In this luminous and wildly alive conversation, I welcome back priestess and temple guide Nickie Jean for a journey into the mystery, where miraculous conception, the astral light, and the sacred frequencies of Mother Mary weave together in living remembrance and conscious conversation.
This episode is for the mystical explorer and dreamer, for the ones who have touched the unseen, who know that spirit speaks in nonlinear, extraordinary ways. Together we open a space for wonder, for those who have experienced supernatural contact or communion with other realms of being.
Through the lens of Marguerite Mary Rigoglioso’s revelatory works, The Mystery Tradition of Miraculous Conception and The Secret Life of Mother Mary, we explore the ancient priestess arts of parthenogenesis, the alchemy of the womb, and the awakening of the Virgin lineage within us now.
Nickie shares her personal and deeply insightful experiences with astral babies, visionary contact, and the living light that moves through all creation.
This conversation is devotional, daring, and an offering for the ones remembering that the body itself is a holy temple of light
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My Guest Nickie Jean is a modern day priestess and creator of Askanda Natha Mystery School located in the Los Angeles area. She specializes in holding space for healing through ceremonies ranging from reiki, to tantra, and sacred medicines such as kambo. She also offers priestess apprenticeships to allow others to come and learn the temple arts, and to assist them in feeling comfortable and confident to share their gifts with the community. Through temple initiations and Mystery School teachings she provides an outlet to help re awaken ancient traditions integrated into modern society. One of her passion is helping to shed shame around sacred sexuality and help people understand the power that lies within our sexual essence, and helping other women to feel safe to be embodied in the divine feminine power of sensuality done in an honorable manner. Through kundalini energetics and quantum bodywork she teaches others unique ways to awaken the endocrine alchemy that the ancients used to revere. Among her many Mystery School offerings she also provides womb healing, yoni mapping, and kundalini awakening done through your own spiritual experience, not relying on another to access and rise this sacred life force. Her greatest joy is learning new wisdoms and sharing it with others.
Website: www.ebetantra.com
Insta: www.instagram.com/nickiejean
I’m Tara Samadhi, and it is my joy to welcome you into This Cosmic Life. I walk a path as a mystic, a spiritual friend, an oracle, and a lover of the sacred. My own journey has been shaped by deep devotion and radical healing, and along the way I have gathered wisdom from Umbandaime, Sacred Medicines, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Hindu Traditions, Non Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and the ancient mystery schools.
This podcast is a space where we weave those threads together, not as concepts but as living practices that open our hearts and awaken the Shakti within us. Through mantra, through sound, and through soul filled conversation, we remember that we are divine beings having a human experience.
Here, nothing is outside of the sacred. We come together to explore the pathless path, the wild and mysterious unfolding of transformation, devotion, and awakening. My prayer is that this space becomes a sanctuary where you feel seen, inspired, and invited to walk deeper into the truth of who you are.
Website: https://tarasamadhi.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarasamadhi/
🎙 If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom , you are warmly invited to reach out:
Email: thiscosmiclife777@gmail.com
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Today I welcome my dear sister Ju Brunnquell back to This Cosmic Life. We open a living conversation on the language of the Orishas, the art of offerings as mandala, and how mediumship, music, and movement become bridges between worlds. Ju shares her path through Santo Daime to Umbanda, what it meant to be “caught” by mediumship, and how archetypal forces like Eshu and the Boiadeiros teach protection, surrender, and right timing.
This is a tender invitation to feel first, understand later, and let devotion become the way we walk, speak, and listen.
In This Episode
What the Orishas are as archetypal forces of nature and how they appear across traditions
The African diaspora in Brazil and the weaving of Umbanda with Spiritism and Christianity
Mediumship as a pedagogy of the body — vibration, sensation, vision, and discernment
Eshu as opener of the roads and guardian at the crossroads
Offerings as poetry and mandala — moving intention from the mental to the material
The Boiadeiros (Wranglers) as humble guides of faith, simplicity, and steady action
Parallels with Tibetan Buddhist offering practice and daily devotion
Ju is an ordained Priestess of Sacred Umbanda, initiated by Alexandre Cumino at Colégio Pena Branca in São Paulo. She is also a Fire Alchemist through the same lineage and an Alchemist of Exú, initiated by Fátima Saraceni. Deeply rooted in the mysteries of Exú, Pombagira, and the healing forces of Obaluaê, Ju channels transformative teachings through ritual, voice, and presence.
