Episode 5: We’re Coming Out

Starting off with a discussion about Starseeds, we veer into Human Design while tackling questions of how systems and labels can be interpreted. We touch upon the concept of policing other people’s reality and how knee jerk reactions can turn into ridicule towards people holding atypical beliefs.

From there we run through a wide ranging dialogue about the validity of ancient versus more recent divination systems. In addressing this divide, we touch upon how to relate to things when we do or don’t draw clear lines between the ‘real’ and the ‘imagined’.

We then lean into our long journeys of contesting stigma and choosing to come forward as magical beings (listen for the big reveal!), while reminiscing about our apprehensions and fears and how we overcame them by choosing self-acceptance.

After we wrap up with imagining a world where our magical worldview isn’t stigmatized, derided or gaslit, we discuss how this year in particular feels like a greater emergence of spiritual changes that have been going on for the past decade, and how this inspires us to want to finally be more visible and, in our own ways, set a precedent for the future.

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

• Marianne Williamson begins longshot 2024 challenge to Biden
• Jules Evans on Medium
• The Prism of Lyra: An Exploration of Human Galactic Heritage
• The Human Design System
• ‘Starseed Markings Reading’ using Astrology via Galactic Blueprint
• The Arcturian Anthology by Tom Kenyon
• Explaining Astrology to a Skeptic
• I Ching Supernaturally Revealed to Fu Xi
• Findhorn Foundation
• If You Haven’t Had a Spiritual Experience, Don’t Try to “Debunk” Spirituality

Who We Are:

Leila Ghazal is the creator of Galactic Blueprint, a platform where she provides guidance through Astrology, Human Design, Shamanic Journeying, and Oracle Readings. In 2020, Leila went from being a psychedelic researcher, coordinating the Psilocybin for Major Depression trial at NYU to an astrologer and galactic shaman. She began providing galactic lineage readings to many who felt like they don’t belong on earth, while maintaining an active voice in the importance of the present moment and the embodiment of our experience. Leila has a background in Research & Psychology having earned a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from The New School for Social Research.

Tola Cohia Brennan is an artist and philosopher. He has been consulting the Tarot professionally since an intensive mentorship in 2021, and offers readings via Future Present Tarot. Beginning in 2014, Tola has been a diligent student of everything spiritual and esoteric with an inquisitive and open-ended approach emphasizing historical context and primary sources. He has an undergraduate degree in Contemporary Spirituality through Hunter College and a masters degree from the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.