Welcome to The Bone Collectors, a podcast that dives deeply into the transformative power of death in all its forms—literal, spiritual, psychological, and beyond. Join us as we engage in profound conversations with authors, experts, and thought leaders about their most meaningful experiences with death, loss, and major life transitions. Together, we explore the insights and lessons gained from these powerful moments and how we can apply them to live fuller, more intentional lives. Tune in to discover how endings can become the beginnings of healing, growth, and solutions for a better world for us all. Hosted by Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D
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Welcome to The Bone Collectors, a podcast that dives deeply into the transformative power of death in all its forms—literal, spiritual, psychological, and beyond. Join us as we engage in profound conversations with authors, experts, and thought leaders about their most meaningful experiences with death, loss, and major life transitions. Together, we explore the insights and lessons gained from these powerful moments and how we can apply them to live fuller, more intentional lives. Tune in to discover how endings can become the beginnings of healing, growth, and solutions for a better world for us all. Hosted by Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D
The Wisdom of Life in Death, from an African Traditional Healer
The Bone Collectors
1 hour 2 minutes
8 months ago
The Wisdom of Life in Death, from an African Traditional Healer
It is always a gift to spend time with John Lockley. I look up to him as one of my own teachers and a model of how to live culturally, rooted wisdom and lifeways with integrity and balance. This magnificent conversation unfolds almost like a ceremony as we explore the deeper lessons of healing, ceremony, and the power of the Spirit World as we discuss death, tradition, and traditional medicine.
According to John's Xhosa elders, he is one of the first white men after Apartheid to become a fully initiated Xhosa sangoma (African Shaman). In the sangoma medicine path in South Africa, there are many different tribes/lineages that make up a rich and diverse tapestry of healing. South Africa has one of the oldest living shamanic cultures left in the world.
John Lockley was born, in 1971, into a divided Apartheid South Africa, with the mark of the sangoma on his face – a band of white birth skin around the eyes. At 18, John was serving in the South African army as a medic (during the war with Angola in the 1980s) when he had a strong, prophetic dream calling him to train as a Xhosa sangoma. He immediately began to suffer from the thwasa, a severe period of ill-health that is inherent in all ancient shamanic cultures which can only be cured through apprenticeship to a shamanic teacher. Because of the restrictions of Apartheid (which ended in 1994) it would take John seven years to find a Xhosa teacher.
Learn more at https://www.johnlockley.com.
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The Bone Collectors
Welcome to The Bone Collectors, a podcast that dives deeply into the transformative power of death in all its forms—literal, spiritual, psychological, and beyond. Join us as we engage in profound conversations with authors, experts, and thought leaders about their most meaningful experiences with death, loss, and major life transitions. Together, we explore the insights and lessons gained from these powerful moments and how we can apply them to live fuller, more intentional lives. Tune in to discover how endings can become the beginnings of healing, growth, and solutions for a better world for us all. Hosted by Jonathan Ellerby, Ph.D
