Songs & Bones with R.R. Shakti
by R.R. Shakti, PhD
Songs & Bones explores the stories that shape us. Hosted by mythologist, writer and teacher R.R. Shakti, the podcast moves between two ongoing series: Applied Mythology—stories, symbol and archetype in lived experience—and From the Journal—readings, artists and visionary voices from Soul Artist Journal.
Episodes
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Nine Nights | Night Nine — Siddhidātrī: Integrated Power
On the ninth and final night of Navarātri, Goddess appears as Siddhidātrī—the giver of siddhis, extraordinary capacities associated with yogic practice. Traditionally, these powers include the ability to become exceedingly small or vast, light or heavy, to reach what seems unreachable, to bring...
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NINE NIGHTS | Night Eight — Mahāgaurī : Luminous Fullness
On Night Eight, Goddess appears as Mahāgaurī—the radiant one, her face shining white-gold like the full moon. Where Kālarātrī evokes the darkness and emptiness of the new moon, Mahāgaurī offers the image of fullness: the awareness that life can be abundant even when it is imperfect. This night is...
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NINE NIGHTS | Night Seven—Kālarātri: Unwavering Courage
Tonight we meet Kālarātri, the fierce, dark aspect of the Goddess who invites you to confront your fears and recognize the wholeness of your being. Through the myth of Kālī and the demon Raktabīja, we explore how our unacknowledged fears, grief, and resentment can multiply within the unconscious...
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NINE NIGHTS | Night Six — Kātyāyanī : Discerning Clarity
On Night Six, Goddess appears as Kātyāyanī—Durga, the impenetrable one. Her story is the defeat of Mahishāsura, the shapeshifting demon whose power lies in his ability to remain elusive. Every time the gods begin to corner him, he changes form. Their frustration gathers into a single radiant…
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NINE NIGHTS | Night Five—Skandamātā: Abundant Heart
The fifth night of Navarātri welcomes Skandamātā, the mother of Skanda. Born of the fiery union of Śiva and Śakti, Skanda is carried by the sacred Gaṅgā and nourished by the six sister stars, the Kṛttikās. When Pārvatī embraces her son, she honors the many mothers who helped bring him into being....
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NINE NIGHTS| Night Four— Kushmāṇḍā: Creative Radiance
On Night Four, the image of Goddess expands. We move beyond her image as daughter, ascetic, wife and earth mother and encounter her as a cosmic power of creation—the primordial egg filled with heat, light and vibration. Kushmāṇḍā is said to be so radiant that she dwells within the Sun itself. Her...
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NINE NIGHTS | Night Three — Candraghaṇṭā: Sacred Union
On the third night of Navarātri, we meet Candraghaṇṭā, the radiant Goddess who embodies the sacred marriage of opposites. As Śiva arrives for his wedding accompanied by an unruly procession of ghosts, demons, and creatures of the cremation grounds, Pārvatī’s mother is horrified. But Pārvatī...
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Nine Nights | Night Two — Brahmacāriṇī: The Wisdom of Letting Go
On the second night of Navarātri, we honor the fertile darkness of the new moon—a place of emptying, surrender and fresh possibility. The story continues with Parvatī, the Daughter of the Mountain, and her longing to be reunited with Śiva. In devotion to that desire, she takes up the path of...
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Nine Nights | Night One — Śailaputrī : Daughter of the Mountain
Śailaputrī — Daughter of the Mountain Before she is Śailaputrī, she is Satī. Her story is one of rupture, death and return. Reborn as the Daughter of the Mountain, she brings us back to Earth—to body, animal, stone, soil, and the elemental conditions of being human. This first night of Navarātri...
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FROM THE JOURNAL | How is a Sapphire Born
Sarah Pauli is gentle and brilliant. She is the kind of creative you want to listen to closely, because you don’t want to miss the meaning inside the tenderness. She finds inspiration everywhere—across the universe, in nature and through all of life. I met Sarah at the Sedona Yoga Festival years...
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The Snake & the Jewel
To become whole, Carl Jung taught, we must recognize that we are more than the small, familiar self we call the ego. Beneath the surface of awareness lives a vast interior world that shapes our choices, relationships, longings and fears. The work of individuation begins when we turn toward what…
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Songs & Bones
La Loba: The Wolf Woman invites you into one of the most enduring stories in the mythic imagination. Deep in the wilderness of Pueblo country lives an old woman known as La Loba—the Wolf Woman. Bent with age and weathered by sun, she wanders mesas and canyon floors searching for bones. She is a...
About this show
Songs & Bones explores the stories that shape us. Hosted by mythologist, writer and teacher R.R. Shakti, the podcast moves between two ongoing series: Applied Mythology—stories, symbol and archetype in lived experience—and From the Journal—readings, artists and visionary voices from Soul Artist Journal.
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R.R. Shakti, PhD