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The Alchemy of Tattooing
SHANE COLEY
14 episodes
16 hours ago
The Alchemy of Tattooing, Wisdoms of Ancestor Tattoo. Where we explore and revive the ancient understandings and methods of tattooing... for transformation, creation and shifting into a higher vibration... through processes so effective that it seems like Magick... or is it indeed Magick!
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The Alchemy of Tattooing, Wisdoms of Ancestor Tattoo. Where we explore and revive the ancient understandings and methods of tattooing... for transformation, creation and shifting into a higher vibration... through processes so effective that it seems like Magick... or is it indeed Magick!
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The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.11 - The Tattoo as Frequency: Anchoring Intention into the Biofield

In this episode, we explore the deeper dimension of tattooing, beyond art, beyond culture, into the realm of energy, consciousness, and transformation.


A sacred tattoo, when created with intention, geometry, and blessing, becomes a living frequency. It anchors into the human biofield, continually emitting the vibration of its creation and harmonising the energetic body over time.


Through this lens, tattooing reveals itself as an ancient spiritual technology, one that bridges science and spirit, matter and consciousness.

I share how intention shapes frequency, how geometry encodes energy, and how the process of tattooing imprints vibration into the living field, allowing true transformation and healing to unfold.


This is a journey into the mystery of how form carries consciousness, and how the mark on the skin becomes a transmitter of light within the human being.


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3 weeks ago
10 minutes 42 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.10 - Morphic Resonance & Sacred Tattooing

What if tattooing is not just art, but an ancient gateway into a field of memory that exists beyond the mind?

In this episode, we explore the concept of Morphic Resonance, the idea that repeated behaviours, forms, and symbols strengthen a collective memory field that transcends time and space. Across millennia, cultures, and lineages, tattooing has been more than ornament. It has been ritual, initiation, offering, and vow, a ceremonial act that resonates with those who came before.

Through breath, pain, blood, and symbol, the body remembers. A spiral is never just a spiral. A serpent is never only an animal. Each mark carries the imprint of those who bore it in ceremony, becoming a tuning fork that aligns the wearer with its frequency.

We look at how ancestral tattooing reawakens broken threads of lineage, how symbols become allies in healing and transformation, and how sacred tattooing done with intention contributes to a living morphic field, one that can be felt, remembered, and carried forward.

This is a conversation about resonance, memory, and the alchemy of skin and spirit.

It is about how tattoos become not just aesthetic, but magnetic.

Not just personal, but ancestral.

Not just symbolic… but alive.

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1 month ago
9 minutes 3 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.09 - Cellular Reprogramming: The Hidden Power of Sacred Tattooing

In this episode, we explore how tattooing is far more than an art form, it is a living dialogue with the body, the spirit, and the cells themselves. When approached with intention and ceremony, tattooing becomes an energetic signal that shapes our biology, reprogramming cellular memory and awakening ancestral wisdom.


You’ll discover how belief, environment, and symbolism influence the very behaviour of our cells, how ritual and prayer create a state where healing thrives, and how the pain of tattooing itself can act as a passage of transformation. From sacred geometry to ancestral lineage, every design carries resonance, becoming a story written not just on the skin, but within the living memory of the body.


This is where ancient wisdom meets modern science, revealing tattooing as a profound tool for healing, empowerment, and becoming whole.

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1 month ago
7 minutes 2 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.08 - Talking with Stephanie Big Eagle

This episode we are talking with Stephanie Big Eagle. Stephanie is Lakota and Dakota on her fathers side, Nordic and Haudenosaunee on her mothers side.

Stephanie Big Eagle is a traditional handpoke tattoo artist, the owner of Thunderbird Rising Studios, and author of Thunderbird Rising.

