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Podcast: Midnight, On Earth
Episode: Episode 209 - The Sacred Magic of Cacao w/ Judy Machado
Description: In this episode we embrace the plant spirit Mama Cacao with Judy Machado - founder of Goddess Temple Cacao.. We begin with Judy explaining how her story with cacao developed, leading to her being trained by a Shipibo-Conibo cacao shaman.. Judy and I then take a very informative look at the spiritual essence of this plant, and its origins in pre-history, and as an extra-terrestrial spirit. We discuss how it is a Master Teacher plant, revered in the same way, and used ceremonially in the same way as plant like Ayahuasca in traditional cultures. As we continue, we delve...