Jungle Svonni (Sami Shaman) Full Interview

In this Interview we discuss much about the Sami Tribe and its traditions, the struggles they face today in modern culture and what we can do about it. Even though, and as with many things, there are troubling signs in our world and cultures, there is hope through awakening to change this planet. Connecting with each other and the earth.
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[@janelarson7065]

I’m of Sami descent but my family lost their connection to the tribe a long time ago. I grew up in nature, however, on a farm. I can hear, see, & interact with spirits (any kind of spirit, not just the human kind) without any treatment by psychedelics. My daughters are the same. Our abilities are so profound a Native American shaman (Navajo) decided to teach me. I hope to meet a real Sami shaman someday! I pray for the Sami every day because I know how badly they’ve been treated. Thank you for this interview!

[@jolinsundgren]

Wow that sounds so interesting, im from Northern Sweden in Arjeplog so we also have roots there. I wish you all good luck and happiness on your journey ❤🎉

[@LyndzPaul]

Just found out I am 25% Sami 🎉 really enjoyed this interview.

[@avatarion]

@@karineanderson1670 There is no DNA test for such a thing.

[@avatarion]

​@@karineanderson1670 None of those commercial tests can differentiate the Sami portion of the ancestry. They don't have a separate component for it, because it's not even possible without using ancient DNA samples from hundreds/thousands of years ago. All of the people living in the region are intermixed a long time ago anyway. Actual Sami ancestry is determined by known family lines, and if you had so much of it you would probably already know about it.

[@shelbyrockstar]

​@avatarion but if dna test says your mostly Swedish. Does that automatically mean they are Sami or viking descendent? Moder day Sami just removed from old cultural practices? I don't know!

[@kailyjamessokame.6028]

I am so passionately in agreement with every word. Thank you. My family came to US from Sapmi. I make it a huge priority to teach my children our traditions and am so thankful to find your video! You truly spoke on everything wanted to validate within my opinions.

[@Sundyer]

beautiful, Thanks for sharing!!

[@runeguidanceofthenorse]

💕

[@jana_t]

I remember when our biology teacher was teaching us about lichen. First, we learned about it from the books, looked at pictures and she explained the theory. Then she sent us down to our school yard (where there were many trees) to search for lichen and to collect some. After 30 minutes, we went back to the classroom and checked our findings under the microscopes - and none of us had found lichen, only some algae. She then explained to us that because of the main street that was passing our school, the air was too dirty for lichen to grow. I have never forgotten that lesson. And until today, whenever I come across lichen, I feel happiness that the air is clean enough for it to grow there.

[@Sundyer]

I'm currently reading Entagled Life by merlin sheldrake, a book mostly about the mycelium connection with all plant life, and there is an entire chapter about lichen. It's amazing!

[@justforfunsies5000]

That’s odd b/c lichen can grow in areas that have polluted air. I’m guessing you live in a pretty dry region, but if algae is present then lichen should be present as well. I’ve seen lichen grow on roof shingles, in the suburbs, in areas that get a pretty decent amount of rain.

[@jana_t]

@@justforfunsies5000 Actually, no, that was a town directly located at the Baltic sea, humidity and algae abundant. Lichen ARE indicators for air quality, you can find several pages that explain that, Just google "lichen" and "air quality". The places where you have seen lichen are probably less polluted than you think. Especially compared to a school yard directly next to a street with GDR car exhaust gases. 😉

[@TracyD2]

@@jana_tI agree. There are different lichen and we should compare what is in our environment now as from before and where it is most abundant and where it does not grow. I live in an area in New York that is becoming increasingly more polluted yet still I see lichen but not like when I was young. The amount of species in general that no longer exist where I live in a 50 year life span makes me cry. Still no one cares. They keep building polluting migrating here. Everything is dying, still no one cares until it’s us. Then it’s too late. That got heavy fast. Lol

[@MaeJyK]

*~~... we can't heal what we don't love...~~* //// really enjoying this talk... inspiring...

