Sisonke Papu, a.k.a. KHNYSA meaning ‘the one who brings light’ is a name given to him by his ancestors when he accepted his spiritual calling to become an igqirha (the isiXhosa designation for someone who has been called by their ancestors to heal).
Papu is a storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist from New Payne location in Mthatha, Eastern Cape South Africa, whose work explores spatial, emotional and spiritual temporalities by engaging ideas of everydayness, the real and imaginary, dreams and memory, the unseen as well as the mythical, ritual, sonic and cosmic.
Papu is the founder and director of ISPILI Network, which fosters dialogue, collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship among young creatives in the Eastern Cape. The ISPILI Network runs visual art and design projects, publishes a magazine, and creates film and sound design aimed at healing, remembering, archiving and transmission of indigenous knowledge, research and development.
When I opened this conversation, I honestly did not know where the conversation would take us, knowing that both Sisonke and I work through the Spirit of Creation & The Great Mystery. I honestly feel that this interview is more of a transmission than a talk, which is actually why it goes on for longer than many of my standard YouTube chats. We literally entered a different time stream! Please sit and receive this transmission....I trust you will feel it too....
What we talk about:
Awakening through depression & discomfort.
Leaving a career in IT coding to step into coding the human experience.
Initiations arising from self trust and inner knowing.
The voice as the "breath taking on a sonic dimensionality".
The value of ceremony and rites of passage in life.
Why breath is so important as the carrier of our experiences.
Grounding and simple barefoot living as forms of living communication with the Earth.
The power of the Medicine of gentleness, presence and kindness.
Honouring the Ancestors.
...and much more!
You can find KHYNSA (Sisonke) at:
https://www.instagram.com/sisonkepapu/
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https://instagram.com/integrativebreathhttps://stephmagenta.com
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