The Heart Is a Spirit in the Water: Swimming through complexity - a podcast by Kathryn Fink

This midsummer, we delve into the magic of water spirits, who help us navigate this time of year when it feels like we’re asked to contain multitudes, when the fullness of summer seems to conflict at times with undercurrents of grief or fatigue—a tension which feels especially heightened this year.

Water spirits teach us that complexity is divine, that leaning on each other is the oldest and strongest prayer, and that our emotions can be deep wells of motivation, rather than a hindrance.

As a special treat, this episode's musical interlude is sung by yours truly, and there were some unexpected tears while recording as well—both of which I blame on the water spirits being at work in the making of this episode.|| 0:02 || Spell-prayer-poem

|| 1:17 || Intro and hearth-tending: Each June, I pay forward the abundance from The Heart Is a Cauldron Patreon to BIPOC-led orgs committed to earth-honoring practices + decolonization. This year, 100% of the proceeds from June’s Patreon memberships will go to the National Black Food&Justice Alliance as well as the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance. Join any time in June 2021 for your membership to be added to the total that will be given.

|| 6:05 || Meet water spirits, found throughout the world, and appear in as many forms as there are homes for them.|| 9:05 || Deeper dive into lore and rites of the Slavic rusalki, the njuzu of Zimbabwe, and the Well Maidens from Arthurian legends.

|| 17:52 || A siren song, sung by yours truly.|| 21:26 || Embodying complexity by dissolving binaries of the mundane vs. spiritual, mind vs. body, us vs. other.

|| 28:27 || Togetherness, and the magic of filling each others’ cups.|| 31:20 || Diving into our wells of deep feeling.

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