She is the founder of Escola do Pentagrama, a spiritual school dedicated to autonomy, oracular wisdom, and the living language of the Orixás offering e-books, courses, and meditations to seekers and make Afro-Brazilian spirituality accessible across the worlds.
→ Explore her work or join her next offering at: escoladopentagrama.com
Tara Samadhi, a sound mystic, astrologer, and devotional guide weaving together True Sidereal wisdom, plant medicine, and the sacred currents of sound. This Cosmic Life is my soul altar — a space for sacred dialogue, mystical study, and remembering ourselves as divine.
More at: tarasamadhi.com
Ways to walk deeper with us:Share this episode with someone who is waking up to their spiritual force.Leave a review to support the temple of voice. Subscribe to This Cosmic Life for more transmissions.
You are invited to merge with this modern day priestess as she shares years of lived and embodied wisdom, weaving her initiations with the body, pleasure, and a supple yet fierce feminine power. Her intelligence, curiosity, and intuition make her an exquisite holder of the most tender places, guiding clients into sacred sexuality, the reclamation of true pleasure, and the remembrance of sovereignty.
In this episode of This Cosmic Life, what unfolds is more than a conversation. It is a deep coded transmission of sacred expression, a current of devotion that awakens unexpected blossoming.
My Guest Nickie Jean is a modern day priestess and creator of Askanda Natha Mystery School located in the Los Angeles area. She specializes in holding space for healing through ceremonies ranging from reiki, to tantra, and sacred medicines such as kambo. She also offers priestess apprenticeships to allow others to come and learn the temple arts, and to assist them in feeling comfortable and confident to share their gifts with the community. Through temple initiations and Mystery School teachings she provides an outlet to help re awaken ancient traditions integrated into modern society. One of her passion is helping to shed shame around sacred sexuality and help people understand the power that lies within our sexual essence, and helping other women to feel safe to be embodied in the divine feminine power of sensuality done in an honorable manner. Through kundalini energetics and quantum bodywork she teaches others unique ways to awaken the endocrine alchemy that the ancients used to revere. Among her many Mystery School offerings she also provides womb healing, yoni mapping, and kundalini awakening done through your own spiritual experience, not relying on another to access and rise this sacred life force. Her greatest joy is learning new wisdoms and sharing it with others.
Website: www.ebetantra.com
Insta: www.instagram.com/nickiejean
I’m Tara Samadhi, and it is my joy to welcome you into This Cosmic Life. I walk a path as a mystic, a spiritual friend, an oracle, and a lover of the sacred. My own journey has been shaped by deep devotion and radical healing, and along the way I have gathered wisdom from Umbandaime, Sacred Medicines, Tibetan Buddhism, Esoteric Hindu Traditions, Non Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and the ancient mystery schools.
This podcast is a space where we weave those threads together, not as concepts but as living practices that open our hearts and awaken the Shakti within us. Through mantra, through sound, and through soul filled conversation, we remember that we are divine beings having a human experience.
Here, nothing is outside of the sacred. We come together to explore the pathless path, the wild and mysterious unfolding of transformation, devotion, and awakening. My prayer is that this space becomes a sanctuary where you feel seen, inspired, and invited to walk deeper into the truth of who you are.
Website: https://tarasamadhi.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarasamadhi/
🎙 If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom , you are warmly invited to reach out:
Email: thiscosmiclife777@gmail.com
✨ If you want to support Tara and be part of the This Cosmic Life Patron Community, you can join here: https://www.patreon.com/c/tarasamadhi
In this first episode of a new series on Love & Friendship in the Spiritual Age, I talk with Dr. Serafina Ankhalla, my dear friend, mystic of relationships, medicine woman, and ceremonial guide who carries beautiful insight and wisdom for the seeker of authentic and lasting relationships.
