The podcast

Sacred Nature Radio

The spiritual nature of ecology. The ecological nature of spirit.

Hosted by Duir Wydd

About the show

Where science meets spirit

Sacred Nature Radio is a podcast that explores the spiritual nature of ecology and the ecological nature of spirit. It bridges science and spirituality, ancient and modern, and Eastern and Western. The intention is simple and ambitious: to fertilize minds for the emergence of an integral and regenerative paradigm, one in which human potential can expand in creative synergy.

The show began with a question at the edge of medicine and physics, explored in the pilot episode, Translating Qì 氣. From there, the conversations have moved outward, into naturopathic and East Asian medicine, plant medicine, spiritual ecology, dreaming and ritual, Hermetic and Christian mysticism, metamodern philosophy, and even a conversation with an AI.

Along with interviews, the show makes room for poetry, prayer, and story. Audio Triptych is three poems; A Samhain Prayer marks the turning of the year; and A Lovecraftian Love Story is a piece of cosmic fiction.

The heart of it

Sacredness is a Responsibility.
Find your own inner Divinity.
Recreate yourself, so that
You can Co-create the world.

There is a Divine Language,
And it is reality itself.
Fall in love with what inspires you
To reveal the Beauty intrinsic in Everything.

Themes you’ll hear

  • Vitalism, vital energy, and Qì
  • Naturopathic and person-centered medicine
  • Traditional East Asian medicine and Chinese medicine
  • Healing plants and plant medicine
  • Spiritual ecology and living meaningfully in late capitalism
  • Integral theory, metamodernity, and emergentism
  • Hermeticism, magick, and the universality of transcendental truth
  • Dreaming, ritual, and our relationship to time
  • Technology, consciousness, and AI
  • Poetry, prayer, and story

Selected conversations

  • Pilot: Translating Qì 氣
  • 03: Healing plant medicines with Carlos Iñapi Manuyama
  • 04: Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue on spiritual ecology and living a meaningful life in late capitalism
  • 05: Brandt Stickley LAc on Integral Theory, Magick, and Chinese Medicine
  • 06: Emakhet Ra on Dreaming, Ritual, and our Relationship to Time
  • 07: Mitch Stargrove, ND, LAc on Vitalism, Science & Magick, and person-centered health care
  • 08: Bob Quinn on MoreWithLessing and a Quiet Revolution in East Asian Medicine
  • 09: Brendan Graham Dempsey on Metamodernity and Emergentism
  • 10: Dr. Rick Kirschner, ND on Natural Medicine, Motivation, and Writing
  • 13: Vital Energy with Dr. Hunter Peterson NMD
  • 14: The Lord’s Prayer, Hermeticism, Christianity, and the Universality of Transcendental Truth
  • 15: Tao of Glass Swapcast with Trent Nydegger & Kevin Petersen

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Keep the conversation growing

Sacred Nature Radio is listener-supported. Patrons help keep the microphones on and the conversations going. Some episodes have been released early to patrons.

Transcripts, poems, and stories connected to the show, such as A Samhain Prayer and Is ChatGPT an Egregore?, are posted on Substack.

Be a guest, or suggest one

Know someone who lives at the crossroads of science, spirit, healing, and ecology? We’d love to hear from you.