My guest for this episode is Dr. Marie Nazon, an initiated Mambo in the Vodun tradition of Haiti, a Priestess in the Yoruba tradition of Ifa, a clinical social worker with more than 30 years of experience, and professor emeritus with the City College of New York. Marie is also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer and former Fulbright Scholar in Senegal, and has led study abroad and international service learning courses in Africa and the Caribbean. She served on the executive committee of UNBUTU RISE, Revivers of Indigenous spirituality and Ecosystem; has been a member of Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, a Lakota sweat lodge/Sundance community in the United States for more than 20 years; is a Reiki Master; a graduate of Priestess Practicum of Triple Spiral of Dun na Sidhe, and Alisa Starkweather's Priestess Path experience.
On this episode, we explore:
- The thru-line of the Divine Feminine that Marie has seen and experienced through her many initiations
- How her spiritual practice has literally saved her life
- The misrepresentations so many of us have been exposed to related to Vodun and African spirituality, and why it's important to name them as such
- Marie's secret Vodun family lineage and how she came to learn of it
- Why she thinks the Goddess is not returning, but is already here
- And so much more!
Show Notes
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- You can learn more about Marie and her work at her website: www.marienazon.com. You can also follow her on Instagram @marieayiti.
- Marie mentioned the movie Crazy Wise: https://crazywisefilm.com/watch-the-film/
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