Metaphysics: A View Through The Veil

Is the animal that keeps crossing your path trying to tell you something? In Part 2 of our Shamanism Series, Fotoula Adrimi reveals the difference between a spirit animal, your guide and ally, and a power animal, a lost strength waiting to be reclaimed. She also shares how to find yours. We journey down the Tree of Life and ask the big question: how do you know a message is real and not just your imagination? Fotoula explains why ego is the biggest trap on the shamanic path and why the inner work is the way through it. We also explore what it means when your animal shows up in silence, and what the trickster is warning you about when coyote or fox appears. Then things get darker. Lost souls, spirit attachments, and the signs you might be carrying one. Who is most vulnerable? Why can Ouija boards and haunted tours open doors you can't easily close? And how do you protect yourself? Press play if you dare.

Metaphysics: A View Through the Veil Part 1 of 5 — A Series on Shamanism Soul Retrieval & The Spirit of the Shaman Drum  I sit down with shamanic teacher Fotoula Adrimi, trained under renowned teacher Sandra Ingerman and founder of the Isis School of Holistic Health, for a deep dive into shamanism — one of humanity's oldest healing traditions which is found in some form in nearly every culture on earth. Fotoula's own path began with a spiritual awakening that led her from secretive family ritual in Greece to a vision of Shiva that sent her to a teacher in the Himalayas. In our Shamanic Series opening episode, we focus on soul retrieval: the practice of recovering the parts of ourselves lost to trauma, shock, or years of simply enduring. Fotoula explains where those lost soul pieces go, how power loss differs from soul loss, and what it feels like when a fragment finally comes home. We also unpack spiritual cords versus healthy attachment, what happens when a soul refuses to return, and the real dangers of untrained "shamans" — including clients Fotoula has treated after harmful psychedelic ceremonies. Fotoula also shares how her Shaman Drum chose and found her. This Shamanism Series is an honest, grounded look at what real shamanic healing requires, and the healing it gives in return. FOTOULA ADRIMI Fotoula Adrimi, BA(Hons), MSc, is a spiritual teacher, shamanic practitioner, healer, author, and co-director of the ISIS School of Holistic Health Ltd. She has been practising shamanism since 2006 and has trained extensively in core shamanism, Himalayan shamanism, and indigenous spiritual and healing traditions. Fotoula is a graduate of Sandra Ingerman's two-year shamanic teacher training and a member of the Global Shamanic Teachers Network (shamanicteachers.com). Her work brings together shamanic practice, ancient spiritual wisdom, and direct teachings received through her relationship with compassionate helping spirits. Through her books, courses, ceremonies, and practitioner trainings, Fotoula invites people to reconnect with the living Earth, develop their relationship with Spirit, and rediscover the luminous spiritual being they already are. Fotoula's new book  Discovering Shamanism: An Authentic Guide to Traditional Healing and Shamanic Practice, is scheduled for release on October 30, 2026 , and is currently available for pre-order.  https://www.theisisschoolofholistichealth.com https://www.youtube.com/@The.Shamanic.School.Scotland https://www.facebook.com/fotoula.adrimi/ https://www.facebook.com/theisisschoolofholistichealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isisschoolofholistichealth/ https://fotoulaadrimi.substack.com  

Oxford scholar Tobias Churton has written the first book to trace humanity's ideas of heaven across every culture and era — and the conversation goes places you won't expect. Why does hell begin as a fear of restless ancestors? Did atheism require civilization to exist? Is "Imagine" actually the most depressing song ever written? Churton is erudite, funny, and surprisingly candid about what he himself believes. Wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and genuinely hard to stop listening to.

What happens when a five-time degree holder, aerospace engineer, and lifelong student of the Mystery Schools sits across from you and tells you that magic and science are the same thing? You lean in — because he can prove it. Phil Catalano, known simply as "The Wizard," brings one of the most fascinating dual perspectives I've encountered through the Veil. With degrees spanning parapsychology, psychology, anthropology, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering — and a career that took him from NASA to JPL — Phil has spent over 60 years with a foot firmly planted in both the material world and the esoteric one. His father steered him into engineering to earn a living. Sister Helen, back in Catholic school, pointed him toward miracles. He never let go of either. In this conversation, we explore how quantum entanglement is just the scientific world finally catching up to what the metaphysical world has always called bonding, why plasma — the fourth state of matter — may be the long-sought bridge between the physical and the etheric, and how everything, truly everything, is connected through a vast matrix of threads we are only just beginning to follow. Phil shares his deep study of the Mystery Schools — the Golden Dawn, OTO, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, BOTA — alongside his work with ancient wisdom traditions, including the thousands-of-years-documented Taoist understanding of natural energies that Western science is only now beginning to quantify. We also go deep into the big questions: Who is managing this planet, and why? Are ETs the good guys, the bad guys, or both? Why have we lost so much ancient knowledge — and was it taken from us deliberately? What does it mean that cliff drawings clearly show ETs living among us as part of society? And what happens when we die — is there even such a thing? Phil is a teacher, craftsman, engineer, and shaman drum-maker who has helped over 500 people build their own ceremonial drums. He is generous with what he knows, passionate about what he is still discovering, and absolutely certain of one thing: we always have been able to move forward. We always do. PHIL CATALANO, THE WIZARD Phil Catalano's background is remarkably interdisciplinary. He holds five Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Massachusetts and other universities in multidisciplinary fields, including Parapsychology, Anthropology, Psychology, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. An Aerospace Engineer by profession, Phil has worked with NASA/JPL, Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Boeing, Raytheon, and other major aerospace organizations. Alongside his scientific career, he has spent more than 60 years studying metaphysical and paranormal subjects, including work with Mystery Schools, Alchemy, Ancient Wisdom traditions, Occult Sciences, and ET/UFO research and investigations. Phil's unique integration of science, engineering, and esoteric studies offers a rare and compelling perspective on how all things are interconnected.    

What if ancient Egypt held the roadmap for exactly what we're living through right now? Fotoula Adrimi, Greek spiritual teacher, healer, and author of Sacred Mysticism of Egypt, joins me to explore the golden age of Egypt — a time when humanity was clairvoyant, connected to the cosmos, and building monuments aligned with the stars. We talk past lives, the prophecy of Zep Tepi, the myth of Horus and Set as a mirror for today's chaos, and the three signs the ancients said would mark humanity's return to the light. Spoiler: two have arrived. We're still waiting on the third. This one will stay with you. Fotoula Adrimi Fotoula Adrimi, BA(Hons), MSc, is a director of the ISIS School of Holistic Health, an international school of healing arts, spiritual development, and inner transformation through vibrational energy work, enlightened teachings, shamanism, and meditation. She is part of the global network of Shamanic Teachers under Sandra Ingerman and part of Shaman's Directory. Since 2014, Fotoula has been serving as a Membership Secretary and Trustee of the Theosophical Society – The Glasgow Lodge. Fotoula lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland, has taught in Germany and the Netherlands, and has led spiritual pilgrimages to Egypt. Her first book, The Golden Book of Wisdom: Ancient Spirituality and Shamanism for Modern Times, is an Amazon UK bestseller.