Together we explore the paradox of sacred selfishness , the courage to tend ourselves as holy ground, to honor our needs, boundaries, and inner longings as the very soil from which authentic love can grow. We speak to the art of holding space for the parts of ourselves we tend to turn away from, the wounds, the unmet places still aching for attention.
This conversation is an invocation into remembering that our relationships are not simply about giving and receiving, but about awakening. To love one another, we must first learn to love ourselves, especially in a time when loving is a radical act.
Dr. Serafina Ankhalla, DNP is a Medicine Woman, Relationship and Personal Transformation Guide, Somatic Healer, and Psychedelic Integration Practitioner. She also does healing and transformation work as a Tantrika and Shamanatrix.
Drawing from her extensive experience in Western medicine and comprehensive training in relationship psychology, trauma-informed practices, sacred sexuality, and the shamanic arts, Dr. Ankhalla assists clients to heal their body, mind and spirit and reach their fullest potential as creators of their desired life.
In her healing ceremonies, she integrates various ancient tools such as plant medicines, breathwork, movement, sound therapy, song circles, intuitive touch healing practices, as well as intimate communication exercises and pleasure-based methods to guide people through powerful inner journeys. She provides a ceremonial space where clients can work on aligning their physicality with their emotions, psychology and spirituality, and gain a profound understanding of themselves and their relationships with others.
Website: https://www.serafinaankhalla.com/relationship-design
Tara Samadhi, a sound mystic, astrologer, and devotional guide weaving together True Sidereal wisdom, plant medicine, and the sacred currents of sound. This Cosmic Life is my soul altar — a space for sacred dialogue, mystical study, and remembering ourselves as divine.
More at: tarasamadhi.com
Insta: @tarasamadhi
“Spirituality is the art of relaxation.”
These are the words of Ju of Obaluaê, and they set the tone for this first step into The Language of the Orixás a living, ongoing series within This Cosmic Life.
In this tender and powerful transmission, Ju shares from over 15 years of practice as a medium, priestess, and translator between worlds. We speak of mediumship not as performance, but as a path of deep listening where the body becomes an offering to something more vast than the self.
We explore:
Spiritual autonomy as the ability to soften into trust
The role of the medium as a bridge — not a container
Umbanda and the reverence for the natural forces that live through the Orixás
How connecting to the spirit requires surrender, humility, and love
This is a conversation for those who feel spirit move through them in breath, in silence, in tremble.
For those learning to trust their own access.
For those returning home to the earth, and to their own sacred speech.
Ju is an ordained Priestess of Sacred Umbanda, initiated by Alexandre Cumino at Colégio Pena Branca in São Paulo. She is also a Fire Alchemist through the same lineage and an Alchemist of Exú, initiated by Fátima Saraceni. Deeply rooted in the mysteries of Exú, Pombagira, and the healing forces of Obaluaê, Ju channels transformative teachings through ritual, voice, and presence.
She is the founder of Escola do Pentagrama, a spiritual school dedicated to autonomy, oracular wisdom, and the living language of the Orixás offering e-books, courses, and meditations to seekers and make Afro-Brazilian spirituality accessible across the worlds.
→ Explore her work or join her next offering at: escoladopentagrama.com
Tara Samadhi, a sound mystic, astrologer, and devotional guide weaving together True Sidereal wisdom, plant medicine, and the sacred currents of sound. This Cosmic Life is my soul altar — a space for sacred dialogue, mystical study, and remembering ourselves as divine.
More at: tarasamadhi.com
Ways to walk deeper with us:
— Share this episode with someone who is waking up to their spiritual force.
— Leave a review to support the temple of voice.
— Subscribe to This Cosmic Life for more transmissions.
