Episode 158 - Mitch Horowitz

Mystical/Cynical is a podcast formerly hosted by artist Daren Thomas Magee aka Real Fun, Wow! and Jaymee that boasts three seasons and 100 episodes. It's been a year and change since they ended the show, so Love Is The Author is hosting a two hour reunion show for end times sake. THiS POD is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, music, mixed and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. OPENING/CLOSING SONG: Sexual Chocolate by Jaymee CarpenterInterested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

KOANHEADS is a Buddhist-based conversation between former death row inmate and best selling author Damien Echols, certified mindfulness teacher Chris Carmena, and Jaymee focusing specifically on the Zen tradition, practices and homegrown realizations. Damien's new book The Alchemy Of The Broken Blade was released this week and is available wherever fine books are sold. SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiOPENING SONG 2: Poli Harmony by Benjamin CarpenterCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

In one of the most intimate conversations ever shared on Love Is The Author, Jaymee sits down his mother Victoria Roberts for a conversation about how she survived a decade of horrific sexual abuse by her father, the silence and self-blame she carried, and the spiritual life raft that preserved something in her no one could touch. She recounts confronting her abuser, reclaiming her innocence, and discovering a forgiveness that neither excuses the unforgivable nor requires reconciliation. Mother and son read the letters that helped reroute the pain of their family history: hers to the father who violated her trust, and the prophetic letter she later sent Jaymee when addiction had brought him to his knees—a letter that did not shame him into changing, but loved him into remembering who he was. This is not a story about remaining a victim. It is a story about firm-footed honesty, sacred boundaries, and the rebel spirit that can emerge from the wreckage still capable of making peace.Content note: This episode contains candid discussion of childhood sexual abuse and addiction.SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s close friend, assistant and artistic collaborator Dan Richter takes us even deeper behind the doors of rock-and-roll history in part two of their conversation, recalling the making of Imagine with Phil Spector, what The Beatles’ breakup looked like from inside John and Yoko’s world, and John’s enduring artistic rivalry with Paul McCartney. He shares how Yoko’s relentless devotion to peace helped shape John’s creative evolution—and introduces us to a rarely seen side of Lennon, including his secret passion for doing hair. Dan reveals what he believes was the secret ingredient behind John Lennon’s musical genius, and at one point during the conversation the ghost of John Lennon interrupts the interview. Get ready for another intimate dose of two of the worlds most revolutionary artists told by someone who wasn’t merely there— he was part of the story. SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: ⁠www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship⁠ LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiTHiS SHOW IS A LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor

This episode features Jaymee’s conversation with artist Dan Richter—immortalized as Moonwatcher in Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, a role he not only performed but choreographed while in the grip of heroin addiction. Dan takes us behind the eyes of one of cinema’s most iconic figures and into the astonishing life that followed. From 1969 to 1973, he served as John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s assistant and artistic collaborator—and is credited with taking the iconic cover photograph for Lennon’s first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Through Dan’s intimate recollections, we encounter John, Yoko, and Kubrick not as legends, but as people. His extraordinary journey placed him among some of the most influential artists and visionaries of the 20th century, including The Beatles, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Harry Smith, and Ram Dass—all while Dan emerged as a potent artist in his own right. He also shares the remarkable story of his 42 years of sobriety, which began when John and Yoko created an improvised rehabilitation sanctuary for him inside their home at Tittenhurst Park. For Beatles, Kubrick, and counterculture devotees who think they already know the story: sit back and prepare for your software update.SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Jaymee's spiritual teacher Lama Lhanang Rinpoche returns to the podcast for his 6th recorded conversation on LITA. Lama Lhanang is a Vajrayana Buddhist teacher from Tibet, now the director of the Jigme Lingpa Center in San Diego, who is hosting the upcoming Celebration Of Awakening: World Peace Through Inner Peace event at St. David's Episcopal Church in San Diego on September 19th. He is an author of many books including The Tibetan Book Of The Dead For Beginners, as well as an accomplished painter, feng shui master and former physician in Tibet. SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Sundari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee or Lacee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Jaymee and Lacee share how they turned their recent miscarriage into a method for spiritual awakening, how they've tended to their grief while practicing non-attachment, and why they feel love is limitlessness that transcends death.SPONSORED BY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee or Lacee? email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiTHiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Keith Slettedahl is an American songwriter/musician and lead singer of the pop rock band The 88 who perform the opening theme to the Emmy Award winning sitcom Community. He's  played with legendary artists like Ray Davies, Elliott Smith, Elvis Costello, The Zombies and The Flaming Lips, but what most people don't know about the charismatic frontman is that he's a spiritual giant posing as a householder, who's lived the past 24 years sober on a steady diet of "not knowing". Keith is mentor of Jaymee's, a close friend and music collaborator. The two gentlemen discuss the creative power of humility, the mechanism of mentorship, the miracle of 12 Step Recovery, playing Kinks songs with Ray Davies, and the unlikely book that not only cured his debilitating back pain, but ushered in a revolution of the mind.  Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee?email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Gangstalean by JJ RAM (Jaymee Carpenter).CLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiSPONSORED BY YERBA MADRE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Yawn & Loko return with the biggest little announcement of their lives. In a deep conversation about the depths of intimacy in partnership, ego death and beholding the great mystery, Jaymee and Lacee share the news they’ve been waiting to tell: they're expecting their first child together. Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee or Lacee?email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiSPONSORED BY YERBA MADRE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener

Mitch Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian, writer, and lecturer who explores the intersections of metaphysics, ethics, and self-transformation. He is the author of over a dozen books including his newest release Esoterika: Formula's Against The False Self. Jaymee and Mitch have a two hour discussion on the inconvenient recipe for unconditional love, human rights for witches, Christian Science, honoring the debt of our ancestry, and how all good things grow from the dirt. Interested in Spiritual Mentorship with Jaymee?email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation, or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced, and recorded by Jaymee Carpenter. SOUND MIX: Chris FallerOPENING SONG: Tripura Subdari by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiCLOSING SONG: Ocean Of Beauty by Earthtones Music & Sheela BringiInterested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORED BY YERBA MADRE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.yerbamadre.com⁠THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠FAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor  / @unconventionalgardener