Dr. John Vervaeke welcomes Robin, a scholar focused on the meaning crisis and shamanism. They delve into the intriguing concept of wind horse and its profound significance in shamanic healing and transcendence. They discuss the neuroscientific connections with symbolism in mythology, exploring how our brain activity coordinates with the 'subtle body'. They also reflect on the power of Tai Chi Chuan and the subtle body's interaction with the world. Robin shares the role of shamans in restoring life force and cultivating wind horse through rituals. The conversation later navigates towards internal family systems therapy and its parallels with shamanic practices. The dialogue shifts towards cultivating wind horse and strengthening its connection to altered consciousness states.

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00:00:15 Robin introduces himself and his interest in the meaning crisis and shamanism, and explains the concept of wind horse and its relation to healing and transcendence.
00:08:56: Robin discusses how Jung's work relates brain regions with specific symbolism in mythology.
00:11:30: Dr. Vervaeke suggests that the subtle body's experience involves unusual coordination of brain activity.
00:15:56 Discussion of the power of transferability in Tai Chi Chuan.
00:17:32 Dr. Vervaeke proposes that the subtle body allows interaction with the world.
00:21:30 Dr. Vervaeke and Robin discuss how cultivating wind horse can help bring up repressed emotions, and past traumas, and improve awareness.
00:24:00 The role shamans play in restoring life force and cultivating wind horse.
00:26:38 Aligning internal family systems therapy with shamanic practices, and the importance of combining different dimensions in healing processes.
00:31:48 Robin discusses the brain training and consciousness connection in cultivating wind horse and shamanic journeys.
00:32:15 Differentiation between mindgenerated and worldgenerated spirits in shamanism.
00:34:19 Conversation on archetypal patterns within and without and their linkage in spirits.
00:38:57 Discussion on how culture shapes the person and the environment.
00:40:36 Robin shares their unique shamanism approach, combining traditional elements and a Jungian framework.
00:44:17 Example of guiding someone through a death and rebirth ritual.
00:47:00 Dr. Vervaeke and Robin encourage listeners to explore more about wind horse.