barrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kennet_Long_Barrow Kalimba/Mbira https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbira Djembe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djembe Samhain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain MacGuffin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin

Merry Christmas! In Scandinavia we open presents on Christmas Eve and tonight Torgrim and Mikael have brought one each. Inside we find two fairy tales – "The three billy goats Gruff“ from Norway and "Mother Holle“ from Germany. Join our fireside chat as we delve deep into these two stories, exploring possible hidden layers and meanings and seeing if there’s more than meets the eye. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES The three billy goats Gruff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billy_Goats_Gruff Seter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seter_(disambiguation) https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seter Cú Chulainn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn Dominic Kelly Episode of In the Borderlands https://www.intheborderlands.com/2022/03/13/dominic-kelly-the-hero-light-irish-myth-and-epic-8/ Krampus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus The World Tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(tarot_card) Bearskin story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearskin_(German_fairy_tale) Mother Holle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle Perchta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta Baba Yaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga Yin and Yang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang Anima and animus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_and_animus Henrik Hallgren episode of In the Borderlands https://www.intheborderlands.com/2023/03/20/henrik-hallgren-earth-rights-a-trickster-in-the-system-33/

One year is no year. Two years is two years. Three years is a tradition. Celebrate the third anniversary with us in our podcasting cavern where we sit listening, waiting for what bubbles will burst. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Kalevala quote from Kalevala translated by Eino Friberg and The Old Kalevala and Certain Antecedents translated by Francis Peabody Magoun Jr. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319445.The_Kalevala https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400813.The_Old_Kalevala_and_Certain_Antecedents?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20 Listening quote by Kábbo from The Uncoiling Python by Harold Scheub https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10305901-the-uncoiling-python Inuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit Qarrtsiluni/Quarrtsiluni San people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_people Kalevala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala

For our fiftieth episode we are joined by homeopathic practitioner Dodo Kitching. Dodo specialises in the sensation method as taught by the Joshis of India, the essence of which she is happy to share with us In addition, we explore different perspectives of health, the underappreciated art of dying well and learn to view the periodic table in a completely new and mythopoetic light. Sage Homeopathy https://www.sagehomeopathy.com/about Album by Dodo: The Android's Dream https://digidub.bandcamp.com/album/the-androids-dream Album by Dodo: Ultravenus https://digidub.bandcamp.com/album/ultravenus PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES The Joshis http://www.drjoshisclinic.com/ Yin and Yang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang Stephen Hawking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Death doula/midwife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife Ghat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghat Varanasi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi The Little Match Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl Periodic table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table Qi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi Rudolf Steiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner Vodou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou A Nightmare on Elm Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street Mabinogion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion Blodeuwedd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodeuwedd Druid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

Carl Gustav Jung, the mythopoetic mirror to Freud’s trauma-focused psychology, spoke of a concept he coined "Active Imagination“. An intuitive process of letting your own imagination unfold by drinking from the waters of the collective consciousness. In this conversation we juxtapose both this "AI“ and the more commonly known "AI“ aka Artificial Intelligence. Joined by special guest Fredrik Høyer, a Norwegian slam poet, author and dramatist, we take a meandering and overflowing journey through these mythic borderlands pregnant with the unrealised potential of dreams. Fredrik Høyer http://www.fredrikhoyer.no/ Sound excerpts "Gi Slipp" with Fredfades and Kristoffer Eikrem "T-banematrisen" with Sandra Kolstad/Grønlandsutraen RMX "Regndanse i skinnjakke" with Ingeborg Marie Mohn and Emilie Christensen "Øya" with Stockhaus/Grønlandsutraen RMX PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Carl Jung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung Book: The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden by Robert A Johnson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445969.The_Fisher_King_and_the_Handless_Maiden Exegesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exegesis Midjourney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midjourney Sufism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism The Kingslayer Jaime Lannister, Game of Thrones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Lannister Book: Aion by C.G. Jung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/729924.Aion Faust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust Mariah Carey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey Forklift cartoon by David Skaufjord https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4UHZUq8Jg/?img_index=4 Anima and animus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_and_animus The Terminator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminator The Aquarian Tarot https://www.usgamesinc.com/aquarian-tarot-deck.html David Palladini https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4UHZUq8Jg/?img_index=4 The Hermit tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hermit_(tarot_card) Ten of Cups tarot card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_of_Cups Book: The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_II:_The_Drawing_of_the_Three Master Tarot https://tarotgarden.com/master-tarot/ Major arcana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Arcana Minor Arcana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Arcana The Primordial Tarot https://www.loscarabeo.com/en/products/primordial-tarot Neolithic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic Book: On connection by Kae Tempest https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54874365-on-connection

