“How do we accommodate people who see the world differently? That’s the challenge of our times.” Dr Andy Letcher
E216 – Dr Andy Letcher on Rights Of Passage, Folk Music and Animism
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How do we honour diverse ways of life and all that we are?
“How do we accommodate people who see the world differently? That’s the challenge of our times.” Dr Andy Letcher
In this episode Amisha Tala Oak talks with Dr Andy Letcher, Senior Lecturer at both Schumacher College, Devon UK, where he is Programme Lead for the MA Engaged Ecology, and at the University of Exeter, where he teaches on the PGCert Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture. He is the author of “Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom”, and numerous papers on psychedelics, ecology, animism and paganism. Andy researches the contemporary use of psychedelics with a particular focus on the role psychedelics might play in our cultivating an ecological self. He is currently researching ritual and animistic usage of psychedelics by contemporary British Druids, and the contemporary use of the Fly Agaric mushroom. A folk musician, he plays English bagpipes, low whistle, and Dark Age lyre.
We explore
:: Folk Music and Birdsong
:: deep listening and living in seasonal interconnectedness with nature
:: psychedelics and plant ceremonies
:: Animism and Druidry
:: pilgrimages and Rights of Passages
“All my instruments are old instruments. They evoke a feeling of antiquity, of ancientness; a harking back to a distant time. It’s about yearning for ancestral wisdom and knowledge of a time when people lived more simple lives without email, and played music, sang songs and danced together.” Dr Andy Letcher
Dr Andy Letcher is a Senior Lecturer at both Schumacher College, Devon UK – where he is the Programme Lead for the MA Engaged Ecology –, and at the University of Exeter, where he teaches on the PGCert Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine and Culture. He is the author of Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom, and numerous papers on psychedelics, ecology, animism and paganism. Andy researches the contemporary use of psychedelics with a particular focus on the role psychedelics might play in our cultivating an ecological self. He is currently researching ritual and animistic usage of psychedelics by contemporary British Druids, and the contemporary use of the Fly Agaric mushroom. He has been a guest on the Green Dreamer, Hive, Living Mirrors and Mushroom Hour podcasts, and appeared at Glastonbury, Shambhala, Green Man and Medicine festivals. A folk musician, he plays English bagpipes, low whistle, and Dark Age lyre.
To connect or work with Andy, visit andyletcher.co.uk
To connect or work with Amisha, visit amisha.co.uk
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