Today's discussion on Spotify delves deep into the intriguing topic of "Girl Bossing" and the hidden fallacies that might lurk beneath its glamorous surface. We explore the notion of being caught in the never-ending cycle of hard work for capitalism, all under the guise of feminism. Is it truly a spiritual endeavor to push oneself to the limits wit…

Today's discussion on Spotify delves deep into the intriguing topic of "Girl Bossing" and the hidden fallacies that might lurk beneath its glamorous surface. We explore the notion of being caught in the never-ending cycle of hard work for capitalism, all under the guise of feminism. Is it truly a spiritual endeavor to push oneself to the limits wit…

In this emotionally charged episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, we embark on a profound exploration of our relationships with food, addressing sensitive topics, including eating disorders. Join us for in-depth conversations about body image, eating habits, and the complex connections we share with the sustenance that nourishes us.Trigger warning: …

🌌 Prepare for an extraordinary cosmic odyssey in this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, titled "Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind." Hosts Nicky and Love embark on an exhilarating exploration into the world of inter-dimensional beings using the CE5 protocol, a fusion of ancient shamanic practices and CIA techniques.🛸 Dive deep into the re…

Embark on a mind-bending journey into the realms of consciousness and cosmic encounters in this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast. Join your hosts, Nicky and Love, as they once again delve into the profound world of Grandmother Ayahuasca. But this time, Nicky takes center stage, sharing her awe-inspiring experiences with inter-dimensional …

Dive into the enchanting world of healing and spiritual wonder on The Afro Animist Podcast, where Nicky and Love are joined by the remarkable Clara Luz. In this captivating episode, they explore Clara's divine healing gifts and unravel the mystical tapestry of Glastonbury, often referred to as the heart chakra of the world (not to be confused with …

Welcome back to a new episode of The Afro Animist Podcast! Explore the beautiful world of healing and transformation as The Afro Animist Podcast presents a captivating episode featuring profound experiences with the sacred plant medicine, Ayahuasca. Join us as Nicky and Love share their remarkable journeys, delving into the ancient wisdom of medici…

Blessings on this Spring Equinox ! #HappyNewYear the spring is springing, the seeds are shooting, life is awakening all around us and honestly we’re excited. Will you utilise the energies of Ostara tonight or over the next few days? From setting simple new intentions to birth over the next year, to cleaning out the physical mess of your house or ev…

What is the #motherwound? This week Jay and Nicola explore their experience around their wounded feminine, how they’ve grown and learnt from it. This episode doesn't seek to blame Mothers, or Parents, but the concept itself which can be carried through blood lines intergenerationally. How much of our Mother's Mother's Mother's Mother's coping mecha…

Join us this week as we continue celebrating the wonderful nature of womanhood with @aishadeeplyrooted Aisha is a survivor of domestic abuse and a generational cycle breaker, who has used her pain to create a safe space to support women and for women to pour into themselves. She supports women on their journey of coming to the realisation of how em…

To kick off Women's History Month tomorrow, we're having a conversation with the Magickal @emmakathrynwildwitch About the archetype of The Mother Goodess. What better way to celebrate Women than to discuss the ways in which we're understood to possess power and wisdom? This will be an expansive conversation about Mother Goddesses across our respect…

Over here @theafroanimistpodcast hq we have been stepping out! We are making an effort this year to go and take part in the events and work with the healers that inspire us. Last month we headed down to @hotyogapeckham to take @nurturingfolk beautiful ‘Rest and Renew’ Retreat!!! A mix of breath work and sound healing, became a very very juicy two h…

Isn't Negativity in and of itself- negative??? What are we even talking about here? In this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast we talk all about the negative rumination that seeps into every area of your being if you spend your time focusing on it. The world has a lot of good and a lot of bad- How do you spend your focus on a day to day bas…

Did you spend this weekend marking Imbolc, or the Feast of Maman Brigitte? This time of year marks an equal point between winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, where we start to see a turn in the seasons. This is where the death and cold of winter begins to subside and the newness of rebirth begins. In Haiti, and New Orleans Vodou, the Feast of Maman…

A Magickal business...? You can do that? Of course! You can use your magickal and spiritual practices to enhance any aspect of your life. In this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, we'll be speaking with the brilliant Richard Metzger. Richard Metzger is the editor and publisher of the long running outsider arts blog Dangerous Minds. Prior …

This week on The Afro Animist Podcast, we deal with the topics of Toxic Positivity, Victim Blaming and abuse. It's so easy in the spiritual community to slip into states of Toxic Positivity, especially when it's so heavily preached and it can be a wonderful distraction from healing. But when we get to the nitty gritty, it's so important to talk abo…

