Medicine Woman Charlotte James on Nakedness in Nature & the Intersection of Race and Psychedelics [episode 87]

Medicine Woman Charlotte James shares about healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature. You’ll also hear about:

• The intersection of race and psychedelics
• Integration and the 5 circles of self
• How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca
• The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith

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Charlotte James works to create a world in which all beings are able to live in fearless pursuit of their radical transformation. She uses her purpose as an entheogenic medicine woman and her skills as a coach and digital strategist to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation. Learn more about Charlotte’s work at theancestorproject.com.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca
• On feeling called to facilitate the medicine
• The intersection between race and psychedelics
• What happened when Charlotte heard the call from mushrooms on the need to organize community for black women
• Charlotte’s experience apprenticing during the pandemic
• Ancestral practice as harm reduction
• Working towards collective liberation
• The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith
• On connecting to the traditions of your ancestors
• What are you policing within yourself?
• Restorative justice and decolonizing the self
• The importance of BIPOC only spaces
• Communicating with respect and compassion for each other
• Building the life and the world you want to see
• Being responsible for replicating our own trauma
• Why we cant manifest our way out of oppression
• How our eagerness can overshadow our integrity
• Channeling integration into daily action
• How judgment and shame blocked Charlotte’s connection to the medicine
• Healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature
• Integration and the 5 circles of self
• Why it isn’t selfish to have your needs met
• Exploring nudism and nakedness in nature
• Clothes and respectability politics
• Challenging what we perceive as acceptable
• Integration circles for BIPOC folks
• And so much more!

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References:

• Native Land https://native-land.ca/
• Psychedelics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug
• Rave scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave
• Cannabis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)
• Anthropology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology
• MDMA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA
• Die Antwoord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Antwoord
• LSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide
• Kambo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambo_cleanse
• Bufo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufo
• Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca
• San Pedro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis_pachanoi
• Iboga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibogaine
• Cocaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine
• Okayplayer || Article https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/black-people-psychedelic-drugs-monnica-williams.html
• Andrea Wright https://www.instagram.com/guidedbydre/
• 5-MeO-DMT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MeO-DMT
• Mike Tyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson
• Shaman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism
• People of Color Psychedelic Collective https://www.pocpc.org/
• Decolonization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization
• Appropriation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation
• Systemic racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism
• Restorative justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice
• Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings
• Polytheistic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism
• Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
• Entheogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen
• BIPOC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color
• Pagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism
• Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam
• Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism
• Diaspora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora
• Saxon People https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxons
• 5D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-dimensional_space
• Cognitive dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed || Book https://amz.run/5YY1
• Shipibo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipibo-Conibo
• Body dysmorphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder
• Enneagram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality
• Tobacco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco
• Sage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_apiana
• Cacao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean
• Polyamorous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory
• Shawna https://www.instagram.com/shawna.cason/

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