[@brycepardoe658]

This is beautiful. I love seeing fellow indigenous people decolonise their spirituality. I am Māori and following the traditional Māori religion/spirituality.

[@Sundyer]

Hi Bryce, I lived in Chirstchurch for a year when i was 19. Nearly had my ass kicked by other maori kids when I rode the bus all the time. The Maori Culture fascinates me, but when I was there it was always something living on the outside of and far away. Would be really interested in speaking with you. [e-mail]

[@superviewer]

Very wise and humble words. Very encouraging, which is what us hightech-age people need in the mist of confusion and misled life style.

[@armenlevonian5204]

It was a priveledge to view this video. Thanks you so much.

[@mizzbassett]

Beautiful interview. Deep truths. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@Axlotl77]

Awesome interview and now I know that reindeer see colors! That is amazing! It's good that we are getting back to natural medicine because pharma is not the way.

[@JM-vs9wf]

what an incredible interview thanks so much for this! 🤩

[@charlesmcclure1436]

Wow!! An amazing discussion. Exactly what the world needs at exactly the right time. 🤘

[@luluraven1938]

Thank you I discovered through dna testing a few years ago that I have Saami ancestry and I am so grateful for the knowledge you are providing Many blessings

[@tinkerbellbetty]

Im an indigenous English Irish Welsh Scottish we have had our cluture evissarated and it continues.. f the establishment

[@maja_soullanguage_soundhealing]

Thank you for this insightful Interview. Great and important information!

[@vickinger]

I ❤️ the truth of the ancestors. I dream of Santa land. Riding in a sleigh wearing a Gotki. Hey bro.

[@davidroberts5175]

I find connection. I am David . My family horse breeders . jamtland . Mansasen. Hakansson . mountain Sami somehere. i know x We bred horses for the armies of Norge och Sverige 1900 onwards .

[@stewartthomas2642]

Love your stuff kick on love it ❤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍💫

[@jrsgarage7623]

My great grandmother was born indigenous reindeer herder and i suspect my other great grandparents were also Sami...they all immigrated to usa but hid the fact i think except for great grandma. Your guest speaker could pass for my brother. Except he has way more hair..

[@Ringmaster101]

I’m also from the states . Traveled to Norway to discover the same.

[@Sundyer]

Jungle has an amazing story about Sami that were brought to the United States to teach Alaskan Natives about Reindeer Herding. After a crazy adventure with reindeer and all, on ships, trains and by foot. The Sami arrived to have the Natives not interested in Reindeer herding. A governement implimented idea that was shared by native americans. many of the sami stayed and lived in the United States

[@jrsgarage7623]

I believe I'm on the spiritual path of a sami shaman . Here in USA it is somewhat difficult to learn or find a teacher. Thank you for the videos. I have the connection to nature and have seen multiple different unusual things in nature that I believe were signs just for me to eventually realize who I am.. I seen a giant turtle in a creek that ate all my fish. Turtles this big don't exist as far as fresh water ones according to google..I've seen millions of fireflies make a perfect rectangle in a field. Seen orbs and heard and sensed spirits. I appreciate learning through this video.

[@psodq]

Very incredible, and wise words there! I didn't know about the lichen that way, I only knew that where lichen grows there is clean air. And I love to travel to Finnish Lapland hiking, backpacking and camping, enjoying the tranquility of nature, and every time I feel somehow sorry to be just a tourist on an others land. I mean respectfully, but still embarrassed to be a representative of an invading nation.

[@garnerjoyce606]

My grandson should listen

[@violettabicycletta331]

The industrial world and culture destroyed our spirituality ... our soul is longing to return to source ! Long live the Sami people !.

[@Die-sel13136]

We want to come there in august this year! I had a hemohorragic stroke 2 years ago & since than i.m paralized on left side & i hope that if i.ll come there ihave a chance to become whole again!

[@NadiAngeL137]

Very insightful!

[@Sundyer]

cool right?

