Mystical Musings

Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird continue their conversation about the thinning veil and the possibility that some of the presences we encounter may be aspects of ourselves. Through Samael’s reflections, they consider how the veil shifts for each person, how to make an energetic map of what we discover, and what it might mean to see through the prisms of the apparent, the shadow, and the possibility. A bone reading, a musical journey toward connection, and Samael’s closing invitation to delight bring this exploration back to curiosity, integration, and wonder.In This EpisodeAncestors, higher selves, and the possibility that a familiar presence may carry an aspect of our own energyHow experiences of the thinning veil may change as the season turnsJournaling and mapping what you encounter so you can find your way back laterSamael’s image of the apparent, the shadow, and the possibilityJennifer’s bone reading and the sun appearing within her circleMusic as a gift that can soothe and support spiritsA channeled musical journey for connecting with other aspects of yourselfSamael’s invitation to welcome delight, wonder, and the child-selfJourney Through This Episode00:00 — Returning to the question of ancestors and other aspects of ourselves04:00 — The swimming-pool metaphor: gathering what we can while the veil is thin07:00 — Journaling, recording, and making an energetic map for later10:00 — Higher selves, parallel lives, and walking beside yourself11:30 — The apparent, the shadow, and the possibility19:30 — Letting the exploration integrate before asking for more22:00 — The sun in Jennifer’s bone reading and the circle around home25:00 — The bone kit, meaningful objects, and what finds its way into a practice29:00 — Samael’s message on doors in parallel and welcoming your other aspects32:00 — A musical journey to support connection with yourself34:00 — Music as nourishment and comfort for spirits35:30 — A listening note before the immersive musical journey37:00 — Channeled musical journey50:00 — Samael’s closing message: let delight and wonder accompany the workMusical TransmissionsChanneled musical journey — Jennifer offers an expansive transmission intended to support connection with other aspects of yourself and to help listeners sense beyond the veil. It is an immersive experience and is not suitable for driving or activities that require focused attention.Music for soothing spirits — Jennifer and Tava mention Peace and Release and Soul Soothing as tracks Tava has used to support unsettled spirits. Both can be streamed at https://amnivara.com and downloaded through https://amnivara.bandcamp.com.Continue ExploringAmnivara: https://amnivara.comAmnivara on Bandcamp: https://amnivara.bandcamp.comListen to Mystical Musings: https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.comTava Baird’s books and work: https://www.tavabaird.com/booksPlease remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

As Samhain approaches, many people are feeling more energy, more activity around the unseen, and a stronger sense of presence. In this episode, Jennifer and Tava follow an unexpected message from Samael into a possibility that changes the shape of the conversation: could some of the spirits we encounter be other aspects of ourselves, reaching across time to offer support, guidance, or a nudge toward something we have not yet been able to see? Along the way, they explore the season’s “lifting fog,” the need for rest and grounding, and how to tell when an experience feels uncomfortable versus unsafe.ACCESS A FREE 28 MIN HEALING SESSION FOR SUPPORT HERE - https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/track/healing-for-these-times-samhainIn This EpisodeWhy the veil may feel especially thin around SamhainSamael’s message: “Doors in parallel. Paths of concurrency.”The possibility of encountering other aspects of ourselvesThe difference between visiting and being visitedWhy heightened energy can leave people feeling unsettled, reactive, or worn downGiving ourselves and others grace while staying groundedHow to distinguish an uncomfortable experience from an unsafe oneWays to invite, recognize, and listen for other selvesReasons another aspect of you might appear, including support, a nudge, or help with a repeating patternJennifer’s reflections on her great-grandfather and a shamanic version of herselfJourney Through This Episode00:00 — Samhain, ancestors, and heightened energy04:00 — Opening musical transmission10:00 — Samael’s message: “Doors in parallel”21:00 — The lifting fog and visiting other realms26:00 — Grounding, rest, and giving people grace41:00 — Discernment: uncomfortable or unsafe?46:00 — How to begin meeting other selves52:00 — A song for deeper guidance56:00 — Recognizing yourself and understanding why you might visit01:08 — Listening for what resonates01:12 — Closing musical transmissionMusical TransmissionsOpening song with invitations to Archangel Michael and Mary MagdaleneA song supporting Samael’s deeper responsesClosing song for Samhain exploration - Connecting With YourselfContinue ExploringExplore Amnivara — https://amnivara.comJennifer’s Music & Sound Recordings — https://amnivara.bandcamp.comTava Baird — https://www.tavabaird.comThis podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only. It is not medical, psychological, or professional advice. Jennifer and Tava share personal experiences and evolving perspectives as they learn and grow.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

