Medicine Woman Charlotte James on Nakedness in Nature & the Intersection of Race and Psychedelics [episode 87]

Medicine Woman Charlotte James shares about healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature. You’ll also hear about:

• The intersection of race and psychedelics 
• Integration and the 5 circles of self
• How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca
• The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith

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Charlotte James works to create a world in which all beings are able to live in fearless pursuit of their radical transformation. She uses her purpose as an entheogenic medicine woman and her skills as a coach and digital strategist to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation. Learn more about Charlotte’s work at theancestorproject.com.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca
• On feeling called to facilitate the medicine 
• The intersection between race and psychedelics 
• What happened when Charlotte heard the call from mushrooms on the need to organize community for black women 
• Charlotte’s experience apprenticing during the pandemic 
• Ancestral practice as harm reduction
• Working towards collective liberation 
• The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith 
• On connecting to the traditions of your ancestors 
• What are you policing within yourself? 
• Restorative justice and decolonizing the self 
• The importance of BIPOC only spaces 
• Communicating with respect and compassion for each other 
• Building the life and the world you want to see 
• Being responsible for replicating our own trauma 
• Why we cant manifest our way out of oppression 
• How our eagerness can overshadow our integrity 
• Channeling integration into daily action 
• How judgment and shame blocked Charlotte’s connection to the medicine 
• Healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature 
• Integration and the 5 circles of self
• Why it isn’t selfish to have your needs met 
• Exploring nudism and nakedness in nature 
• Clothes and respectability politics 
• Challenging what we perceive as acceptable 
• Integration circles for BIPOC folks 
• And so much more!

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• Learn more about Charlotte’s offerings at theancestorproject.com 
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References:

• Native Land https://native-land.ca/  
• Psychedelics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug 
• Rave scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave 
• Cannabis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug) 
• Anthropology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology 
• MDMA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA 
• Die Antwoord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Antwoord 
• LSD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide 
• Kambo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambo_cleanse 
• Bufo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufo 
• Ayahuasca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca  
• San Pedro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis_pachanoi 
• Iboga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibogaine 
• Cocaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine 
• Okayplayer || Article https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/black-people-psychedelic-drugs-monnica-williams.html 
• Andrea Wright https://www.instagram.com/guidedbydre/ 
• 5-MeO-DMT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-MeO-DMT 
• Mike Tyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson 
• Shaman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism 
• People of Color Psychedelic Collective https://www.pocpc.org/ 
• Decolonization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization
• Appropriation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation 
• Systemic racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism 
• Restorative justice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_justice 
• Vikings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings 
• Polytheistic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism 
• Animism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism 
• Entheogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen 
• BIPOC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color 
• Pagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism 
• Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam 
• Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism 
• Diaspora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora
• Saxon People https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxons 
• 5D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-dimensional_space 
• Cognitive dissonance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance 
• Pedagogy of the Oppressed || Book https://amz.run/5YY1 
• Shipibo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipibo-Conibo 
• Body dysmorphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder 
• Enneagram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality 
• Tobacco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco 
• Sage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_apiana 
• Cacao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean 
• Polyamorous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory 
• Shawna https://www.instagram.com/shawna.cason/ 

 

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