We’re back this week with our first episode of 2023!!! Also, it just happens to be our first birthday this week! We’ve been thinking (and chatting) a lot about the meaning of new year, the pressure of it and the reality of what is is really to force new beginnings in the depths of the dark time of the year. We’re feeling like #2023 is a year to get…

It's the most wonderful time of year! We're not talking about the Mas of Christ per se... This time of year- the Winter Solstice- Is marked around the globe with several different festivals acknowledging the shortest day of the sun. How do you mark Winter Solstice each year? Tune into this Wednesday's episode to hear all about Winter Solstice celeb…

This week we have a great chat with @aisha.shehu.ansell of @maisonshehu We talk all about her beautiful perfume Huit Etoiles and the the connection to spirit through scent. We can use scent to summon, to dress ourselves and our tools, sometimes scent may arrive as a sign from spirit when you’re doing your work. Do you use incense, oils in your prac…

This week we talk all things magically sexual, exploring our own experiences to techniques we’ve learned. There’s a lot of stigma around this kind of exploration in our culture but the ancients had techniques for manifesting and understanding through their sexual energy. There’s a power in that O - and ways to put it to good use 💫 Find us on Apple …

This week we are exploring all things folk music with the incredibly knowledgeable @essaflett Did you know that folk music and esoterica are inextricably linked? Because both are mediums of the people, used for expression, community, education and cultural story telling. Through the Middle Ages the witch trials destroyed this cultural connection fo…

This week, Nicky and Jay have a good old chat with Angie @evolving.on.purpose about #humandesign Now if you’ve been listening for a while, you probably have noticed that Jay and Nicola have a mini obsession with this form of reading and have been eager to have a better understanding. And Angie brings ALL of the knowledge this week. Join us on this …

This Wednesday we are BACK with an ✨ amazing ✨interview with no other than the wonderful Sena @voncujovi - We'll be exploring his work on making space for people to come back to African traditional practices, and his experience of being of mixed heritage and working with his medicine from both Ghana and Japan. His story is truly fascinating and his…

How much of you do you hide away from the world? How does that help, or hinder you? In this week's show we give you some of the tips and techniques from our talk at the Magickal Women Conference 2022. We speak and share our experience in using the ‘journey’ to connect with the deepest parts of yourself and work on that shadow. Follow us! Tik Tok ht…

🎃So many cultures have observations of the thinning of the veil this time of year... How is Samhain and Diwali linked? Tune in to this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast to find out!🕯️ Follow us! Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@theafroanimist . Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theafroanimist . Twitter https://twitter.com/afroanimist Subs…

How can frankincense and lavender be used in beauty spells? How does a witch approach the topic of beauty, through magick? Tune in to find out more about the practicalities of beauty magick! Follow us! Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@theafroanimist . Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theafroanimist . Twitter https://twitter.com/afroanimist Subscr…

What is Kitchen Witchery?! Join us as we speak to our wonderful guest Nicole from @lyfeismagick ! This sis is so so full of knowledge! As well as having an absolute laugh, Nicole shows us how to utilise your kitchen, herbs, and local produce to create spells and magick at home 🌿🌟 Here's Nicole's Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/lyfeismagick/ Fo…

Have you ever made your own spell bags? How about foraging for your own spellwork? In this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, Nicky and Jay discuss the benefits of being involved with the tools of your spiritual practice from source! Turn on, tune in and ask yourself the most important questions of our existence with Nicky and Jay. Here's …

In this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, we're joined by @theloresofnature, discussing the hidden Folklore of Psychedelics! As Animists, we believe that all plants are sacred. By sharing the folklore, we keep the spirits of these plants known among our communities. Find @theloresofnature on Instagram and Tik Tok! https://www.instagram.co…

Do you ever wonder if we're in a simulation? Have you spotted moments of a 'glitch in the matrix'? Will the computers take over? In this episode we discuss AI, the 'matrix' and transhumanism through robotics and technology. Through the lens of Artificial Intelligence, we ask the question: Is humanity being replaced? Turn on, tune in and ask yoursel…

This week we delve in to the spiritual nature of Acting and Storytelling with Rory Francis! (@aroryfrancis). Storytelling through acting can be deeply healing- It is a channelling artform after all. Rory shares his mental health journey with us on this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast and leaves us thinking a little deeper about our own c…

Welcome welcome welcome, beautiful being of the multiverse to season 2 of The Afro Animist Podcast. We're kicking off this season by talking about the sanctity of rest and self-care. We also take a look at human design, and how working with our own unique design can help us to achieve purpose without expending unnecessary energy! Turn on, tune in a…

Lucid dreaming, astral projection, journeywork... What do they all have in common? Tune into this week's episode where we talk all about various forms of soulflight. This is definitely a tip-of-the-iceberg kind of conversation! Here's the link to tickets for The Magickal Women's Conference, where we're going to talk all about Journey work and the S…