We explore the tattoo traditions, of which so much has been lost, of the Native American Nations. The spiritual and ceremonial aspects of the tattooing and the revival of such an important cultural practice and identity.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephbigeagle/

Website: https://www.stephbigeagle.com www.thunderbirdrising919.com

Book: Thunderbird Rising: https://www.amazon.com/Thunderbird-Rising-Reconnection-Resilience-Empowerment/dp/1737512211/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=thunderbird+rising&qid=1635197592&qsid=141-0253157-8127214&sr=8-1&sres=1737512211%2CB098LQWS8R%2CB097CGVXGZ%2C0913056049%2CB08ZQ8K6KH%2CB07M8P5VF2%2CB098DR4V76%2CB07QCQNKG7%2CB06WVFMYWT%2CB00SARHPKS%2CB084PV952N%2CB08D1XX766%2CB000OOKJ58%2CB00DOTL5EE%2CB08L6W3W63%2CB094SYV22L

Contact Shane... ancestortattoo@gmail.com

Website: ancestortattoo.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanetattooer/

Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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4 years ago
1 hour 4 minutes 9 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
Guided Meditation: Smoke & Flame Meditation
WHAT IS THIS This Meditation of Smoke and Flame is a semi-active mediation where we can ask for insights or guidance and journey to the otherworld. This is a meditative state that brings in elements of Scrying. We use Flame and Smoke. Both these elements have meditative effects and are also considered the in-between places. The thin veil between this world and the otherworld. In this meditation we connect with the Flame we see… to the Flame within us… our sacred flame… our spiritual fire… our source of inspiration. We also connect to the Smoke and let it guide us with its flow and shapes, it’s journey and it’s access to insights. SET UP For this meditation you will need a candle… if you can find sustainably made pure beeswax candles… then these are best… as the burning of pure beeswax stimulates the pituitary gland in humans which in turn triggers the intuitive parts of the brain. You will need some form of incense… stick incense or cone incense… or I prefer using charcoal blocks to drop resin or dried herbs or leaf on… my favourite is pine resin… juniper and cedar… also sage. This meditation is best done in a dark room or space so that the light of the flame illuminates the smoke as it rises. The set up… we want the incense or burning charcoal placed in front of the candle… play around a little bit with the exact location… sometimes directly in front is good… sometimes just to the left or right of the front of the candle gets better visual results for the smoke. PURPOSE The purpose of this meditation is really whatever you want it to be. Set an intention beforehand. If you have a question or are searching for some insight on anything… then set this as the intention for the meditation. The reason I find this style of meditation useful is that I’m not spending the moments clearing my mind of thoughts. I let the smoke of the incense and the flame of the candle take me on the journey. For periods through the meditation I can find myself blissfully drifting… clear of thoughts and concerns. As I watch and observe the swirling smoke and the illumination I feel I am entering another realm. In fact I am. Here is where we receive our insights… our answers… our guidance… here is where our Intuition is most powerful. Rather than concentrating on clearing my mind… I let what comes come. What messages am I receiving… what epiphanies am I awakening. What am I hearing… what am I seeing… what am I feeling. This journey will be experienced in whatever way yours takes you. Everyones experience is different. It may be very visual… it may be more of a feeling journey. Remember… in the Otherworld we may receive our information very differently than this realm. Learn to take notice of how you receive. You may have visions… you may have internal audible… you may just have feeling. But take notice of other aspects of receiving… in the otherworld the rules of this world don’t always apply. Really observe how you may be receiving… you could be hearing a thought… or are you feeling a vision… maybe you are seeing a feeling or thinking a sound. Take note of how this Otherworld communicates to you. Most importantly… go with the flow… let go… have fun… and enjoy awakening your inner wisdom through your journeys with Smoke and Flame. Download PDF Instructions: https://a76f09dd-6212-4777-b46e-971fdb361695.filesusr.com/ugd/41a3a5_8af8f68ccc644d6fa3152f07eefff4fa.pdf
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4 years ago
24 minutes 59 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.07 - Pt 2: Symbols That Speak: Intuitive Tattooing and Ancestral Wisdom (Part 2)

(Part 2): In this expansive and deeply personal episode, we journey into the power of ancestral connection and how it lives within us—through our blood, our bones, and the markings we choose to carry. Shane explores how tattooing, when rooted in cultural memory, becomes a sacred act of remembering, a way to honour lineage, and a tool for healing inherited wounds.