[@NadiAngeL137]

@@Sundyer YES!! 💓💓💓

[@NadiAngeL137]

@@Sundyer I can’t wait to tell my daughter about the Sami-Christmas link!

[@garnerjoyce606]

Some, my families Anderson were blued, blonde, black, brown, red hair. Light/ dark skinned

[@LebowskiDudeful]

Hyvin puhuu. Meillä tosiaan on kantaväestö ja sitten meillä on valtaväestö.

[@altheagray1621]

Thank you for this very poignant interview. I am curious why he went to the Amazon to study Shamanism when Siberia has Shamanic traditions and so does the Sami people. I might have missed the reason in the interview. Thank you for sharing this interview. It is important.

[@Sundyer]

Jungle told me that many Sami don't practice shamanic traditions anymore. The culture continues to shrink. Especially for fishing sami on the coast who were much more exposed to the wider world. He wanted to travel to a culture that not only knew their shamanic traditions but were thriving in it. We are all human and I think there is great value in visiting the cultures and people still living in traditional ways.

[@niamtxiv]

❤

[@andersliwenborg3355]

my Family had a freind with the name Svonni in 70-80 ??

[@Sahikaonroads]

What his name? I am a Turk and I live in Finland. There is shamanism in the past history of the Turks and maybe the Sami and the Turks have something to do with it. I would like to learn more about this. Thank you very much for this video. Do you do ayahuasca ceremonies?

[@LebowskiDudeful]

Hallat buorret! I can't help but comment & lament how the only legal drug in Sápmi is alcohol. Even the Americans are not that thick with their indigenous policies. One cigarette means a lifetime of travel visa ineligability, inability to work with customers' address information or in any office where there are office supplies to be stolen. And one's driver license gets taken away for life even if one hasn't driven, just used cannabis as a pedestrian three times. So if you have a nosy neighbor you can lose your driver's license for just smoking on your own balcony. This is in Finland where distances are very long in the wilderness. Sápmi in Sweden is also very strict with wacky tobacky. Even people on terminal care are not permitted a herbal remedy. It is taken away, the dying are protected from the dangers of cannabis.

[@jrsgarage7623]

That's backwards of how it should be . alcohol is poison to indigenous people.. weed is a good thing for us. I was born in central Minnesota USA and weed was illegal for me till I turned 45 and became recreational just a year or so later. Weed is good . medicine if used with that intent..

[@Sundyer]

hadn't Ayahuasca and San Pedro become legal in Norway and Sweden? Jungle was the initiator of the legal battle for this to become

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

You have that pinch on the base of the thumb, that means you should wear a red hat and work songs and whistle winds? I was taught that as a boy.

[@garnerjoyce606]

Eastern Euro/Asia researching more books

[@casanovafrankenstein33andz78]

Are Sami oriental, rather, do Sami have oriental roots, ie like the Norse are considered part of the Germanic people groups, have the Sami at some point travelled west from China or possibly Mongolia, and thus, have a foundation in the oriental people groups ?

[@Sundyer]

The Sami are Indigenous to Sapmi, which is northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. There are some groups in Northern Mongolia that are also Reindeer Herders but they are unrelated.

[@janelarson7065]

The Sami are Fenno-Ugaric in origin, related to Hungarians and Finns. No Asian genes have been found-our appearance comes from millennia of evolution in a cold climate.

[@LebowskiDudeful]

Sii leat doarvái min hárdán, mii vardit, eanni vardá Goas ja geasa beaivi goardá vel, dárkilit ofelaš várdá Man sii leat iktimin, báktevuođus loktemin Bákteloamus boktimin, báktečuolus buktá oktii min Buohkaid singuin, muhto dál šat dušše oktii Ná lei čullon, čállon, áigi juo nu ollu gollan... -Ailu Valle Guovža lea lihkkan

[@candicehopkins9845]

Is there not a Sami parliament in Norway.

[@martinusjellema4415]

Yes. Karasjok.

[@garnerjoyce606]

Included in Parliament?

[@martinusjellema4415]

​@@garnerjoyce606 what do you mean with: including parliament. There is the parliament of the Sami. Sami-ting.

[@rickardzachari370]

in Northern Scandinavia there are no Shamans. there are only those who practice Shamanism. As far as I know, he has been to Amazonas in South America and came into contact with his creator. If you study Finnish mythology from FinMark in Northern Scandinavia, you come across the Finnish Nojden and the God Jumala Ukko, Njord❤

[@Sundyer]

You are correct and Jungle doesn't call himself a shaman. He says perhaps the closest phrase is Wisdom Keeper for his people

[@rickardzachari370]

@@Sundyer Sámi Shaman?

[@bbutterfly36]

Is it normal in the Sami tradition for Shamans to be so so young?

[@Sundyer]

I've met a few shamans around the world around my age. It can become a calling and some people are naturals at it. Many of the Sami Shamans have been lost. So I don't think it's typical or atypical.

[@yasmineadeleg793]

Not Scandinavia

[@sft8693]

Odin is Santa Claus. Odin is God. Odin is Judge: he has judged you, your deeds. Your actions. The weight, the balance. Justice is coming 🙏🏾 He rides over the Norse. He’s charged for war 💥 Merry Christmas - Jungle aka Odin

[@sft8693]

The North, Lapland, the Sapmi. I rise. I ride. I AM He. Rise with me Valhalla for war is upon her ❤

[@JazzyGinger1]

Hello🐦🐥🐥, 🐦 God the Father loves you so much that He sent Holy and Sinless Jesus (His Holy Son) to earth to be born of a virgin.Then, to He grew up and died on a cross for our sins. He was in the tomb for 3 days, then Father God raised Jesus Christ (Y'shua) to Life! He appeared to people and went back to Heaven. We must receive Jesus sincerely to be God's childJohn 1:12. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE on HIS name." That is great news! Will you sincerely receive Holy, Lord Jesus into your life today?

[@violettabicycletta331]

Shame on the overments !.

[@justforfunsies5000]

I respect what he’s saying, yet I disagree with needing to learn from indigenous cultures. We all come from tribal roots, it’s in everyone’s blood. The first step to returning to those roots is to stop thinking that modern technology is needed for everything. Modern tech is just a waste of time…(she said while typing that on her iPad 😂) Where humans went horribly wrong, was forgetting to listen to the knowledge that those who came before us (our parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc.) had to offer. Now we’re relying on modern tech to teach us, what they didn’t get a chance to, b/c they became “outdated” to the generations who grew up with smartphones and the internet. I grew up in a family that absolutely abhorred modern tech, except for cars. No, I’m not Amish. Lol! I’m Pennsylvania German, which is pretty dang close to Amish, but not quite. Lol! You don’t need to be from a congruently indigenous (gods I hate that word so much but, for the context of this comment, I’ll use it) culture to be one with nature or spiritually connected to it. I got lucky, and my German/Bavarian/Austrian family never strayed from their ancestral roots of being connected to nature and their ancient (which is actually NOT that far back if people truly think about it; seeing as how the last Germanic people who converted to Christianity held out until the early 1200’s A.D., some actually feigning conversion and still practicing polytheism behind closed doors) ancestral ways. There’s not really much to it. Learn how to grow your own food, take only what you need from nature and leave enough behind so nature can replenish itself, if you cut down a tree you plant one to grow in its place, respect wild animals (not in the crazy “don’t hunt or fish b/c it’s wrong to eat animal flesh and they deserve to live more than humans do” way), don’t pollute waterways, respect your state’s (or country’s; I’m not quite sure how international wild game is regulated) hunting and fishing limits and restrictions (they exist for a reason), etc. Basically, treat nature, in general, the way you wish to be treated and you’ll be quite surprised how naturally a connection to the earth (and the spiritual realm, which is actually just parallel timelines but I’m not going to do a deep dive of that right now) is established once you begin to follow that simple rule. That’s how I was raised, and that’s how our tribal ancestors were raised. There are many Europeans who have retained the ways of their tribal predecessors, and still live off of the land/respect nature/have a connection to the “spiritual realm”; they’re those farmers and mountain dwellers that city folk look down on for some ridiculous reason. Same goes for the farmers and mountain folk in the U.S. and Canada. I lost my train of thought but, like I said, one doesn’t need to learn from the congruently indigenous people…b/c the tribal ways are embedded in everyone’s DNA. Just gotta shake those ways to the surface. 😉

[@danielamartinez8939]

Although it is true that root of ancestors are alive in our blood, I do think many people are far off too cut from them. When I think about indigenous people, I think of people who have an alive spiritual connection to the land. In your case, you do have that. Thus you so not need to learn necessereltly from other cultures. But for a lot of us, we have been cut off from this knowledge, from the connection to nature, so we do need to humble our hearts, learn and listen to indigenous cultures not to appropiate their practices but to find inspiration to reconnect with our ancestors.

[@marocat4749]

I mean yeah engaging with nature and hell even talikg walks though a forrest, Its way less important to focus on whatand do have a connection to that somehow. Ofcourseindiginouscultures can bepretty dang interesting. And to learnfor sure like probably ancient forresting techniques and biodiversity for sure. Really. But yeah spiritually even taking walksin the forrest is aconnection if you are mindful. And gardening and self made if yiu can. I agree that it should be not beyou have to learn from there,thriugh its interesting and reallyimportant to plant cultivations to learn from directly,but thats a more specific agricultural thing. And yeah protect the sami culture of course. Its good to counter minoritiesbeing discriminated.

[@shaynemc7533]

Almost switched video the minute you said "climate change". Climate change (mam made) doesn't fit with the natural and shamanistic narrative. ❤ for the content

[@baronvonsauna]

Thank you for the insight. my grandmother was Sami and what bruv said resonated heavily❤ thanks again!

[@dongyuemiao]

Real shamans were never self-proclaimed. Its all part of a new new-age tradition. Nothing wrong with that but i has to be said.

[@Sundyer]

I'd agree with you, he actually prefers the term wisdom keeper. I guess I was the one that called him that or sought him out using that terminology. And wisdom keeper doesn't get the clicks lol

[@garnerjoyce606]

Or green, amber eyed also the Garner's too

[@Die-sel13136]

i had an bursted aneyourism few years ago since than i.mparilised on my left side any of you knows how toget in contactwith a shaman, maybe i.ll get better! Thank you v v much!

[@Sundyer]

if you'd like to message me at [e-mail] I can put you in touch with a shaman or two

[@Die-sel13136]

@@Sundyer thank you v much!

[@Die-sel13136]

@@Sundyer I tried to send a message to the e-mail address you wrote me, but I can't send it because it appears that the address is invalid but thank you for your effort! Much obliged!

[@Sundyer]

@@Die-sel13136 it looks like my email is correct, if you'd like to give it another go

[@sft8693]

He said hundreds not thousands of years ago… Europe’s history is most recent! Judgement is set. Old Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Odin has done his work. You see me, I see you 👁️🫵🏾🌀👽🗡️🕷️🩸👑

[@travis8229]

Has Eirik Myrhaug retired as Noaidi of Sami? This is a new shaman.

[@nativespiritindian8278]

Bravo great show my friend

[@garnerjoyce606]

Phenomenon does have spiritual meaning, God/Christ/HS power by prayer. I have see people or impressions of people leaving home though, haven't left yet. Ablility of God to " go before" them

[@garnerjoyce606]

It's unsettling, I don't know why that happens except to show me God is able

[@garnerjoyce606]

I have thought they left

[@garnerjoyce606]

Recovery/ repairs

[@garnerjoyce606]

Statistics need to be real/ realized

[@garnerjoyce606]

Emotional/ feelings, what is mine to do?