Episode 17 - Failing Yields the More Interesting Fruit - with special guest Eliza Swann

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Episode 17 - Failing Yields the More Interesting Fruit - with special guest Eliza Swann

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Welcome to Crystal Ballers, a podcast celebrating the audacity to create our future now, with your hosts Natasha Levinger (she/her) and Britten LaRue (she/her). This week, Natasha & Britten are thrilled to welcome special guest, Eliza Swann aka Emerald (she/they). Eliza is an alchemist, teacher, poet, author of The Anatomy of the Aura and the upcoming 2026 release The Alchemical Imagination, and found of Emerald School, a nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring alchemy as a living, transdisciplinary practice for contemporary artists, thinkers, and seekers. In this episode: Eliza used to run an art school for witches called Golden DomeRecently opened Emerald School, which uses Eliza's own teachings, centered around alchemyEliza's definition of alchemyAlchemy gets you in touch with the world's soul as a facet of your own soulHow Eliza recognized when it was time to let go of the Golden DomeAlchemy teaches you about balanceThe role of grief in alchemyAlchemy is fundamentally about failureThis year scientists accidentally created gold while trying to replicate the Big BangWhat can arise while trying to achieve the unachievableA redefinition of failure altogetherHow capitalism frames so many endings as failures"A good death bring a village together; a bad death tears a village apart."Practicing science without tending to soul and spirit will cause harmSome products of the combination of scientific inquiry and religious initiationCeremony called The Opening of the Mouth by Gnostic mystic ZosimosThe lineage of alchemy from ancient Egypt to western chemistry to the mysticism revival to Carl Jung and beyondAlchemy is for artistsAstrology is a sister science of alchemyAlchemical heritage is heavy with women, queer, and non-binary practitionersThe principal deity of European alchemy is non-binaryAlchemy is a very gender queer art and it is not shy about itCurrent attempts by men to dominate and de-queer the spaceDisrupting the binary is part of the ethic of alchemyEliza is preventing burnout today by gardening and slowing downThe realization of how deeply unhealthy institutional education can beHow dragons helped usher Eliza into teaching alchemyLeaning into trust, benefit of the doubt, forgiveness as a vital antidote against crueltyPoisons and antidotes grow together on the forest floorTrusting even when it feels riskyEliza's book of sonnets called "The Green Mary"Poetry shows you how powerful you areWatching her journey to finding her wife through her own poetryAnd more Plus... Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.Mystics Making Money is Britten's new course and registration is now open! Learn more or sign up here.If you like this podcast, please leave a 5-star review and tell your friends about us! Eliza/Emerald's Info: Eliza's website: elizaswann.comEmerald School website: emerald.school Mentioned in this episode: Eliza's appearance on Natasha's other podcast, Getting to Know WooAlchemist Brian CotnoirThe Queer Art of Failure by Jack HalberstamPoet Alice NotleyPoet Bernadette MayerPoet Hilda Doolittle Crystal Ballers is a weekly podcast hosted by mystics Natasha Levinger and Britten LaRue. Inspired by Pluto’s shift into Aquarius, it’s space to celebrate the audacity to create our Future now. In a world that minimizes the subjective experience, it takes swagger to validate our dreams, desires, and visions in co-creation with the unseen, the unexplainable, and the felt. Britten and Natasha invite listeners into the concept of "skilled feelership" - the practice of honoring and developing one's intuitive abilities as a skill, rather than seeing it as a fixed trait. They explore the reclamation of feminine power, intuitive development, and the collective shift happening in 2025 and beyond. With weekly episodes and monthly guests, Crystal Ballers’ primary goal is to support listeners in staying present to their power no matter what astrological and energetic shifts are present.