What happens when two women who found each other in an online woo community finally sit down to talk — really talk? Pure magic. In this episode of Fate Forty and Beyond, Gen sits down with writer Michelle Angone for one of the most honest, wide-ranging conversations you'll hear all year.

From coming out of the broom closet in your 30s to tracking the Mother Goddess all the way back through history (spoiler: Michelle ended up at aliens), this episode covers what it feels like to finally stop pretending you don't believe what you believe — and what happens when you give yourself permission to just go there.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introductions

01:07 Meet Michelle Angone

02:14 Mystic South memories

04:58 Live tarot reading begins

07:55 Grief and becoming the elder generation

09:27 Aging and authenticity

10:46 Cacao ceremony and showing up

11:40 Gen's spiritual origin story

13:26 Michelle's origin story

15:01 Leaving religion and reclaiming power

20:00 Tarot traditions compared

25:00 Mediumship and the afterlife

30:58 Defending Your Life and Journey of Souls

32:13 Soul chains and choosing our parents

33:50 Soul contracts and divorce

35:08 Gnosticism and Mary Magdalene

38:22 Tracing the Mother Goddess… to aliens

40:26 Conspiracy theories and open minds

43:12 The Sedona Jeep tour

45:12 Atlantis and ancient civilizations

53:00 Women's meetups and community ideas

56:39 Mental health and creative projects

58:08 The Cosmic Brief app

1:03:41 Stop making yourself small

1:10:13 Can a past life be a future life?

1:11:03 Wrap-up and goodbyes

MENTIONED

Journey of Souls by Michael Newton: https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Souls-Studies-Between-Lives/dp/1567184855

Defending Your Life (1991 film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101698/

The Magdalene Manuscripts ; https://www.amazon.com/Magdalen-Manuscript-Alchemies-Horus-Magic/dp/193103205X

Mystic South 2025: https://mystic-south.com

Pagans In Recovery: https://www.pagansinrecovery.org/

CONNECT WITH MICHELLE ANGONE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.angone

Email: michelleangone@gmail.com

CONNECT WITH GEN Soulful Existence: www.soulfulexistence.com The Cosmic Brief App: www.thecosmicbrief.app Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulfulxistence Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Gen-Rodriguez/672143258/

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