CIVILIZATION 2.0
ANCIENT FUTURE
A future memory whispers in me… I am driven by a vision of a sane, safe and sacred world where the human presence on planet earth tends and elevates the harmony between all beings.
In this abundant future we know who and what we are as souls. We transcend centuries of systemic trauma, racism, slavery, genocide and colonization. All people: all races, all creeds, all genders and all ages, come home together in a diverse planetary unity. We remember our collective purpose as bio-spiritual co-creators with the Earth.
This emergent next stage of planetary civilization plays the Infinite Game, tending the human relationship with nature, and organizing the powers of technology, economy and governance in service to the well-being and abundance of humanity and all natural living systems.
SYSTEMS
CHANGE
The world we were born into no longer exists. The one that will be is emerging as we live, love, narrate and create it. We are co-architects of a whole scale transition in the very nature of civilization - a transition from separation, dominion and extraction to wholeness, collaboration and regeneration. This transition invites entirely new (and ancient) narratives about what it is to be fully human, about the human place in the Circle of Life, and about the relationship between nature, technology and human wellbeing.
Because civilization is complex, we cannot change one thing and expect everything else to change. Systems change means working with complexity and root causes (rather than symptoms OR single solutions) to transform infrastructure (the underlying physical systems that make the world work), social structure (social systems like education, medicine and government), and superstructures (ideological systems of myth, religion and law).
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
SACRED VISION
There’s a kind of peace, happiness and grace you can experience when you align your life with the bio-spiritual intelligence of your body, your soul, and Life itself. This is EnLifenment. It's a remembering of wholeness. A restoration of integrity. A homecoming.
I teach a systematic and holistic approach to deconstructing separation, healing trauma and wounding, and re-attuning to the soul so you can know wholeness - in yourself and the world. As your experience of self, relationship and meaning evolve, you will discover trust, truth, and joy. You will liberate your creative potential as a co-creator of The Gift, weaving the currencies of your unarmored love, life force and attention into the Sacred Fabric of which we are all a part.
THE CIVILIZING IMPULSE
OF TRUE HUMANS IS TO
HARMONIZE THE FORCES OF NATURE
PSYCHEDELICS
Psychedelics are a unique class of plant, fungus and synthetic compounds that induce liminal states enabling expansion of consciousness, softening of identity fixations, and restored connection with self, other, nature and God. Psychedelics help us meet and integrate even the most intense trauma and wounds to restore wholeness and integrity at center of Self. Since Michael Pollan published How to Change Your Mind in 2018, mainstream America has become radically curious about these medicines for the body and soul.
Psychedelics are not, however, something new. They have been used for thousands of years in cultures around the globe as allies for expanded spiritual wisdom and healing. The word “psychedelic” literally means “mind-manifesting.” We also like the word “entheogen,” which means “awakening the god within,” and “holotropic,” which embraces a broad spectrum of practices, such as breathwork and dance, that attune us directly to the reality of wholeness.
EMBODIMENT
Life is an embodied process. Our bodies are feats of biological majesty. Far more than machines, they are vehicles for our souls to cognize the world and participate in life. To inhabit your body, experiencing the simple (yet infinitely complex) miracle of life is fundamental to being fully human. In an increasingly digital world, we firmly believe in the primacy of real-world, immersive experiences that connect us with nature, beauty and community.
Embodied practices - such as dance, yoga, hiking, singing, planting seedlings, sitting in council and making art, invite the wildness of your inner animal, the refinement of your senses, the delight of play, the dignity of authentic emotion, the integrity of right effort, and the luminosity of your whole-being presence to come alive as a full-spectrum expression of wholeness, happiness, creativity and joy.
BIO
Samantha Sweetwater is a sacred leader and storyteller caring for people and the earth at the intersection of spirituality, psychedelics and systems change. She supports her clients and communities as a soul mentor, strategic partner and deeply loved ceremonial guide.
She has spent over three decades facilitating embodied transformation on five continents. Her work is shaped by 30+ years of study and facilitation integrating yoga, dance, buddhism, shamanism, trauma healing, integral systems, transpersonal psychology, and permaculture.
She is the founder and director of One Life Circle, a plant medicine ministry dedicated to truth, love and the continuity of life. As the former founder of Dancing Freedom and Peacebody Japan, she pioneered the conscious dance movement—facilitating tens of thousands of people and training hundreds of facilitators to seed communities around the globe.
