Donna Shilling

Imaginal Fieldwalkers Podcast

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The Imaginal Fieldwalkers Podcast invites listeners to step into the realms of imagination, dreams, and ancient wisdom. Hosted by Donna Shilling - your fellow wayfarer and cosmic stewardess - this series explores the mysterious landscapes of consciousness through storytelling, reflection, and playful curiosity. Each episode offers a journey to re-member our ancestral roots and engage in the subtle art of re-enchanting the modern world. This is a space for curious souls and open hearts to wonder, wander, and shapeshift through the Imaginal fields together. imaginalfieldwalkers.substack.com

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Donna Shilling

Episodes

Speaking Stones: From Flint to Silicon – Dreaming with Ancient Technologies in a Modern World 16.08.2025 1:08:21

This episode explores the evolution of human technologies through our relationship with stone — from the ancient arts of firestone flintknapping and megalithic monument building, to designing silicon chips and AI. If we can bypass our boggle thresholds, I wonder how we might tune into the frequency of stones, and listen for the messages they may be holding for receptive humans. Sharing stories of...

Following the Deer Path: Clay, Devotion and the Mother Goddess 11.06.2025 1:07:00

Welcome back to the second episode of the Imaginal Fieldwalkers podcast, where I introduce my deer ally and share fieldnotes from a time-travelling journey with her to meet an ancient female ancestor in the Neolithic. In this episode, we peek into the field of archaeomythology and the visionary work of Marija Gimbutas, whose life was devoted to understanding the Goddess cultures of Old Europe in p...

What is Important to You? 13.04.2025 1:03:11

Join me in this first episode, as we explore where some of the ideas for the Imaginal Fieldwalkers podcast were first seeded at the beginning of the millennium. In the wake of September 11th, I took a long fieldwalk from Devon to London, asking everyone I met: What is important to You? Reflecting on that homeward bound pilgrimage and my research, half a lifetime ago, into walking as a creative pra...