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Mannah

TAP is centered around healing methods, psychological insights, mystery, and the forgotten languages of the soul. My name is Mannah, and my aim here is not necessarily that my questions are answered exactly… but to open them. To let the questions breathe in that inner place where Wholeness can be found. I do this by inviting thought leaders, authors, and healers of our time into honest conversation with me, not holding back my own longings and fears. We are in this together!

I started TAP as a way to speak freely of my own experience and my own interest in different books and philosophies (I was in fact recovering from having done many interviews — in my native language, that is. TAP is the only podcast I’ve released in English). Only a few months in… I realized… I cannot NOT interview… it feels like part of my true nature. This is when TAP evolved into more of a conversational magazine with thought leaders, healers, and authors of our time.

Therapeutic Astrology is not just a blend of healing practices. It is the understanding that trauma therapy and the wisdom of the stars share a common root, cover the same ground, and together can open the hidden landscapes of the psyche. Both are weaker without the other. My guests come from a variety of backgrounds, but somehow their work inspires me and is related to what I work for in this lifetime.

We live in a time of great transition, and I believe we need all wisdom traditions and lived experiences to help our world and our minds heal.

Astrology, in particular, has long been pushed to the margins, often treated as taboo or dismissed as superstition. But to me, astrology is about uncovering the hidden patterns that shape our lives, so we can work with them consciously — just as we do in many trauma and psychotherapies. 

Having the word ASTROLOGY in the name of my podcast is a statement of integrity, and of honoring symbolic ways of knowing. Not all episodes are about astrology, but when I am present, it is always, in some way, part of the conversation.

With TAP, I want to honor astrology, therapy, and the many paths of healing as sacred forces we can tap into, to be guided through existence.

Let’s TAP in and find a place to call Whole.

My website: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com

Mannah, Copenhagen, May of 2023

Therapeutic Astrology Podcast

Consciousness can take many shapes; waking, dreaming, psychedelic, anesthetised. But how is a psychosis different from altered states where the sense of self can shift? And how can we begin to understand what happens during a psychosis? Today we have a wonderful guest, Shauna Winram, PhD candidate at School of Philosophy in Australian National University, that I am so glad shares her research and her personal perspectives with us.
 
TAP in to this SO interesting interview about:
 

 – How different individuals may or may not realise they are in a different reality during such states
 – How the mental-health system often fails people in these states: lack of therapeutic support, stigma, disempowerment, and how social conditions (housing, work, relationships) influence whether someone with a mental-health challenge flourishes.
 

 – How a continuum of consciousness potentially can reduce pathologising experiences
 

 – Shauna Winram’s own experience of psychosis 
 
-Just as biodiversity sustains life on Earth, neurodiversity and the diversity of consciousness sustain the human experience itself 
 
-Not to romanticize the experiences either
 
-Balancing spirit and matter!
 
-What is global states?
 
AND MORE
 
THANK YOU for being with us
 
Youtube version: https://youtu.be/7w6qllvsyCA
 
 
 
Here is a link to Shaunas work:
 
https://philosophy.cass.anu.edu.au/people/shauna-winram
 
Her own web: https://www.shaunawinram.com/
 
Her lecture on these themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkDCkXTiICk
 
Mannah:
 
https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/

#117 - Shauna Winram - Consciousness and the Phenomenology of Psychosis

Kaedrich Olsen is a seasoned Paranormal Arts Mentor, and in this episode he shares about Sacred Masculinity and how to relate to the modern world through inspiration from Norse mysticism.
 
A small note from me: I trusted my microphone to be on, but it didn’t connect to my computer for some reason, so my audio is less fortunate — I hope you can flow with it!!
 
Tap in to hear some juicy parts about how Kaedrich has been studying Norse mythology, mysticism, and the old belief systems since his teenage years. He discovered the runes and even translated the Poetic Edda himself to understand the Old Norse mindset. The Norse people lived with spirituality as an everyday part of life — what we call the supernatural was simply the invisible part of nature.
 
TAP in as we dive into the topic of the sacred masculine and:
 
-The mature warrior is calm, self-contained, and protects out of love for what’s behind him — family, home, community.
 – The sovereign archetype, or sacred king, holds vision, builds alliances, and uplifts others rather than hoarding power.
 – In Old Norse stories, the best rulers were called “Ring Breakers” and “Haters of Gold” because they gave away wealth to strengthen their people.
 – Not just warriores, but the craftsman, the magician, the sage 
 – Take individual responsibility and choose what truly makes sense to you instead of following the collective mindset
 – The current turmoil in the world is like a collective shadow surfacing, calling us to evolve
 – Loki, the Norse trickster, stirs things up and creates discomfort, but when the dust settles, everyone is better off!!
 – I also get his take on the Vikings tv-series- he in stead recommends “The North Man” and “The Last Kingdom” and shares that Ragnar Lothbrok is “sort of like a King Arthur figure,” likely an “amalgam.”
 
