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The Sacred Union PodcastA Guided Practice with Bibi Gratzer - Imagining a New CultureOur culture influences our thoughts, our feelings, our nervous system programming, and our actions - and thus our relationships to our bodies, our sexuality, and to each other. Imagining a new culture can help us to change our beliefs and thus it can help transform our relationships, which changes our culture. So, at the beginning of culture change is imagination. How would you imagine the world differently based on what you have learnt in your life thus far? Let this guided practice take you on a journey of imagination and expansion. ...
2026-01-2528 min
The Sacred Union PodcastRebecca Trevalyan - What the world could look like if we followed our imaginationRebecca Trevalyan, Bex, is a bright light when it comes to transforming systems. Bex inspires people who doubt that they can change a problem that they see. She tells stories about positive changes in the world - and to make visible that the value of community isn’t just a hippie idea - it is one that is worth investing in. Bex has a talent in bringing people together around good ideas. She builds multi-stakeholder partnerships to change systems – like the systems at play in land and property, consumerism, food, wilderness, and neighbourhood design. Bex co-founded Platfor...
2026-01-181h 20
The Sacred Union PodcastBonny Tydeman - Turning Suffering into MeaningWhat does it look like to stand for love at this time? In my conversation with Bonny Tydemen we are exploring what it means to be a spiritual warrior for love at this time of planetary initiation, and why it is important to embrace your soul’s purpose and bring your gifts into the world - and where so many of us get stuck on this journey. We explore why we need to suffer into meaning and the relationship between spiritual awakening and ego-death.Bonny Tydemen is a soulful leadership coach, psycho-spiritual guide & spoken wo...
2025-12-161h 09
The Sacred Union PodcastJan Day - Living Tantra in All Aspects of our LivesTantra means ‘weaving’. At the core of Tantric philosophy is the interconnecting and integrating all aspects of existence into a unified whole - the Sacred Union. It is one of the most important spiritual practices of this time - because it is not only about transformation and liberation - it is also a reclamation of the body, of our sexuality as a creative life force, and a reclamation of death. Living Tantra teacher, relationship expert and psycho-spiritual teacher, Jan Day has been teaching and leading workshops in Europe and Hawaii since 1999. Jan’s life an...
2025-12-071h 11
The Sacred Union PodcastDaniel Pinchbeck - The Potential of a Global InitiationDaniel Pinchbeck is a philosopher, futurist, cultural critic, New York Times bestselling author, director of The Elevator and founder of Liminal News. He draws on ideas from systems thinkers, esoteric traditions, shamanism, as well as contemporary social theory. He believes we are moving away from an obsolete materialist paradigm and toward a new/ancient understanding which reveals consciousness as our fundamental reality. In his work he often addresses the ecological and existential crises humanity is facing, and stresses the importance of integrating ancient wisdom with cutting-edge technologies and regenerative practices as a res...
2025-12-011h 01
The Sacred Union PodcastAlicia Dieminger - ZEGG eco-village as a practical role model for culture changeIn this show I am talking to Alicia Dieminger a psychologist, relationship coach, and coordinator of public relations at the ZEGG community / seminar centre near Berlin. Our conversation explores the tension between inner and outer service, collective wounds in men and women and thus in couples relationships, and feels into what it's like to live inside an egalitarian community. We explore the collective wound of not belonging to community, and the consequences of living in a trauma-based society. Alicia has 20 years of experience supporting individuals, couples and groups. Her work integrates psychology, mindfulness, and body-based th...
2025-11-2357 min
The Sacred Union PodcastSam Moyo - How to Live Life Outside of the Box and Marry YourselfIn this episode, I have invited my friend Sam Moyo to talk to me about soul-purpose, the importance of finding your own spirituality, community, and about the significance of marrying yourself. We talk about Sam's book 'The Tapestry of Magic', and what advice she wants to give to the future generations, the creation of 'Morning Glory Ville', a global wellness movement that became 'a thing' now all around the world, and her new mission: to marry 1 million people to themselves. We both share our experiences of marrying ourselves to ourselves, what that changed in our li...
