Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven | Somatic Psychology, Jungian Goddess Archetypes, and Spiritual Education
Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven explores goddess archetypes, spiritual growth, shadow work, and somatic psychology through a lens of depth and embodiment. Hosted by Casey Dunne—Priestess of Isis and Lilith & Somatic Psychotherapist, MA in Body Psychotherapy with Jungian training—this podcast bridges teaching psychology frameworks with divine feminine goddess wisdom. Whether you’re exploring astrology through archetypes, Human Design, Akashic Records, tarot and divination, or sacred geometry—or ready to go deeper into embodied shadow work—this is where spiritual curiosity meets grounded transformation. This isn't therapy. It's spiritual education and embodied shadow work for empowered women, witches, healers, and initiates walking the path of transformation through descent, integration, and reclaiming holistic wellbeing. Because the path to collective healing begins with our own descent into wholeness.
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Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven | Somatic Psychology, Jungian Goddess Archetypes, and Spiritual Education
#11 Surviving a 75 Foot Fall: Priestess Initiations with Isis, Lilith, & Kali
Season 1, Episode 11: The Fall—An Initiation of Old
Seven months ago, I fell 75 feet while rappelling. My equipment failed. I held onto the rope with both hands and sustained third-degree burns requiring 22 skin grafts. My partner caught my falling weight from the bottom—something that has a 1-2% survival rate for both people. We both walked away alive.
This is the story of a modern initiation. The complete death of the maiden and the painful birth of the mother.
Content warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a traumatic accident, medical procedures, and physical injury. Please care for yourself while listening.
What we cover:
- The two weeks before the fall: claiming priestess, meeting Kali, knowing something was coming
- What happened during the 75-foot fall and why I chose to hold on
- The physics-defying miracle of how we both survived
- Isis's reassembly magic through 22 skin grafts and faster-than-expected healing
- Lilith learning vulnerability: being fed, cared for, held by community
- Kali's death gift: destroying the maiden who thought she was invincible
- The psychology of identity death, earned secure attachment, and post-traumatic growth
- Where I am now, seven months later, still integrating
This episode is raw, vulnerable, and real. If you're in your own initiation—in the death, in the shattering—you will survive this. You will reassemble. You don't have to do it alone.
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Support the podcast: www.patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiations
This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment.
Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]
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