You’ll hear stories of personal awakening, intuitive downloads, and encounters with ancestral guides—alongside the long path of reclaiming identity after centuries of disconnection. From the impact of colonisation on Western ancestral reverence to the resurgence of indigenous tattoo traditions around the world, this episode traces how we begin to mend what has been broken.


Shane shares how ancestral connection can awaken intuitive gifts and open access to the deeper realms of knowing—through dreams, symbols, and the subtle language of divination. He speaks to the importance of connecting only with well ancestors, the dangers of unfiltered ancestor work, and the vital need to acknowledge all of one’s heritage—especially for those of mixed lineage.


We also explore epigenetics, shadow work, and the role of sacred markings in cultural revival and spiritual transformation.


This episode is an offering to those who are seeking their roots, healing their bloodlines, and remembering who they truly are. A powerful listen for anyone called to represent their ancestors through sacred tattooing and walk the path of intuitive remembering.



Contact Shane... shanetattooer@gmail.com


Website: ancestortattoo.com


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanetattooer/


Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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4 years ago
37 minutes

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.07 - Pt 1: Symbols That Speak: Intuitive Tattooing and Ancestral Wisdom (Part 1)

(Part 1): In this expansive and deeply personal episode, we journey into the power of ancestral connection and how it lives within us—through our blood, our bones, and the markings we choose to carry. Shane explores how tattooing, when rooted in cultural memory, becomes a sacred act of remembering, a way to honour lineage, and a tool for healing inherited wounds.


You’ll hear stories of personal awakening, intuitive downloads, and encounters with ancestral guides—alongside the long path of reclaiming identity after centuries of disconnection. From the impact of colonisation on Western ancestral reverence to the resurgence of indigenous tattoo traditions around the world, this episode traces how we begin to mend what has been broken.


Shane shares how ancestral connection can awaken intuitive gifts and open access to the deeper realms of knowing—through dreams, symbols, and the subtle language of divination. He speaks to the importance of connecting only with well ancestors, the dangers of unfiltered ancestor work, and the vital need to acknowledge all of one’s heritage—especially for those of mixed lineage.


We also explore epigenetics, shadow work, and the role of sacred markings in cultural revival and spiritual transformation.


This episode is an offering to those who are seeking their roots, healing their bloodlines, and remembering who they truly are. A powerful listen for anyone called to represent their ancestors through sacred tattooing and walk the path of intuitive remembering.


Contact Shane... shanetattooer@gmail.com


Website: ancestortattoo.com


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanetattooer/


Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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4 years ago
40 minutes 23 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.06 - Talking with Gordon Toi
This episode I’m talking with master of the traditional Maori art form of Ta Moko... Gordon Toi. This episode was recorded at Gordons home and private studio in Mapua... in the South Island of New Zealand/Aotearoa. Gordon shares with us some of his vast knowledge of the origins of Ta Moko, where the lines got their meanings from and the connection to the journey. Gordon being one of the most highly respected practitioners of the Puhoro shares with us its importance as a rite of passage and continued connection to the ancestors. We touch on how the carved look of the facial tattoos may have been achieved so successfully by the ancestors which present an ancient technology or knowledge that evades us today. The precision and detailed carved effect of the skin shows incredible skill and something we are unsure of achieving today. Gordon finishes off with words of how important the revival of Ta Moko is and where it can be taken in the future to heal, represent and identify. Gordon Toi: https://www.instagram.com/gtoinative/ Contact Shane... ancestortattoo@gmail.com Website: ancestortattoo.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanetattooer/ Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu
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4 years ago
53 minutes 22 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.05 - Ancestral Connection: Tattoos as Lineage, Healing, and Identity

In this deeply personal and powerful episode, we explore the sacred relationship between tattooing and ancestral connection—how the markings we wear can become conduits of remembrance, healing, and reclamation.