Thank you for being with us!
 
Here are some awesome links:
 
 https://www.kaedrich.com
 
 https://www.youtube.com/user/kaedrich
 
 https://www.instagram.com/kaedrich_olsen/
 
 https://www.facebook.com/KaedrichOlsen
 
AND: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/
 
Here is the youtube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiHskxyNrY
 
 
 
Sending boldness
 
-Mannah

#116 - Kaedrich Olsen- Sacred Masculinity & Norse Archetypes Beyond the Warrior

Do you know that tension between your imagined life and the "real" one? and at this time do you feel the systems breakdown and the potential "heroes" rising? In this episode, astrologer, writer, and podcaster Adam Sommer helps me tap into the Saturn–Neptune conjunction — a 36-year cycle, yet they have not met in Aries since year 1703. I share my most recent story of feeling disillusioned or we could say that an authority "gave up on me", and that could fit the Saturn-Neptune as well.
 
TAP IN with us as we look at how to avoid its shadow expressions such as victimization martyrdom and escapism, which could take us over, when what goes on just seems too void of purpose.
 
Adam reflects on historic turning points that relates to this transit and how this rare alignment invites us to build new structures for collective dreams - and Aries is the sign of THE SPARK OF LIFE. There's the disenchantment, the necessary confrontation and then there's all the possibilities!! 
 
Stay with LOVE, stay with FORGIVENESS, and REMEMBER — appearances aren’t always the TRUE FACT. That’s how I make peace with being unexpectedly kicked out of therapy school (when I am done being angry) - and everything else that's going on that seems random at times. In astrology of course there are many transits happening, but I like just tuning sometimes to some particular background energy (we mentions others too), like we do in this chapter, and so I hope you enjoy it and get some helpful reflections for your own context and situations in daily life.
 
-Mannah
 
LINKS to Adam:
 
https://www.adam-sommer.com/
 
direct to his pod:
 
 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/constellating-cosmos-an-astrological-lens/id413880792
 
 
 
My web:
 
https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/
 
 
 
Youtube Version of this episode: https://youtu.be/zcQdmIYp150

#115 - Adam Sommer - The Beginning of a New Era - Saturn - Neptune Conjunct at 0 Aries

WELCOME to this conversation with translator and esoteric researcher Yury Pankratov, who has translated "The Encyclopedia of Occultism" by the early 20th-century Russian occultist and Martinist teacher Grigori Mebes.
 
Yury's own journey went from computer engineering in Russia to the hidden traditions of Western esotericism and the rediscovery of Russian Martinism – a spiritual current rooted in the teachings of Martinez de Pasqually, Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, and Papus.
 
TAP in with us as we talk about:
 
 – The rise of Russian Martinism and the soul’s fall and reintegration
 

 – Occultism is a training of thought 
 

 – Mebes’ model of Archetype, Man, and Nature
 

 – The astral plane as a bridge between spirit and matter
 

 – The mystery of Egregores – collective fields of consciousness that shape, heal, and influence human life
 

 – The creative polarity of manifestation expressed through Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh
 

 – How the Tarot serves as a initiatory alphabet 
 

 – The three stages of initiation – physical, astral, and archetypal – and the meaning of inner alchemy
 

 – What it means to make gold by first having gold
 

 – Yury’s own practice of astrological theurgy through Orphic hymns and planetary communion
 

 – Reflections on Mebes’ astrology, the question of free will versus fate
 

 – Mebes’ later life and the happenings due to the Russian Revolution
 

 Thank you so much for being with us!!
 
LINKS
 
Here is the book we speak of:
 
 https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/encyclopedia-of-occultism/95373
 
Here is Yury's substack:
 
 https://russianesotericism.substack.com/
 
 
 
Mannahs website: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/

#114 - Yury Pankratov - The Encyclopedia of Occultism by G.O. Mebes

"The Book of Thoth inspires students to progress from foundational knowledge of Magick and Mysticism to a deeper engagement with the writings of Aleister Crowley and other luminaries".... "Step onto the sacred path mapped by the Book of Thoth—a gateway to spiritual mastery and cosmic understanding. Whether you’re an aspirant seeking the wisdom of the A∴A∴ or a student of esoteric traditions, this profound manual offers the Keys to navigate the Map of the Universe." - (Direct quotation from by Paul Hughes-Barlow)
 
Welcome to an episode that goes behind the new book "THE SECRET OF THE THOTH TAROT The Origins of Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth" by Paul Hughes-Barlow published on Aeon Books. 
 