In this episode, Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird continue exploring Samael’s message about a shift in our relationship with ancestors and guides: what if, at times, they are turning to us for wisdom and care? The conversation moves through intentional lack of control, compassion as a space we can hold without needing to fix anyone, and the possibility of loosening our grip on inherited stories. They also reflect on boundaries, chosen family, hope, and the idea that explaining Amnivara simply may help Jennifer find new clarity. The episode includes a channeled song of perspective and possibility. If you haven’t heard last week’s episode, please start there first.In This EpisodeThe seeker becoming the sage, and trusting the wisdom already withinAncestors and guides seeking comfort, care, and guidanceThe Overlook card and the practice of intentional lack of controlCompassion as presence without judgment or attachment to outcomeReleasing inherited stories while still honoring harm and maintaining boundariesChoosing how to spend the holidays, including building a family of choiceHope, possibility, and a new perspective on old storiesHow ancestors, guides, and earlier versions of ourselves may be connectedExplaining Amnivara simply as a way to discover what we already knowJourney Through This Episode00:00 — Recap of Samael’s message: the seeker becomes the sage04:00 — When ancestors turn to us for guidance08:00 — Overlook, cycles, and intentional lack of control12:00 — Compassion as presence without trying to control the outcome15:00 — Releasing the rope and meeting ancestors with compassion21:00 — Samhain, Thanksgiving, and choosing what to carry forward23:00 — Compassion, forgiveness, and breaking free from old stories28:00 — Boundaries, obligation, and the family we choose33:00 — “Hope grows in possibility”36:00 — Preparing for a song of perspective and possibility39:00 — Channeled song of perspective and possibility45:00 — “Hold me now like a babe”: a shift in perspective48:00 — Ancestors, guides, and the many forms of the unembodied53:00 — Seeing yourself as an ancestor and guide56:00 — Amnivara, the Temple of Song, and finding the simplest words1:00:00 — Closing reflectionsMusical TransmissionsChanneled song of perspective and possibilityContinue ExploringThe Deck of Rebellion by Tava Baird:https://www.tavabaird.com/product-page/the-deck-of-rebellion-lilithian-cartomancy-deck-and-signed-book Tava BairdThreshold Magic Pt 2: Reframing Chaos and Holding the Space of Compassion:https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com/2380665/episodes/19387245-threshold-magic-pt-2-reframing-chaos-and-holding-the-space-of-compassion mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.comMystical Musings episode archive:https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com/2380665Explore Amnivara:https://amnivara.comJennifer’s music and sound recordings:https://amnivara.bandcamp.comTava Baird:https://www.tavabaird.comThank you for listening and for bringing your questions, curiosity, and open heart to the conversation. If you’re enjoying the podcast, please consider telling a friend or sharing it on social media.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice. We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance. Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

Jennifer and Tava begin with a whirlwind of unusual experiences: Jennifer’s vivid, disorienting encounter in the night, a sense of energy moving and shifting through her body, and the discovery that Keith had also felt a touch. As they compare notes, Tava shares her own liminal experiences and a poem by Jennifer Jurlando that seems to echo their conversation about ancestors and time. The episode turns toward Samael’s image of power as fluctuating rings and spheres of influence—and leaves the rest of his message for next week.IN THIS EPISODE• Jennifer recounts an intense nighttime experience and the moments that followed.• Tava connects the experience with her own liminal encounters, including a visitation from Helael.• Jennifer and Tava reflect on ancestors, overlapping time, and Jennifer Jurlando’s poem.• Samael offers a new perspective on the rings of power and the changing shape of our influence.