We speak to the spiritual truth that your ancestors are not gone—they are within your blood, bones, and DNA, and they are waiting to be acknowledged, honoured, and welcomed into your life. Through the act of ancestral tattooing, we open the door to this connection and embody it in living form.


Together, we journey through:

• The energetic presence of ancestors in our cells and spirit

• How ancestral trauma is passed through epigenetic memory, and how conscious reconnection brings healing

• The revival of cultural tattoo practices as acts of resistance, restoration, and sacred continuity

• The role of tattooing in initiating identity, restoring lineage dignity, and ending generational silence

• The importance of calling in only the “well ancestors”, and assisting in healing those who remain fractured

• Reclaiming lost European tribal tattoo practices and honouring multicultural lineages with integrity

• How marking the skin with ancestral symbols becomes an act of deep reverence, activation, and transformation


This episode is a call to all those who feel the pull to remember where they come from. To honour the ones who walked before. To reclaim a sense of rooted belonging in a time of mass disconnection.


Tattooing is not just personal expression—it can be ancestral invocation.


You are the current bearer of your bloodline.

You are the voice of those who came before you.

And what you do now echoes both backward and forward across time.


Contact Shane... shanetattooer@gmail.com


Website: https://www.ancestortattoo.com


Instagram: shanetattooer https://www.instagram.com/shanetattooer/


Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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4 years ago
43 minutes 41 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.04 - Talking with Turumakina
This episode I am talking with my good friend and master of the traditional Maori art form of Ta Moko... Turumakina Duley. Tu shares with us his knowledge of Ta Moko and the origin stories of Maori tattooing. We delve into the ceremony and ritual involved in the process of receiving these ancient markings and the significance of the patterns and designs. We journey into the connection to the ancestors and the importance of identification and belonging along with the healing of personal and cultural past traumas. Tu brings us up to date with the revival of this ancient and important art form and the significance it has in lending a hand to other cultures who are now just beginning to revive theirs. We look into the tools and pigments used and we are treated to some of the wonderful legends that formed the foundations of Ta Moko. This episode is a must listen. Turumakina Duley: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tu_moko/ Website: https://www.artselemental.com Contact Shane... ancestortattoo@gmail.com Website: ancestortattoo.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shanetattooer/ Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu
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4 years ago
1 hour 1 minute 16 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.03 - Energy Imprinting: Programming Tattoos with Intention and Vibration

In this episode, we go deeper into the energetic technology behind tattooing—specifically, how energy can be imprinted, programmed, and transmitted into the lines, shapes, and pigment of a tattoo through conscious intention, ritual, and resonance.


Building upon our previous discussion on resonance, we explore:

• The power of intentional imprinting during the tattoo process

• How emotions, thoughts, blessings, and environment leave an energetic signature in a design

• The science and mysticism of energy memory, psychometry, and vibrational imprint

• The teachings of Dr. Masaru Emoto and how water—and ink—responds to intention

• Ancient methods for infusing tattoos, weapons, and sacred objects with spiritual energy

• How to ensure your tattoo resonates with your purpose, healing, and higher self

• Why the energetic state of the tattooist and the space matters deeply

• Ways we can use tattoos as a tool to restore resonance between humans, Earth, and cosmos


We also touch on the need for conscious alignment in a world saturated with manipulative resonance—from media, advertising, and systems designed to pull us away from our true frequency.


This episode is a reminder of your sovereign power to program, create, and resonate—through every mark, every word, every act of sacred intention.


Your tattoo is not just a memory.

It is a vibrational transmission, a frequency, and a living prayer.


