On the Air: The Onaya Podcast: Episode 6: Buddhism Meets Shamanism with Dr Isa Gucciardi

In this episode of The Onaya Podcast, host Simon Ruffell and Isa Gucciardi discuss the influence of Isa’s unusual upbringing in Hawaii; the common stream running through different spiritual traditions, and their different layers of orthodoxy; the idea of Jesus as a curandero, and the possibility that he spent time learning in India; attitudes towards psychedelics within Buddhism; companionship and resonance between different plants; the fallibility of shamans and dangers of glorifying indigenous cultures; the dark sides of shamanism compared to the ethical framework of the Dharma; impermanence, interconnection and the place-based teachings of the earth; and other topics.

Dr Gucciardi is one of many experts on a new 6-month Psychedelic Mentorship Training program. Find more information and enroll in Onaya’s next cohort here.

About Isa Gucciardi
Isa Gucciardi is the founding director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a school for consciousness studies in Berkeley, CA. She is the creator of Depth Hypnosis, which combines shamanic practice and Buddhist philosophy to create a catalytic spiritual counseling model that brings the power of these ancient wisdom systems into the modern therapeutic setting. She is the author of Coming to Peace, The New Return to the Great Mother, and the forthcoming, Depth Hypnosis: A Path to Healing, Power, and Transformation.

About Onaya
In eclectic conversations navigating psychological growth, psychedelic spirits and everything in between, Onaya welcomes wide-ranging guests from neuroscientists and musical healers to Shipibo curanderos.