Oct 7, 2022
Darcia Narvaez, PhD and Wahinkpe Topa (Four
Arrows) join us to explore various precepts of the
indigenous worldview—aka the kinship worldview—how we might restore
that worldview in both our personal lives and the world at
large.
We also explore the basis of what a worldview is and why our
guests propose there are only two, the indigenous/kinship worldview
and the dominant/Western worldview. We go in-depth on the
historical rise and impact of the dominant worldview and the
intergenerational cycle of trauma it propagates; the left brain /
right brain dynamic and how it aligns with worldview, perception,
and behavior; how generations of anthropocentrism impact our
capacity to perceive our interconnection with nature and each
other; a substantial dive into death, dying, grief, and ceremony;
and what it means to become fully human.
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For links to our guests' work, full show notes, and a link to
watch this episode in video, head to bit.ly/ATTMind166
Their Book:
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28
Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
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Episode Breakdown
- (0:00) Opening
- (1:30) Guest bios
- (6:11) Patron thanks
- (8:10) Interview begins
- (10:35) How Four Arrows came into the indigenous worldview
through a near-death experience
- (14:05) How Darcia Narvaez came into the indigenous worldview
through science
- (16:39) An explanation of “shifting baselines” and why
understanding it matters
- (20:04) The dominant worldview, religion, trauma, the Roman
conquest, and colonialism
- (32:00) What is a worldview and why there are only two
worldviews that exist: Western/Dominante and
Kinship/indigenous
- (35:16) Exploring these two worldviews and the history of their
dynamic
- (38:39) The intergeneration cycle of trauma embedded in us
through the Dominant worldview
- (43:53) How generations of anthropocentrism impact our capacity
to perceive our interconnection with nature and each other
- (51:02) Feeling interconnected with life decreases fear of
death, and vice versa
- (54:43) The left brain / right brain dynamic and how it aligns
with worldview, perception, and behavior
- (59:31) Exploring a visit from some giant birds
- (1:02:10) A meditation practice on death from Four Arrows |
Having a death song
- (1:05:01) The difference between courage and fearlessness |
trust the universe
- (1:10:48) Ceremony and the indigenous worldview’s impact on
death and dying
- (1:14:23) Grief in the indigenous worldview vs the dominant
worldview
- (1:21:22) Some anecdotes of psychedelic ceremony from Four
Arrows
- (1:27:09) Being in relationship with the spirit of psychoative
plants
- (1:31:07) “Last resortism” in the medical system and Four
Arrows’ journey with cancer
- (1:33:44) James’ thoughts on the value of leaning on last
resortism to Insitute psilocybin for dying people
- (1:35:46) Cultivated interconnectedness and relationship
throughout life and death | grieving together and ceremony
- (1:43:14) Becoming fully human—neurobiologically and
culturally
- (1:46:08) Does it make sense to have hope that we will change
our ways before it's too late?
- (1:50:28) Further links and contact information for our
guests
- (1:53:16) Some closing words in Lakota from Four Arrows
- (1:53:55) Outro
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