In the US, there’s a prediction that if the current traditional farming practices continue, there’s 60 harvests remaining before the topsoil is completely eroded.  Is there another way? Biodynamic farmer and dancer Johan Nilsson offers one alternative. What if we transform our entire mindset and instead of viewing the soil as dead matter we enter into a relationship with it? Welcome into a sparkling and stirring conversation where the borders between agriculture and art are wiped away, where the intuitive development of the farmer and the soil are seen as one and the same, where the farm itself becomes an alchemical organism, where attentiveness, presence and the spirit of constant discovery and mutual enrichment is key. Welcome to a world where both carrot and human can reach their fullest potential. Johan Nilsson https://www.instagram.com/johantraggae/ https://www.facebook.com/johan.nilsson.traggae Soundscapes by Johan Nilsson, Björn Ola Lind, Mikael Öberg PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Yoga Nidra https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Nidra Theosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_Society Vedas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Rudolf Steiner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner Johann Wolfgang von Goethehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe Vetenskap och Folkbildning (The Swedish Sceptics' Association) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6reningen_Vetenskap_och_Folkbildning Saltå Kvarn https://www.saltakvarn.se/ The Demeter brand https://demeter.net/about/demeter-brand/ Human Ecology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_ecology Article by Saskia von Diest: Intuitive Farming: Heart-Based Decisions for Harmony in Agricultural Ecosystems. https://www.academia.edu/106093725/Intuitive_Farming?uc-sb-sw=112491657 Agriculture Course by Rudolf Steiner https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA327/English/BDA1958/Ag1958_index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0AsiAN2M7GteV1noWwDPRwxtgCfHuivDKzU8Cp7I939HhSHRXb9CpA4e4_aem_ATb2WIpHwTPPLT3TrRAS5FSQY81I0Q13qMSTjpoEkOb_J4GcC74ywyy9FvbltODksJVqBXTcwDdcA8LlfCWDJgHM Drawings by Rudolf Steiner https://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/galleries/Other_Art/index.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2VeD-ROR28pxk481wUdZ0vPGAyVsL3Ieobjowj79lgmdgMDcZKaacjZAY_aem_ATYsTa-Qb22T_ybIxlYZotTY9OVCv68VFaOjgXOB-8-cxrbVMbLuImnG7eSPH3bQo_jjJ6-YdIOow9mXQjMRZ1lu Zodiac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac Permaculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture Regenerative Agriculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_agriculture Jordboka by Dag Jørund Lønning (book) https://jordboka.no/jordboka.html Marko Pogačnik http://www.markopogacnik.com/ Rollin McCraty https://www.heartmath.org/about-us/request-a-speaker/rollin-mccraty/ Masaru Emoto https://masaru-emoto.net/en/science-of-messages-from-water/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto

Lunisolar Mind returns with a thirteenth episode, shedding some light (or darkness) on the new moon, the light absent in the skies of this episode’s release. In this moment of pregnant stillness, in the space between inhale and exhale, we wonder. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Eid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid The Fool Tarot Card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_(tarot_card) Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi The Rumi poem translated by Coleman Barks is found in the book Lion of the Heart https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46136059-lion-of-the-heart

We kick off 2024 with a timely musing on the nature of Good and Evil. Does absolute Good and absolute Evil exist? Is the binary idea of Good and Evil useful or does it disconnect us from the actual reality of things? Your hosts Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene explore this landscape through the medium of a spread of Hollywood blockbuster movies. Independence Day https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_independence%2520day Top Gun: Maverick https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_7_nm_1_q_top%2520gun%2520 Avatar: The Way of Water https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_avatar The Matrix Resurrections https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180/ PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Scapegoat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat Azazel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azazel Satyr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr Chakra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra Shadow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology) Donald Duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck Saint George and the Dragon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragon Ares https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares Aphrodite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite Harmonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonia RPG – Role-playing game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game Amrita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita Pineal gland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland

It is that time of the year. We sit on the treshold. Between what we know and what we don’t know. We look at what has happened In the Borderlands in 2023 and we look ahead at what we would like to discover and experiment with in the year to come. And as an offering to you, dear listener, we end with a midwinter meditation, dreamt up for this moment in time. Join our Patreon www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL [email protected] TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/