2025-11-1855 min
The Sacred Union PodcastLuke Kemp - History and Future of Systemic CollapseLuke Kemp is the author of the book "Goliath’s Curse - The history and future of Societal Collapse”. He is also a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge and has a phd in international relations. His research has been covered by media outlets such as the New York Times, the BBC and the New Yorker.This episode is for everyone who is curious, unaware or worried about the current state of affairs. We explore what we can learn from the past about possible future predictions abou...
2025-11-181h 19
The Sacred Union PodcastRichard Bartlett - How To Build CommunityIn this interview I am talking to Richard Bartlett, a community builder, writer, and facilitator. We are exploring how to create new ways of living, working, and being together at this time. We look at the loneliness, the opportunity for healing family trauma through community, as well as the challenges around decision making and collaboration. Currently, Richard is stewarding Casa Tilo, a retreat center in Spain, he co-founded Loomio, an open-source tool for collaborative decision-making used by communities and social movements around the world. He helped build Enspiral, a pioneering collective for high-trust collaboration, and later launched Mi...
2025-11-021h 02
The Sacred Union PodcastSeraina Duveen and Simone Ibrahim - The Matriarch Collective Maa'ru and Feminine PowerIn this episode, I am speaking to two soul-sisters, Seraina Duveen and Simone Ibrahim, with whom I have journeyed for one year now to support the birth of Maa'ru, a Matriarch Collective, for leaders of the ancient futures. We explore the meaning of matriarchy and patriarchy, feminine power, the union of masculine and feminine through the heart, and what changes when we align our lives in a way we stand in the service of life itself. If you are curious about joining Maa'ru, learn more here https://www.instagram.com/maaru_matriarchs/. Send us a me...
2025-10-261h 27
The Sacred Union PodcastThe Ancient Futures are Calling - Why we need Community, Collaboration and AnimismWhat wisdom and skill-set did our ancient ancestors have that has been lost? What made Homo sapiens survive and other Homo species not? The term 'Ancient Futures' comes from the idea that in order for us to have a future, we need to incorporate the life-style of our ancient ancestors - their social structures and their ways of interacting with the Earth and all the living beings in it differently. I begin to explore a gigantic topic that I will spend a lot more time with, starting with what do people who live in community ha...
2025-10-191h 03The Sacred Union PodcastRelationships and Sex at the Heart of Culture ChangeThe way we relate and the way we have sex is at the heart of the cultural revolution. Why? Because this is where patriarchy has hit us the hardest - and in order to unravel the chains of thousands of years of domination, power-over, and other toxic value systems, this is where we need to call for greater liberation. So what makes Sacred Relationships and Sacred Sexuality different form the 'status quo'? Listen in. The podcast includes guided meditation practices that guide you to inquire into your own relationship and sex-life. Bibi...
2025-10-121h 13The Sacred Union PodcastEmbodiment - The Sacred Body - Embodying Masculine and FeminineIn this episode, I am diving into the infinite possibilities of where the spiral of embodiment could take us in future episodes. I am inviting you into a guided mediation to explore your body through the lens of evolution and consciousness. Explore your own purpose through the sacred union of consciousness and your body. I talk about the connection between embodiment and systemic transformation - as we live in a culture that is so mind driven. I am also introducing 'The Cross' to you - a neo-tantric, neo-shamanic map of the soul. The map...
2025-10-051h 15The Sacred Union PodcastSoul-purpose and the Meta-crisisIn this episode I expand the spiral of soul-purpose. What is a soul? What is purpose? And what does it mean for you to have been born at this time of the Great Turning? Purpose can be explained through how we live our lives (karma), as well as through what we do with our lives (dharma). Beyond the real knowing whether or not there is a purpose in this universe, the thing that matters is that we feel that there is a reason to get up for every day that lights us up, that fulfils us at t...
2025-09-281h 06The Sacred Union PodcastWhat is Humanities Purpose? What is Sacred Union? And who am I to share this with you?It is my great honour to introduce the Sacred Union podcast to you. This episode is a solo-cast and gives you an idea of what to expect in future episodes. You'll find out who I am to talk to you about topics like humanities purpose, and what sacred sexuality has to do with our political paradigms, and why our relational dynamics determine the future of our planet. Find out why it's worth listening from now on and then hopefully for as long as this podcast exists. At the heart of the Sacred Union Podcast is a...
2025-07-2749 min