TAP in as we speak about some background story of Aleister Crowley and also topics like:
 
-Pauls process with writing the book (that was in fact channelled)
 
-Crowley's obsession with Tarot 
 
 -Eliphas Levi
 
 -The number of Mercury and Christ
 
 -The promise to have contact with the Hidden Masters
 
 -Freemasonry 
 
 -Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, as influencing Crowley's ethic
 
 -Crowley stayed Christian
 
-To hide your light under a bushel
 
-What all the secrecy is about!!
 
-The four levels on the Qabalistic Tree of Life
 
 -Mercury above and below the Abyss
 
 -The book of Lies
 
 -Both Carl Jung (1875–1961) and Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) were exact contemporaries, born in the same year. Each developed a radical system engaging with the unconscious, symbols, myth, and spirituality outside orthodox religion
 
 -I love how Paul uses Tarot therapeutically — it reflects the very essence of TAP and of a place to find Whole- What might look like two different paths, therapy and Tarot/Astrology, actually converge in one shared practice - or at least parallel practices within one healing field
 
-Initiations and the nigredo (darkness) necessary before renewal
 
-Fatalistic divination - or something more useful
 
-Thoth is the God of magic
 
-Aleister Crowley stands as one of the most disputed figures in modern Western esotericism, and our conversation concludes on that note—yet Paul Hughes-Barlow offers a perspective that reframes the common judgments
 
 Hope you enjoyed something about this episode. Find the book right here:
 https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/secret-of-the-thoth-tarot/95369 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Thoth-Tarot-Aleister-Crowleys/dp/1801521891/ Here is the video version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0EvJZWoWdM Also Paul Hughes-Barlow's substack: https://tarocurrents.substack.com/ Mannah here: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/

#113 - Paul Hughes-Barlow - The Secret of the Thoth Tarot - The Origins of Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth

"Every single person has a deep storehouse of mysterious Yin, rife with potential richness, meaningful innovation, and the terrifying unknown. When one knows how to walk in a Yin way, they orient
 themselves to the fabric of reality. This is why one who navigates life in a Yin way is masterful, because they work with the current of the cosmos and they feel the contextual web of possibility."
 
A quote from the book "Yin Mysticism and the vesica Piscis" by my guest today, Brynja Magnussen. Inspiring and beautiful book.
 
Brynja Magnussen is an artist in the visionary and psychedelic genres and an author of archetypal and energetic reference books. In this episode we dive into Yin Mysticism and the mind’s hidden currents. TAP IN as we speak about themes such as:
 
-Hypnosis & Yin: “Hypnosis holds a special role in the modalities of Yin because it directly approaches the Yin subconscious from a wakeful YANG state.”
 
-A world short on Yin: “The subjugation of and separation from YIN over millennia is bound to begin manifesting in neuropathology.” 
 
-ADHD & unchecked YANG paradigm
 
-Separation as mystical-mundane. Why the most profound transformations leave you alone afterward
 
-Seasonal depression and what one could do about it
 -Astrology !! As we speak about modern life over-privileges analytical, fragmentary, left-hemisphere styles— a Yang tendency—at the expense of contextual, embodied, relational, integrated, holististic form of knowing. Eclipse seasons (literal alignments, shadow and light) are a good time to rebalance toward Yin qualities such as: recovering, attunement, dark unknown. 
Thank you for tapping in today
 
LINKS
 
Youtube version of this pod:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1unSfrbLaE
 
 
 
Find more on Brynja:
 https://www.ceremoniance.com/products IG: @brynja.visionaryart IG: @Ceremoniance
 Mannah: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/

#112 - Brynja Magnusson - Yin Mysticism - A Hypothesis on the Unknowable and Dark Half of All Things

Welcome to TAP in with Gabrielle Perez, who has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and almost twenty years of astrological practice. Like myself Gabrielle is a professional in both fields of therapy and astrology - which in short is connected by the ability to help people (and ourselves) connect with the unconscious. (Pluto in Scorpio) In this conversation we get to know each other’s work a little bit while also reflecting about the meaning of our current times.
 
We begin by exploring Gabrielle’s journey from mental health counseling to astrological practice - other alternative healing modalities. Back then she had a Uranus on the MC experience and is currently getting to know Pluto transits. We talk about trust as we share a Pisces/Scorpio signature, meaning we have experienced trust-shattering events, and many times realized less control and agency than other might be inclined to. Then soon we go into why bridging therapy/psychology and astrological insight can serve deep healing plus how to navigate the Virgo Pisces eclipse with all the background of shifting outer planets.
 
That is my very short resume, but I encourage you to listen in, I feel very honored and glad that Gabrielle Perez takes the time in this one to not only share her work but also interpret for us how best to relate to the energy.
 
AFTER the interview I received this wonderful text from her linking to the point in our conversation, where she forgot something and I actually directed us to something else so it didn't come back TILL NOW-- so here is what she wrote me:
 
"I remembered what I was going to say about the Pluto in Scorpio generation which is that we are the first generation with substantial access to therapy. The USA is founded by traumatized people that continued to inflict that trauma on the Native Americans, African slaves and each other. I believe the Pluto in Scorpio generation is healing and transmuting that. And because we are doing that work, this Pluto out of bounds cycle has the opportunity to actually bring transformation that raises the vibration of the planet."
 