• The conversation continues next week with the rest of Samael’s message.JOURNEY THROUGH THIS EPISODE00:00 — A whirlwind of energy, unusual readings, and a request for something grounding03:00 — Jennifer describes what happened when she woke in the night10:00 — Keith’s experience, an unexpected touch, and a morning of strange signs13:00 — Looking through family history and noticing the echoes of ancestors15:00 — Jennifer Jurlando’s poem on time, ancestors, and tending to one another20:00 — Tava shares her own liminal experiences and Helael’s visitation24:00 — Serpents, the spine, pendulums, and entering liminal space29:00 — A remembered conversation, shared work, and the possibility of overlapping experiences33:00 — Electrical disturbances and an unexpected message36:00 — A child’s touch, creative work, and shifting perspective43:00 — Ancestors, changing conditions, and a possible clearing of the decks47:00 — A dream about family, a house, and what is carried forward50:00 — Preparing to hear from Samael53:00 — A grounding invocation and the beginning of Samael’s message01:00:00 — Seeing the time spiral from a new perspective01:03:00 — Rings, spheres, and the fluctuating shapes of influence01:05:00 — Chakras, energy centers, and a body that continually shifts01:08:00 — “Soul Soothing” brings the episode to a calm, settled closeMUSICAL TRANSMISSIONSSoul Soothing — Jennifer offers a Reiki-infused musical transmission to help listeners return to a calm and settled place.FOR YOUR JOURNEYAmnivara: https://amnivara.comAmnivara on Bandcamp: https://amnivara.bandcamp.comJennifer Jurlando’s poem: https://www.patreon.com/JenniferJurlando/posts/doulas-ancestors-171334368Her book of Poetry - No Mistakes Were Made https://www.lulu.com/shop/jennifer-jurlando-and-tava-baird/no-mistakes-were-made/paperback/product-84m9erw.html?page=1&pageSize=4CONTINUE EXPLORINGJennifer Taylor is Keeper of Amnivara, a Reiki Master Teacher, sound channel, and energy practitioner. Explore sessions, Reiki training, and sound recordings at https://amnivara.com.Tava Baird is an author, artist, Lilithian practitioner and Dae Magic teacher. Explore her books and work at https://www.tavabaird.com/.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

In the second half of their fairy-minded conversation, Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird follow a hummingbird’s unexpected appearance toward questions of manifestation, change, reciprocity, and discernment. With reflections from Samael, they consider what it can mean to encounter a swift, shape-shifting energy; how grounding guides can help hold the center; and why a true exchange asks us to be honest about both what we seek and what we are willing to offer. Along the way, fruit, trees, a stone circle, and a race-car metaphor invite a more spacious look at relationship—both with the unseen and with ourselves.In This EpisodeHummingbirds, flashes of light, and the qualities of fae energyHigh-vibration change and the importance of groundingDiscernment, consent, and consulting the guides you already trustReciprocity as reflection: what we give, receive, and invest in ourselvesOfferings of fruit, care for the land, and finding a meaningful tradeSamael’s guidance for meeting transformative energy with clarityJourney Through This Episode00:00 — Opening musical consecration04:00 — Hummingbird energy, messages, and manifestation10:00 — The oak and the whirlwind: balancing high vibration14:00 — The race-car metaphor: preparation before transformation18:00 — Trade, reciprocity, and spiritual self-reflection23:00 — Samael’s guidance for a possible fae encounter31:00 — Fruit, care, and offerings from the garden33:00 — Long Meg, Midsummer, and a gift from the trees36:00 — A grounding musical transmission41:00 — Closing reflection: the calm at the center of the stormMusical TransmissionsOpening song of clearing and consecrationClosing grounding transmissionContinue ExploringListen to Mystical Musings — https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.comJennifer’s Private Soul Resonance Sessions — https://amnivara.com/soul-resonance-sessionsExplore Amnivara — https://amnivara.comJennifer’s Music & Sound Recordings — https://amnivara.bandcamp.comTava Baird / Darkflower Books & Folk Art — https://www.tavabaird.comThank you for listening and for bringing your questions, curiosity, and open heart to the conversation.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