— Connect with Ju and her offerings at escoladopentagrama.com
“You don’t need to sit with this medicine to be working with this frequency. If you’re listening to this, you already are.” In this Mystical Series of This Cosmic Life, Tara Samadhi sits with her partner and co-facilitator, Geoff, to explore the profound realms of Bufo Alvarius 5-MeO-DMT. Together, they share personal stories, insights, and some sacred reflections on working with this potent medicine.
Geoff offers his lived wisdom as a self-taught mystic, alchemist, and guide, reflecting on the non-conceptual nature of Bufo and how it works beyond the mind to create deep transformation. They speak on preparation, the importance of honoring the call, and the delicate art of serving this frequency—whether in ceremony or through self-guided paths.
This conversation is both an offering and an invitation—to surrender, to trust, and to remember that the medicine begins working the moment we hear its whisper.
In this episode, we explore what it means to move through life as a living prayer — to become a blessing machine. Aluna Rose shares about the beauty of simplicity in our practice, the importance of energetic protection, the sacred vibrancy of high-frequency oils, the path of Mary Magdalene, and the deeper mysteries of the Sacred Feminine.
We also dive into the deliciousness and joy of being alive — the sensual pleasures of an awakened life.
Come sit with us inside this rich, devotional conversation.
Aluna Rose is a Medicine Woman, ceremonialist, Senior Kambo Practitioner, Mesa carrier of the Andean 7 Rays lineage, Initiated Priestess of the Magdalene Rose Lineage, and a gifted intuitive channel. She guides others into deep healing and accelerated soul awakening, weaving together earthly shamanism with ancient mystery teachings.
She offers Kambo ceremonies in Southern California, virtual and live Plant Initiation Dietas, 1:1 shamanic mentorship, Magdalene womb healing work, and sacred anointing oils.
Website: www.kambokissedme.comInstagram: @alunarose_
About Tara Samadhi
Tara Samadhi is a spiritual friend, oracle, and cosmic guide, devoted to walking alongside others on their journey of awakening and self-discovery. With warmth, wisdom, and a deep love for the sacred, she blends her roles as a mystic and teacher with the art of creating welcoming spaces for transformation and connection.
Rooted in her own path of radical healing and devotion, Tara weaves together the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and ancient mystery school traditions. Through mantra, sacred sound, and her natural ability to channel cosmic wisdom, she creates spaces where hearts open, healing flows, and the Shakti within awakens.
As a keeper of sacred frequencies, Tara invites you to remember your divine essence and step into the limitless energy of who you truly are. Whether through her teachings, ceremonies, or sonic offerings, she welcomes you with an open heart to explore the magic of the pathless path together.
Website: www.tarasamadhi.com
Instagram: @tarasamadhi
If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life podcast—your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom—you are warmly invited to reach out:📧 thiscosmiclife777@gmail.com
“The soul is just crying to put feet on Mother Earth.”
This episode is a soul transmission for those hearing the quiet call of the plants—the ones who feel the Earth beneath their feet and know that true medicine begins with deep listening.
In this sacred conversation with the luminous Aluna Rose, we explore:
The subtle whispers of Plant Dietas—their spirit, their call, and the gateways they open
How to prepare for deep plant work, open the portal, and integrate the gifts that follow
The magic of the dieta as a living prayer and pathway of remembrance
Aluna’s ceremonial work with Kambo and her mission to midwife soul awakening
Aluna Rose is a Medicine Woman, ceremonialist, Senior Kambo Practitioner, Mesa carrier of the Andean 7 Rays lineage, Initiated Priestess of the Magdalene Rose Lineage, and a gifted intuitive channel. She guides others into deep healing and accelerated soul awakening, weaving together earthly shamanism with ancient mystery teachings.
She offers Kambo ceremonies in Southern California, virtual and live Plant Initiation Dietas, 1:1 shamanic mentorship, Magdalene womb healing work, and sacred anointing oils.
