Episode 57
Today Michaela Carlin welcomes Snow Raven, a musician and shaman from the Republic of Sakha, Siberia. Much of the conversation centers around Snow Raven's unique form of music that integrates sounds of nature and her indigenous shamanistic practices.
Snow Raven shares her experience growing up in one of the coldest, most remote areas on earth. She discusses the concept of shamanic journeys, adjusting to life in the United States, and her role as a bridge between the indigenous and modern world.
Michaela and Snow Raven critique the Western approach to life for its disconnect from nature's rhythms and ancestral wisdom. Ultimately, they stress the importance of indigenous voices in reconnecting us to lost wisdom and integrating this into earth medicine and psychedelic spaces.
SNOW RAVEN - SUOR was born in one of the most remote and cold inhabited places in the world - the Republic of Sakha - Yakutia (arctic Siberia). She was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. Her voice takes its breath from traditional Sakha culture and is truly an instrument. She is the OG of “arctic beatbox” - the reindeer breath and the founder of OLOX ecosystem: Of Many Believes Common Truth.
SNOW RAVEN, participant of America’s Got Talent 2020, headlined Lightning in the Bottle, Lost Lands, The Elements, Lucidity Festival, OmRising, Beloved, Sundance Film Festival and played multiple shows at Burning Man. SNOW RAVEN also took part in Bioneers ECOconference, the international forum Arctic Circle-2015 in Iceland, in the French-American Arctic expedition Pax Arctica (DeLong Islands) sponsored by the Prince Monaco Foundation and in the International Beatbox Championship as a special guest. In 2023 she spoke at TEDx Vermont, Yale University.
Episode Highlights
Snow Raven's cultural background and musical journey
Exploring shamanism and Sakha culture
Adjusting to a new life in the United States
The power of sound and trance
Snow Raven's childhood and connection to nature
Her travels and musical mission
The impact of modern life on sensory perception
Shamanic journeying and the role of shamans
Snow Raven's personal shamanic experience
The healing power of sound and music
Snow Raven's vision for the future
The role of psychedelics in shamanic practice
A musical performance on the mouth harp
Snow Raven - SUOR’s Links
Website: www.olox.life
Instagram: @snowravenofficial
Snow Raven’s Album - Home:
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
Organization: Thank You Life: A Psychedelic Therapy Nonprofit
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Special thanks to Jeremy Colbert (Taragápe) for the original podcast theme music.
You can find out more about Jeremey’s work here:
taragape.com and @taragape