The Sentience of the Land - Permaculture Magazine

In this episode of the Seen & Heard Podcast, Chris Braitch speaks with Colin Campbell — healer, teacher and co-founder of Animate Earth — about animism, identity and what it means to live well in a rapidly changing world.

Colin shares his early life in Botswana, his experience of personal loss, and a later health crisis that led him back to traditional initiation within the Sangoma lineage. The conversation explores how modern life can disconnect us from deeper aspects of ourselves — and how reconnecting with relational, nature-based perspectives may offer a way forward.

Topics include:

• Soul loss and cultural disconnection
• The difference between shamanism and animism
• Psychospiritual integration vs trauma models
• Human evolution and technological change
• Reimagining identity in the modern world