Website: www.kambokissedme.com
Instagram: @alunarose_
About Tara Samadhi
Tara Samadhi is a spiritual friend, oracle, and cosmic guide, devoted to walking alongside others on their journey of awakening and self-discovery. With warmth, wisdom, and a deep love for the sacred, she blends her roles as a mystic and teacher with the art of creating welcoming spaces for transformation and connection.
Rooted in her own path of radical healing and devotion, Tara weaves together the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, Non-Dual Shaiva Tantra, sound alchemy, and ancient mystery school traditions. Through mantra, sacred sound, and her natural ability to channel cosmic wisdom, she creates spaces where hearts open, healing flows, and the Shakti within awakens.
As a keeper of sacred frequencies, Tara invites you to remember your divine essence and step into the limitless energy of who you truly are. Whether through her teachings, ceremonies, or sonic offerings, she welcomes you with an open heart to explore the magic of the pathless path together.
Website: www.tarasamadhi.com
Instagram: @tarasamadhi
If you feel called to share your voice on This Cosmic Life podcast—your medicine, your magic, and your wisdom—you are warmly invited to reach out:
📧 thiscosmiclife777@gmail.com
After a 4 month spiritual journey into Northern India and Nepal I come home to a big surprise and a true test of my study. In this episode I share some of the lessons learned and unlearned from my study into Tibetan Buddhism, the true test and how I came to a very small understanding of the "One Taste" Listen to some of the writing that I've been wanting to share, and come learn with me as I traverse into deeper levels of the mystery
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Donate to This Cosmic Life : paypal.me/tarasamadhi
What does it mean to be a Mystery School self initiate? Are you up for the task? Are you asking enough questions? Are you listening to what's really being said?
Have you ever stood face to face with the most uncomfortable parts of yourself? Are you in love with the dark yet? Come dive into the depths of the darkness with Larisa Stow as she shares her experience of going into a 3 day Dark Retreat. In this episode we talk about what it takes to go deeply inside, what we find when we only have ourselves and how to support our little human.
Larisa Stow is here in this world to wake, shake and create a vibration-raising WEvolution. She is a modern-day mystic, sacred sounds gypsy and teacher of heart-centered living with her Embloomment™ coaching practice. Inspired to help others live a heart and soul centered life, she performs with her band Shakti Tribe at festivals and consciousness raising events.
Larisa also leads transformational playshops and world retreats, incorporating sacred sounds, tools from her private practice, Kundalini awakening, and NLP techniques.
In this episode Larisa shares life changing techniques and tools she uses with herself and her clients when faced with the raw and honest truth of being with oneself.
Is your body whispering to you? It feels like I need to have a Phd in nutrition to get through a day without feeling gross. In this episode I share about my current challenges with digestion, eating and learning how to listen.
Can plant medicine really change you? What is it about these communities that inspire massive shifts and evolutions of consciousness. Join your host Tara Samadhi and Neil Brennan in this riveting conversation from the perspective of the staunch atheist turned believer - of what ... well thats the question, isn't it. Let's learn, listen, and laugh along with one of America's greatest modern comedians as he waxes philosophic on all things- ranging from helping a stranger on the street-to being moved to dance by esoteric invisible spirits. Enjoy a glimpse into the world of a self-appointed skeptics skeptic as he traverses into a magical world filled with beauty, kindness, and most importantly, comedy.
What if you are exactly where you need to be? What if the judgment, criticism, and shaming are just part of the deal and need to be honored as much as the triumphs?
In this conversation, we explore some of the basic questions one has on a spiritual path: How to stay on the path, what are some of the pitfalls, and what it take to be present. Hannah shares how she navigates tough terrain and what inspires her. If you are new on your path or need some reminders on how to keep it simple, you'll love this conversation.
Sound healing is everywhere right now, but what is it, what is really happening when someone uses this method. How does one become a sound healer, or extract the benefits from a session? Can it be harmful? Come check out this conversation with Christo, an educator, master drummer/percussionist, teaching artist, and healer. We talk about the mysteries of sound and the importance of true listening.