Mike Stygal - Dancing with the Devil? (N91)
Nomad Podcast2 Maalis 2015

Mike Stygal - Dancing with the Devil? (N91)

Mike Stygal is a shaman (i.e. he whips himself up into an altered state of consciousness in order to hang out in the spirit world). He also happens to be the president of the British Pagan Federation. Oh, and he's married to a Christian. So he seems like the right guy to talk to about what Christians can learn from pagans (and indeed, what pagans can learn from Christians).

“Experiencing the realm of ‘spirit’ is something that would connect us. How we understand that connection of spirit – or what that spirit might be – might be different. I’ve talked to a lot of Christians and a lot of people from other faiths about their experience of the divine. And each person I’ve spoken to has expressed their personal experiences in a slightly different ways.” - Mike Stygal

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