Ep 68: The Mycelial Tree of Life w Michael Stuart Ani

Unbroken Chain Podcast

Michael Stuart Ani is a farmer, writer, and advocate for the protection of the environment. He has lived and worked intimately with some of the most remote indigenous communities of Central and South America and has been carrying the ritual steps of the Ghost Dance for decades. In the 1960s and 70s, he was the only outsider allowed into Mexico's Sierra Mazateca cloud forest where he developed a lifelong relationship with an entheogenic mushroom called Deshetō. He later spent 12 years with the Yanomami tribe of Venezuela, fighting epidemics. He is featured in the 1992 documentary, ”Yanomami: Keepers of the Flame” and wrote the book “The Ghost Dance: The Untold Story of the Americas.” In this fascinating and wide ranging conversation we talk about the sacred connection between plants and humans, cultivation of botanical medicines, the lineage of ritual, the fallacies of the modern approach to healing, ancestors, gods, and reclaiming our place in the weave of nature. You can find Michael at MichaelStuartAni.com and on IG @theghostdance. More podcasts where podcasts are found, MauraJames.com and on IG @maurajames.

[“Ghost Dance” - Patti Smith Group]