CT 53: Alchemy of Change: Navigating Resilience & Transformation Through Ancestral Connection

🌟 Welcome to Episode 53 of Casual Temple; today we sit down with the radiant Samantha Nacman — ceremonial practitioner, ancestral medium, and energy worker — as she shares her powerful journey from excommunication to spiritual reclamation. Samantha opens up about how she navigated a painful expulsion from her religious community, and how that event catalyzed a deep dive into ancestral healing, earth-based spirituality, and intuitive development.With warmth, humor, and grounded insight, Samantha and host Merrily explore what it means to reclaim decolonized ritual, spiritual authority, community and how to do so in an intuitive way.🌿 Topics CoveredSamantha’s origin story: excommunication and awakeningReconnecting with ancestral lines through intuitive and scholarly explorationFilipino spiritual heritage, folk practices, and feminine lineageThe role of community and tension with individuality in Filipino-American identityNavigating intuitive gifts, mediumship, and psychic boundariesPast life insights and how they shape current spiritual workCeremony as a creative, embodied expression of reverenceMoney, spiritual service, and creating modern indigenous frameworksHealing tools from the Berkeley Psychic Institute and Earth-based lineagesFinding teachers, guides, and synchronicity in spiritual training📚 Books & Resources MentionedAncestral Medicine by Daniel FoorBabaylan: Filipinos and the Call of the Indigenous by Leny Mendoza StrobelTeachings by Pilar Lesko (Mystic & Business Mentor)New Earth Mystery School (Mariam Hasnaa)The Berkeley Psychic InstituteSacred Way Mystery School Whether you’re navigating your own spiritual path, exploring ancestral connections, or curious about balancing mysticism and modernity — this conversation offers deep nourishment and practical magic.____________________ Transcription link.____________________⭐GUEST LINKS➡️Samantha's Website: https://www.intheforgottenseat.com/➡️Samantha's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intheforgottenseat/ 🌟HOST LINKS➡️Casual Temple donation page on Red Circle:https://app.redcircle.com/shows/bfcfee25-4702-4872-a8a0-7a751a12b05b/donations➡️Visit Casual Temple at our website: https://www.casualtemple.com➡️Sign up for the Casual Temple Mailing List and enter to win a free reading!: https://casualtemple.com/#mailinglist➡️Learn more about Merrily's energy healing work at: https://www.celestialringguidance.com 👋Follow us on Social Media!➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merrilyduffy and https://www.instagram.com/casualtemple➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CasualTemple____________________#CasualTemple #CasualTemplePodcast #MerrilyDuffy #PodcastEpisode #PodcastDrop #SpiritualPodcast #Babaylan #SamanthaNacman #FilipinoSpirituality #BabaylanRising #FilipinoMagic #FilipinaMystic #AncestralHealing #PsychicDevelopment #SpiritualSovereignty #EarthWisdom #CeremonyIsMedicine #BerkeleyPsychicInstitute #EnergyHealing #MediumshipDevelopment #PastLifeWisdom #SpiritualMentorship #DecolonizeSpirituality #MoneyAndSpirit #MysticBusiness #HealingFromReligion #ReclaimingRitual*** Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Casual Temple, its subsidiaries, or any entities they represent. 🎵Stock media provided by SAPHIRESONGS/ Pond5*Get 20% off your first Pond5 purchase and support Casual Temple!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy