A Journey Through Cards, Shadows, Shamanism & Healing with Joke Bekaert

This episode is an insightful yet lighthearted conversation with Joke Bekaert, a Belgian spiritual practitioner whose journey into tarot, shamanism, and energy work is as inspiring as it is authentic. From a childhood influenced by her grandmother to her own emergence from the "spiritual closet," Joke shares how her passion for tarot, her shamanic training, and her diagnosis with ankylosing spondylitis shaped her into the healer she is today.

Joke opens up about how she turned pain into purpose, how she incorporates ancient spiritual traditions into her modern life, and why she teaches tarot, reiki, and shamanic practices rooted in connection and integrity. With humour, humility, and grounded wisdom, she offers a glimpse into what it means to walk a magical path while managing everyday realities.

🔮Highlights 

• Joke’s grandmother’s secret scrying practice using a ring and a strand of hair
• Discovering tarot and Wicca as a teenager 
• Teaching her children to understand emotions through tarot cards
• Her evolving relationship with spirituality while raising a family
• Being diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and how it impacted her path
• The role of shamanic training, including Incan and Norse traditions
• Building her business, House of Magical Roots
• Practising Reiki in the forest and honouring the energy of the land
• Insights for tarot beginners and advice on pursuing shamanism with integrity

About: Joke Bekaert has been a student of Tarot for 25 years. She’s studied Incan & Norse shamanism, is a certified Reiki Master & Death Doula, and has completed five years of astrology training. She offers intuitive guidance and healing in a grounded, no-nonsense approach. Although she works with spirits, other realms, and ancient energies, her teaching style is practical and down-to-earth. Her goal is to help people return to the core of their being in a space rooted in clarity, compassion, and honesty. She guides clients through transformational experiences in nature, spiritual mentorship, and energy-based modalities, offering a return to self in a world that often pulls us away from it.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:51 Joke’s grandmother’s unique scrying method
• 8:52 Discovering tarot, Wicca, and early spiritual experiences
• 15:43 Difference Between Tarot and Lenormand
• 18:00 "Devil" in the cards, postnatal depression & life happening
• 23:58 Starting to work with deity Hela
• 27:18 Coming out of the spiritual closet
• 28:38 Discovering and Initiating into Shamanism
• 33:59 Spiritual Support Team
• 38:55 Stand Out Moment - Finding Deer Skull in the Forest
• 41:45 Misconceptions about Learning Shamanism or other spiritual practices
• 45:08 Living with ankylosing spondylitis
• 54:17 Transitioning to a Spiritual Business: House of Magical Roots
• 57:12 Teaching Reiki in Nature: A Unique Approach
• 1:03:15 Using tarot to connect emotionally with her children
• 1:08:51 Tarot advice for beginners
• 1:14:41 Advice for following a Shamanic Path
• 1:18:46 Tool for shielding your energy in everyday life
• 1:23:30 Make your practice your own