What might we be seeing when we call something a fairy? Jennifer brings a student’s vivid encounter and a startling hummingbird visitation into the conversation, opening a much larger exploration with Samael about fae energy, messengers, gateways, exchange, and transformation. Together, Jennifer and Tava consider the difference between spirits of place, energetic expressions, and entities that appear at the edges of change—and why discernment, relationship, and knowing oneself matter when an invitation to exchange is offered.In This EpisodeA student’s glimpse of a small gray, winged beingJennifer’s hummingbird encounter and a lesson carried through the gatewayBirds, angels, and fae as messengersFae as beings of transition, movement, manifestation, and exchangeWhy a trade can be an invitation into self-examinationThe difference between what we have and who we areRelationship, discernment, and honoring the beings and materials we work withPart One of an ongoing conversation about the faeJourney Through This Episode00:00 — Spooky season, market magic, and Amnivara taking form03:00 — A student’s question about a gray “fairy”06:00 — A hummingbird arrives at Jennifer’s window11:00 — A tiny being, a lesson, and healing for the Earth13:00 — Permission, relationship, and the residual energy of animal materials20:00 — Samael requests a song about gateways21:00 — Musical transmission: “Gateways”27:00 — A note about Samael’s rapidly received words28:00 — What do we mean when we say “fairy”?30:00 — Nature entities, gatekeepers, and the meaning of exchange34:00 — The hummingbird as messenger38:00 — Fae energy: wild, raw, emotional, and connected to nature41:00 — Trades, balance, and participation in the process45:00 — What would you sacrifice—and what would you never give away?50:00 — Traits of fae: exchange, motion, knowledge, and transformation54:00 — Spirits of place, settling energy, and the pull of possibility01:01:00 — Self-worth, equal terms, and supercharged evolution01:05:00 — The gray being and energy at the edge state01:07:00 — Part One closes01:08:00 — Closing musical transmission with crystal and Himalayan bowlsMusical Transmissions“Gateways” — a channeled vocal transmission requested by SamaelGrounding closing transmission — voice with crystal and Himalayan bowlsFor Your JourneyMentioned in this episode:Listen to Amnivara’s music on Bandcamp — https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/Explore Jennifer’s work with Amnivara — https://www.amnivara.com/Explore Tava’s writing, classes, and offerings — https://www.tavabaird.com/Continue ExploringJennifer Taylor is Keeper of Amnivara, Reiki Master Teacher, Animal Reiki Master Teacher, sound channel, and energy practitioner. Explore sessions, Reiki classes, channeled sound, and Amnivara offerings at https://www.amnivara.com/.Tava Baird is a writer, teacher, spiritual counselor, and practitioner whose work explores story, ritual, mythology, and the sacred dark. Find her books, classes, and offerings at https://www.tavabaird.com/.Listen to more episodes of Mystical Musings at https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.com/.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

Jennifer and Tava return to their conversation about expectation, control, and the strange gifts that can appear when familiar certainty falls away. From sensory-deprivation tanks and walking through a dark forest without a flashlight to divination, self-worth, and the mystery of taking one step at a time, they explore what becomes possible when we loosen our grip on needing to know the whole path. The episode closes with an unexpected musical transmission—and a message that leaves them both with much to sit with.In This EpisodeWhat happens to time, awareness, and perception when ordinary sensory input falls awayThe difference between the narrow “beam” of control and a wider, more responsive awarenessDivination as conversation rather than a demand for predictionReleasing the pressure to have every answer before moving forwardMist, mystery, and learning to trust the next visible stepWhy building a relationship with a guide is part of the pathSelf-worth, Lilith, and granting ourselves permission to approach the divineAn unexpected message carried through Samael following Jennifer’s songJourney Through This Episode00:00 — Opening song05:30 — In the absence of stimulus08:30 — When time slips away09:30 — Seeing with consciousness14:30 — Learning the dark18:00 — Expectation, safety, and awareness22:30 — Samael on prediction and power24:30 — Letting yourself stop26:00 — Questions, divination, and connection31:00 — The mist and the next step33:30 — Finding guides for yourself35:00 — There are no Pagan police38:00 — Worth is not conceit42:00 — Perfectly imperfect44:00 — A song of worth48:00 — Another speaks50:00 — “Sing on, singer”53:00 — A guide at the thresholdMusical TransmissionJennifer opens the episode with a song to set the space. Near the close, she invites Samael, Lilith, and Michael to bring through a song of worth.Mentions:podcast discussing blindfold vision What Resonates Podcast - May 20, 2026 Blindfold Vision, Midnight, and Newuman Potential with Dr Edith Ubuntu https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-what-resonates-77405468/episode/blindfold-vision-mindsight-and-new-human-potential-with-dr-edith-ubuntu-chan-334217709Continue ExploringJennifer Taylor / Amnivarahttps://amnivara.comJennifer’s channeled music and sound transmissionshttps://amnivara.bandcamp.comTava Bairdhttps://tavabaird.comMystical Musingshttps://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.comThank you for listening to Mystical Musings. May you find yourself worthy to walk the path—and may mystery become not an obstacle, but a companion.This podcast is offered for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment. It is not medical, psychological, legal, or professional advice. Trust your own discernment, and seek licensed support when it is needed.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