Contact Shane... shanetattooer@gmail.com


Website: ancestortattoo.com


Instagram: @shanetattooer


Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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4 years ago
44 minutes 52 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.02 - Resonance: How Tattoos Align Us with Energy, Spirit, and Purpose

In this episode, we explore the ancient and energetic principle of resonance—the subtle yet powerful phenomenon through which your tattoo becomes more than a mark. It becomes a vibrating field of intention, a living energy aligned with what you’re calling in.


We ask essential questions:

What is your tattoo in resonance with?

What does its shape, structure, and symbolic content invite into your energy field?

And how can we ensure our tattoos vibrate in alignment with healing, transformation, or initiation?


Drawing from ancestral knowledge, shamanic traditions, Ancient Egyptian science, and vibrational mapping techniques, we dive into:

• The Law of Resonance and how symbols communicate across dimensions

• Why certain designs have remained unchanged for millennia

• How ancient cultures used patterns to heal organs, realign energies, and connect to the Otherworld

• Modern tools to test and refine tattoo designs for energetic alignment

• The deeper spiritual technology behind sacred shapes like the spiral

• The importance of initiatory tattooing and how it marks transitions in life

• The archetypes of mature masculinity and the lost rites that once embedded them

• How tattoos can be used to heal, to reclaim ancestral connection, and to reattune ourselves with Earth and cosmos


Your skin is not just a canvas.

It is a portal, a communicator, and a boundary between the seen and unseen.


When we understand how shape, symbol, and placement emit frequencies, we step into the deeper path of tattooing as ritual, as medicine, and as remembrance.


This is an episode for seekers, tattooists, initiates, and anyone who feels the pull to reconnect with the sacred through design.


Contact Shane: shanetattooer@gmail.com


Website: ancestortattoo.com


Instagram: @shanetattooer


Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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4 years ago
38 minutes 10 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
EP.01 - The Vibration of Symbols: How Sacred Designs Shape Energy and Consciousness

In this episode, we explore the energetic reality of lines, shapes, and symbols—and how tattooing these designs onto the skin becomes far more than decoration. This is ancient technology. A language of energy. A system our ancestors understood deeply and used with purpose.


I share what I’ve witnessed over decades of sacred tattooing—how certain patterns, when placed with intention, can trigger emotional releases, spiritual openings, energetic healing, and reconnection to one’s higher self or ancestral lineage.


We’ll journey through:

• The vibrational field emitted by shapes and symbols

• How tattoos can raise or rebalance a person’s frequency

• The resonance between design and the human energy field

• Ancient knowledge systems that treated design as spiritual function

• How energy becomes consciousness through form


This isn’t just about symbolism—it’s about creating living frequencies in the skin.

A sacred act of embodiment.

A return to the old ways.


If you’ve ever felt something shift in you after receiving a tattoo—or holding a sacred object—you’ll understand what we’re talking about here.


Let’s remember what the ancients knew.

Let’s reclaim the power of design, energy, and the skin as a sacred interface between worlds.


Contact Shane: shanetattooer@gmail.com


Website: ancestortattoo.com


Instagram: @shanetattooer


Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu

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5 years ago
29 minutes 12 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
Intro: The Alchemy of Tattooing: Introduction.
The Alchemy of Tattooing, Wisdoms of Ancestor Tattoo, where we explore and revive the ancient understandings and methods of tattooing... For transformation, creation and shifting into a higher vibration... through processes so effective that it seems like Magick. Or is it indeed... Magick! Contact Shane... ancestortattoo@gmail.com Website: ancestortattoo.com Instagram: shanetattooer Title music: Ngā Tai Tawhito, Kiki Pounamu https://smarturl.it/kikipounamu
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5 years ago
22 minutes 23 seconds

The Alchemy of Tattooing
The Alchemy of Tattooing, Wisdoms of Ancestor Tattoo. Where we explore and revive the ancient understandings and methods of tattooing... for transformation, creation and shifting into a higher vibration... through processes so effective that it seems like Magick... or is it indeed Magick!