Poetry, Somatics, and God as Mother with Starchild

Reclaiming the Garden

Note: there is discussion of child abuse in this episode

In this episode, we have a conversation with our friend Starchild, a queer autistic somatic psychotherapist, poet, musician, mystic, and ex-pastor. Starchild talks about their Southern Baptist upbringing, their journey from autistic Wonder Church Boy to renegade mystic to inclusive orthodox Methodist to the joyful queer ecstatic dance enthusiast they are now. Starchild shares some of their wonderful poetry and talks about their experiences of knowing God’s grace and love deep in their body, and connecting with God as Mother and the earth as God’s body.

You can find Starchild on Instagram @starchilddruid. You can listen to their album Dolly for President here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6cO7ZNbMxKss3AziN6qArd?si=rgtiga62SVWiEQEx5XA9FQ. You can also find them on Facebook with their other name, Morgan Guyton.

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