As the pace of change quickens and the future feels especially tempting to predict, hosts Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird explore the expectations we carry into rituals, relationships, divination, and everyday life. Through a channeled musical transmission with Archangel Michael and Samael, reflections on perception and possibility, and “bouquets of Lilithians,” they consider what may open when we loosen our grip on the stories we expect to be true. This is Part One of a two-part conversation.In This EpisodeA musical transmission with Archangel Michael and SamaelSamael’s invitation to release the need to predict and controlThe expectations we carry about how the divine sees usPerception, the brain’s predictive habits, and the stories we make from themDivination as conversation and perspective rather than fixed predictionChoice, probability, and the possibility of changing courseScience, metaphysics, and the limits of what human senses can measureHow expectations about ourselves and others shape the worlds we enter Journey Through This Episode00:00 — A season of acceleration02:20 — Musical transmission with Michael and Samael08:10 — Samael on expectation and divination10:15 — A bouquet of Lilithians and an unexpected message15:30 — How perception constructs experience24:00 — Divination, agency, and moving energy with intention29:10 — Probability, choice, and the future that is not fixed38:00 — Eggspectations, metaphysical wedgies, and possibility42:20 — What changes when we expect to be loved?47:35 — Science at the edge of the unknown56:30 — Why spiritual work resists simple repeatability1:00:20 — Part Two begins next weekMusical TransmissionJennifer opens this episode with a live channeled song, inviting in Archangel Michael and Samael.For Your JourneyMentioned in this episode:Listen to the Mystical Musings episode on currents: https://mysticalmusings.buzzsprout.comExplore Jennifer’s Reiki-infused sound recordings: https://amnivara.bandcamp.comContinue ExploringJennifer Taylor and Amnivara: https://amnivara.comTava Baird’s books, classes, and offerings: https://www.tavabaird.comMore from Mystical Musings: https://www.amnivara.com/mystical-musingsClosing ReflectionWhat might become possible if, for one day, you entered each room expecting more kindness, more support, and more possibility than you had allowed yourself to imagine?Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

This week hosts Jennifer Taylor and Tava Baird continue their conversation with Alicia Enciso Litschi. Together, they follow the Corn Mother through the wild places between worlds—into Nepantla, the sacred work of reconfiguration, the wisdom of Little Deer, the living presence of ancestors, and the many forms of mothering that can meet us in community. Jennifer closes with a channeled musical transmission, followed by a message from Samael on finding our way back to communion.In This EpisodeThe wild as a force that crosses boundaries and reclaims what has been separated“Feed everything”: offerings, the edge, and the world rising through the cracksNepantla, Coatlicue, and the transformational power of the in-betweenBarbara McClintock, jumping genes, and corn’s inherent diversityCorn Mother medicine dolls, sacred objects, and the basket that holds many beingsAncestors, the beloved dead, and restoring relationship across the veilSelu, Little Deer, and the balance of the Sacred HunterA channeled Corn Mother song of celebration and blessingSamael’s message on mothering, grief, joy, and community as communionJourney Through This Episode00:00 — The Wild Crosses Borders03:20 — Feed Everything08:20 — Nepantla: The World Between Worlds11:15 — Coatlicue and the Reconfiguring World12:00 — Barbara McClintock and the Jumping Genes17:15 — Corn Mother’s Traveling Medicine Doll19:00 — Dolls, Memory, and Sacred Making23:20 — Tonantzin, Coatlicue, and Finding the Missing Piece27:30 — Angelic and Ancestral Balance30:00 — The Dead Are Always With Us36:20 — Selu and the Wisdom of Little Deer40:00 — Corn Mother as a Bridge to Unseen Guides42:30 — A Channeled Song for Corn Mother48:00 — Dancing in Her Basket51:00 — Samael: “Have You Ever Had a Mother?”Musical TransmissionCorn Mother’s BasketA channeled song and sound transmission from Jennifer, received in the presence of Corn Mother. Carried by voice, bowls, and the whispering sound of dried corn leaves, this transmission moves as celebration, blessing, and an offering sent outward into the world.For Your JourneySelu: Seeking the Corn-Mother’s Wisdom by Marilou Awiaktahttps://www.fulcrumbooks.com/product-page/selu-seeking-the-corn-mother-s-wisdomContinue