ENJOY and keep reflecting with us and reading the energy to enter deeper into your own alchemical process. You have a place to call Whole.
 
-Mannah
 
LINKS to Gabrielle:
 https://www.luminousastrology.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-astro-attunement-podcast-grounding-cosmic-wisdom/id1802940770 Mannah: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/ Link to youtube version (where I wear glasses due to an allergic eye reaction if you want to know!): https://youtu.be/O7dk4upjXXc

#111 – Gabrielle Perez – Luminous Astrology – Soothe Your Nervous System and Energize the Reality You Want

Coherence Coach Colin Karewa Forbes is an active Substack writer and in this episode of TAP, we explore the story behind his tagline “Surf the Spiral.” Tap in if you’re curious about awakening from the turbulence of ego-based outcome consciousness into the steady current of process-oriented, Integrated Self! We discuss these Sagittarian themes:
 
-An experience of Oneness- Constant expansion – Leaving religion—only to find more religion? – The search for truth– Growing a little every day – The importance of reading symbols- Do the astrological archetypes represent ultimate limits, or can consciousness evolve beyond them?
 
– The construct
 
…and much more.
 
This is just the beginning—an initial conversation with Colin. We’ll meet again!
 
 
 
LINKS:
 
 https://surfthespiral.substack.com/
 

 
 https://powerfulpeace.substack.com/
 

 
 https://onenessawareness.substack.com/
 
 
 
Mannahs website:
 
https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/
 
Youtube version: https://youtu.be/ZhthOSOghH0

#110 - Colin Karewa Forbes - Surf The Spiral - Awaken to Symbolic Wisdom

"We are fully alive in their alternative world when we dream them. When we have bad dreams or nightmares, or any dream for that matter, our body/mind system does not differentiate between waking experiences and sleeping experiences."
 – Linda Schiller, PTSDreams: Transform Your Nightmares from Trauma through Healing Dreamwork (2022)
 
Welcome to this rich and dreamy chapter of TAP, where I speak with Linda Schiller—psychotherapist, author, and expert on the neurobiology of trauma and dreams. Plus she seems much of an eclectic such as myself, as she studied many fields within the healing work, (which we get to enjoy as listeners) We begin with the “sameness” of dreams and trauma. As Linda writes, “The past and the present become entangled and confused, much as in a dream state.” It is about reconnecting with our enlivened self, Linda explains as we go through what makes dreamwork such a unique path to healing and how it relates to active imagination- how working with dreams can resolve long-standing trauma.
 
We also talk about dream-memories after overcoming drug abuse, Linda Schillers PARDES system rooted in Kabbalah and the healing process called Memory Reconsolidation.
 
Basically I get as much in there as I can in one hour and I am so happy for the result - hope you enjoy it too. Dream well till next time.
 
- Mannah
 
LINKS
 
Find more about Linda Schillers work here:
 http://www.lindayaelschiller.com
 www.moderndreamwork.com
 www.ptsdreams.com
 www.ancestral-dreaming
 
Link to the dream organisation Linda mentions in the beginning:
 
 https://www.asdreams.org/
 
 
 
My (Mannah) website:
 
https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/
 
 
 
The youtube version of this episode:
 
 
 
https://youtu.be/x2eNWudW3C0

#109 - Linda Schiller - PTSDreams - Change Your Dream, Change Your Life

Thank you for being patient. Feel free to suggest authors for me to interview. I am ready - slowly and anticipating moments of inspiration!
 
- Mannah

TAP is Back - Meaninglessness as Initiation - Solo by Mannah

You are a process, and feelings are part of that process! Join me in this special edition of TAP. PUT on your own background meditation music if you prefer - as you are guided to ask your body to have more of what¨s in the whole feeling - focusing allows the body to change what has been long stuck and unchanging in us. The first 17 minutes is an explanation of what Focusing by Eugene Gendlin (December 25, 1926- May 1, 2017) (as I understand it without being educated or trained in it - just from reading the book Focusing, first published in 1978) and the rest of this episode is the technique laid out so you can practice to it. A contemplative meditation for embodied knowledge.
 
Feel free to reach me at
 
https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/
 
 
 
- Mannah

#33 - Guided Meditation based on the Technique FOCUSING from Eugene T. Gendlin - How to gain direct access to your body's knowledge - The Felt Sense - Asks questions inwardly and find life-steps forward

#33 - Guided Meditation based on the Technique FOCUSING from Eugene T. Gendlin - How to gain direct access to your body's knowledge - The Felt Sense - Asks questions inwardly and find life-steps forward

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