Samantha holds an MA in Wisdom Studies and a BA in Social Theory and the Dance with a minor in Legal Philosophy. She is an Ordained Priestess of the 13 Moons and has been initiated by indigenous teachers in Africa, South America and the US.
Samantha's first book, True Human: Reimagining Ourselves at the End of Our World, will be available soon. See her in the upcoming documentary, Everybody Is Doing Drugs.
PROJECTS & BOARDS
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ONE LIFE CIRCLE
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ONE NATION LIFE - BOARD MEMBER
APPEARANCES
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SHIFT NETWORK PSYCHEDELIC HEALING SUMMIT
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SAND: SCIENCE & NONDUALITY CONFERENCE
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LIGHTINING IN A BOTTLE
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BIONEERS CONFERENCE
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DOCUMENTARY: EVERYBODY IS DOING DRUGS
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ESALEN
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IONS INSTITUTE
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BELOVED FESTIVAL
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BOLD.LY NOW
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LUCIDITY FESTIVAL
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REBEL WISDOM PODCAST
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THE PSYCHEDELIC ENTREPRENEUR PODCAST
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CATALYZING RADICAL SYSTEMIC CHANGE PODCAST
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GRAY TRANSFORMS PODCAST
LIFE IS CALLING YOU HOME
We incarnated to dignify humanness simply by being fully alive. It is not so hard to co-create beauty and abundance that works for Life. All that is needed is to choose to be fully Here, intimate with life. We have the power and capacity to create a shared world where everyone is free, everyone belongs and everyone is home. Take the next step. Drop the veils of separation. Remember who and what you are.
“SAMANTHA HAS THE PROFOUND GIFT OF INITIATING SPIRITUAL ACTIVATION WITHIN HER CLIENTS”
“Samantha has the profound gift of initiating spiritual activation within her clients. She guides those who are called through the journey the soul-centric Self, allowing each one to find their authentic place and purpose in the fabric of life. Facilitating this process of awakening requires a deep sense of care, humility and commitment that Samantha embodies with grace and presence.”
—WES CARTER
PRESIDENT, ATLANTIC PACKAGING
FOUNDER, A NEW EARTH PROJECT
LIFE IS CALLING YOU HOME
“We incarnated in order to dignify humanness by being fully alive and by co-creating beauty and abundance for all beings. We hold the keys to co-create a shared world where everyone is free, everyone belongs and everyone comes home. Take the next step. Drop the veils of separation. Remember who and what you are.”
“SAMANTHA HAS THE PROFOUND GIFT OF INITIATING SPIRITUAL ACTIVATION WITHIN HER CLIENTS
She guides those who are called through the journey the soul-centric Self, allowing each one to find their authentic place and purpose in the fabric of life. Facilitating this process of awakening requires a deep sense of care, humility and commitment that Samantha embodies with grace and presence.”
—WES CARTER
PRESIDENT, ATLANTIC PACKAGING
FOUNDER, A NEW EARTH PROJECT
PSYCHEDELICS
Psychedelics are a unique class of plant, fungus and synthetic compounds that induce liminal states enabling expansion of consciousness, softening of identity fixations, and restored connection with self, other, nature and God. Psychedelics help us meet and integrate even the most intense trauma and wounds to restore wholeness and integrity at center of Self. Since Michael Pollan published How to Change Your Mind in 2018, mainstream America has become radically curious about these medicines for the body and soul.
Psychedelics are ancient medicine. They have been used for thousands of years in cultures around the globe as allies for expanded spiritual wisdom, healing and communal ritual. At this time in our collective evolution, they offer themselves to us as allies both for radical healing and for optimal creativity, helping us to meet and discover innovative, bio-spiritually attuned responses to our deepest systemic challenges.
EMBODIMENT
Choose to be fully in-the-body and soul-fully alive. Life is an embodied process. Our bodies are feats of biological majesty. Far more than machines, they are vehicles for our souls to cognize the world and participate in life. To inhabit your body, experiencing the simple (yet infinitely complex) miracle of planetary existence is fundamental to being fully human. In an increasingly digital world, I firmly believe in the primacy of in-real-life, immersive experiences that connect us with nature, eros and community.
Practices such as dance, yoga, hiking, singing, conscious touch, gardening, sitting in council, breathwork, and making art are innately erotic. They invite the wildness of your inner animal, the refinement of your senses, the delight of play, the dignity of authentic emotional engagement, the integrity of right effort, and the luminosity of your whole-being presence to come alive. Embodiment empowers full-spectrum expression of wholeness, happiness, creativity and joy.