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Zen Luminaries: Shamanic Bones, Dark Gates – with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

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Zen Luminary Earthlyn Manuel joins Jon Joseph in a conversation about lifelong practice in many traditions, including Zen. They talk about the importance of balancing dark and light, her oracle cards, teaching names, continuing work on behalf of children, upbringing in folk medicine, brief participation in plant medicine, and more. Includes readings from her books, The Shamanic Bones of Zen and Opening to Darkness. Recorded March 27, 2023.

Summary

Zen Luminary Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel joins Jon Joseph in a conversation about her fifty years of practice in many traditions, including Zen. She reads from her various published works including The Shamanic Bones of Zen and her newest book, Opening to Darkness.

Manuel discusses ritual as a sacred practice that brings us back to the earth, uniting Zen and the indigenous traditions. Zazen, in this context, is a core shamanic ritual of sitting with the earth.

She and Jon talk about the importance of balancing darkness and light, discuss her oracle cards, teaching names, her continuing work on behalf of children, upbringing in folk medicine, brief participation in plant medicine, and more.

From the Zen Luminaries session recorded March 27, 2023.

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