Oh hey Shadow 👋 Shadow work Shadow work Shadow work. Something we hear about all the time but what is it? And is it possible to do the work while you're in a relationship (romantic or otherwise)?! Jay and Nicola discuss the basics of working with the Shadow on this weeks episode, looking at what it is and how it effects our everyday.…

This week we look at the Tarot with Spiritual Life Coach Reena of @goldkeyguidance Lots of us like to play with this tool for divination, but what is it like to really read them? Aren't they just playing cards with pictures on? We look at what the Tarot is and what we might use it for, and the way it compliments coaching and other forms of spiritua…

Why is Ritual so important and why on Earth are we always banging on about? Rituals happen in the sense that you can sit at an altar, with a candle, focused- did you also know that rituals happen in the day to day without us even realising? Tune in to this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast to hear all about The Art of Ritual. Trigger warni…

Do you ever feel like your lineage is cursed? Do you feel like there's a trauma pattern replaying throughout your bloodline? How do you solve a problem like Intergenerational trauma? Listen in to this week's episode of The Afro Animist Podcast where we talk all things Intergenerational Curses. Follow us on Instagram and Tik Tok : @theafroanimistpod…

Have you ever wondered what it spiritually means to have Afro hair? Do you know why it's important to have natural hair? Does shaving your head and going bald, or doing the big chop change your energy? Listen in to this episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, where we talk all about the Magick of Hair! Hair is such an important part of African Diaspor…

Have you ever manifested something, only for it to blow up in your face spectacularly? Listen in to our first VIDEO episode of The Afro Animist Podcast, where we talk all things manifestation... manifesting your dreams, manifesting money, manifesting the right people! It's all possible if you know how to use the law of attraction and natural law. W…

Our self-admittedly, funnest episode yet! We talk all about the wisdom of animals and communicating- yes! Communicating with animals. We're talking good, old fashioned psychic communication with our beloved pets. Shout out to JJ (no relation) the Dog and Fox-Fox the cat !🐱 Join in the conversation on instagram and tiktok @theafroanimistpodcast, and…

This week we have a special guest! Emma Kathryn, Author, Witch and Obeahwoman. We are so incredibly delighted to have our highly respected mentor on the show. What is Obeah? Is it devil worship? What can we learn from getting in touch with the practices that make the most sense to us in the Diaspora? Find out all of this and more in this week's epi…

This week we deep dive into womb-space talk. Sacral energy! Jay and Nicola share their personal experiences as cis women; good sex, great sexual health and dealing with the medical system as a young Bipoc woman. Do you know your cycle? Do you know the deep connection between water and the moon? Getting to the down and dirty of knowing, connecting w…

In this week’s episode Nicola and Jay discuss the reality cults, abuse and the dark side of spiritual (or any) community. With guest Elizabeth Donoghue, activist and survivor, we explore the nature of cults, how abuse happens and what it is. What is it like to walk into the world of 'healing' and be faced with cult mentality, mental, physical and s…

This week Jay and Nicola share parts of their own journey with mental health in relation to their spiritual practice. They have a raw and honest chat about the challenges they have faced and the tools they have picked up along the way to support their own mental wellbeing and growth. Do you have tools to support your mental wellbeing journey? Let u…

Is wearing a Bindi cultural appropriation if you're not Hindu?What if you're reeeallllly reallllly into Indian culture- is it okay then?This week on the Afro Animist Podcast, we'll be discussing cultural appropriation within the Spiritual Community and Spirituality.What does it look like, what does it feel like for the victims and how does it cause…

This week Jay and Nicola discuss the use of Psychedelics in modern western society, the healing potential they have and the ways they can be misused. Are we told the truth about the reality of these natural medicines? Do they bring you closer to yourself, God? Should we have access to them or are they dangerous and they easy way out when it comes t…

Do shows like Star Trek and Black Mirror warn us of what is to come or are we collectively creating our reality? Jay and Nicola dive deep into this question on the episode. As a society are we programmed by our media to behave, think and create in a certain way? Do we have the freedom to truly manifest the world we desire, and can we even imagine t…

Nicola and Jay discuss living in the world of modern Witchcraft and question if we should and how we could use the occult to create changes in the world. Join the conversation and let us know what you think @theafroanimistpodcast on Instagram.

Nicola and Jay discuss spiritual systems as forms of protection and quiet (yet mighty) revolution. Can how we use our energy really change the world? Follow @theafroanimistpodcast on Instagram and join the discussion!

Nicola and Jay talk about what it's like to truly trust your intuition and the miracles that occur from doing so. We're going LIVE on Clubhouse, February 10th 8pm GMT to discuss trusting your intuition. Listen in and join the conversation. Visit @theafroanimistpodcast on Instagram!