ExploringWork With Alicia Enciso Litschi Ancestral tending work, individual sessions, groups, and writingshttps://www.waywardcurandera.com/Alicia’s writings, including stories of Corn Mother and Guadalupe.https://www.waywardcurandera.com/soulstories.htmlCorn Mother WritingsStories and reflections from Alicia's journeys with Corn Mother. https://offeringsforcornmother.substack.com/With JenniferPrivate Soul Resonance Sessions, Reiki training, channeled sound offerings, and more through Amnivarahttps://amnivara.com/Healing music and channeled recordings from Jennifer, including opening song, “A Building of Community” in the Lilith Albumhttps://amnivara.bandcamp.com/With TavaLIlithian Day Magic Classes, workshops, readings, books, folk art, and more from Tava Bairdhttps://www.tavabaird.com/Tava’s books, handmade folk art, poppets, haunted dolls, magical tools and more https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com/May we remember that we do not have to rejoice alone, grieve alone, create alone, or walk alone. There are many beings in the basket—and there is room for all of us.Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/

Sometimes the relationships that shape us begin long before we have words for them.  In this first conversation with Alicia Enciso Litschi—the Wayward Curandera—Jennifer and Tava follow the threads of Corn Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe/Tonantzin, ancestral memory, and the intelligence of the land. Alicia shares the stories, relationships, and unexpected spirals that have shaped her work, inviting us to consider how connection may find us through art, lineage, the places we love, and the questions we are finally ready to ask.Please note: this episode begins with an extended energetic musical transmission, including periods of quiet space.WATCH THIS EPISODE on YOUTUBE Journey Through This Episode00:00 — Welcoming Alicia Enciso Litschi02:35 — Ancestral Tending, Corn Mother, and Offerings to Place07:30 — A Solar Doorway Opens10:00 — Musical Transmission25:10 — “Sing, Shine, and Burn”34:10 — Corn Comes Down from the Stars37:20 — Guadalupe, Tonantzin, and the Stars45:25 — A Mother of the People53:00 — Finding Corn Mother59:30 — Beginning an Ancestor Practice01:03:00 — The Spiral Path of Ancestral Tending01:09:15 — Ways to Work with Alicia01:17:00 — “Awaken”Work With Alicia Enciso Litschi Ancestral tending work, individual sessions, groups, and writings https://www.waywardcurandera.com/Alicia’s writings, including stories of Corn Mother and Guadalupe. https://www.waywardcurandera.com/soulstories.htmlCorn Mother WritingsStories and reflections from Alicia's journeys with Corn Mother. https://offeringsforcornmother.substack.com/Specific Stories Mentioned :Jenn mentions: When People Confuse Guadalupe for Maryhttps://www.waywardcurandera.com/soul-stories-for-las-madres/when-people-confuse-guadalupe-for-mother-maryAlicia mentions a connection between Corn Mother and the Pleiades.  This came from her friend Jade Wah'oo Grigori and his story:Tears of the Blue Corn Maidens:  https://jadewahoogrigori.bandcamp.com/album/a-shamans-tales-stories-and-songs-from-an-american-shamanMusical TransmissionsOpening transmission with Corn Mother, Tonantzin, and the energies that gathered around the conversation“Awaken” — a channeled song from Archangel Michael and a nature spirit teacher, shared at the close of the episode https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/track/mystic-fire-2025-ritual-awakenWith JenniferPrivate Soul Resonance Sessions, Reiki training, channeled sound offerings, and more through Amnivarahttps://amnivara.com/Healing music and channeled recordings from Jennifer, including “Awaken”https://amnivara.bandcamp.com/With TavaLIlithian Day Magic Classes, workshops, readings, books, folk art, and more from Tava Bairdhttps://www.tavabaird.com/Tava’s books, handmade folk art, poppets, haunted dolls, magical tools and more https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com/Please remember this podcast is for inspiration, reflection, and entertainment only, and is not medical, psychological, or professional advice.We are two friends sharing personal experiences and evolving perspectives as we learn and grow. This is not a substitute for your own discernment, inner wisdom, or qualified professional guidance.Take what resonates, trust your intuition, and seek licensed support when needed, always honoring your own inner knowing and personal truth. Thank you joining us today, you are a valued member of our tribe!  If you are enjoying the podcast, please consider telling your friends and sharing it on social media.  We would greatly appreciate your support in helping us reach others and spread our messages of worth, openness and exploration. Connect with your Hosts! Tava Baird:   tavabaird.com or https://darkflowerbooks.etsy.com.Jennifer Taylor:  Amnivara (previously Willow Ridge Reiki and Healing Arts)           https://www.Amnivara.com/