On Being A Guest to The Spirits of This Place
This episode of The Sober Shaman podcast complements the recent written post [https://randallyons.substack.com/p/dear-the-spirits-of-this-place] entitled, “Dear the Spirits of This Place.” We delve into the Shamanic wRites prompt and explore three types of places where you can gain insight, connection, and healing power from being a good guest and responsible resident to the Spirits of Place.
Here are some of the three ways we look at this:
* The place of your birth: I spent years of my youth walking the streets of the island of Manhattan [https://randallyons.substack.com/p/shamanic-listening-begins-with-the-heart] driven by a deep longing for belonging but without a guide to clarify my intentions.. This wRites exercise may help you just that.
* The place where you felt Home: I share a paragraph from the written post, which I later realized was part of my ongoing work in [https://randallyons.substack.com/p/soul-loss-and-soul-retrieval-part]Soul Courting [https://randallyons.substack.com/p/soul-loss-and-soul-retrieval-part]. Welcoming back a lost soul fragment—split off for survival due to TAHL (trauma, abuse, heartbreak, and loss)—is only the beginning. We must actively and continuously create a safe Home for this part. For me, that means providing a space where my 9- to 14-year-old self feels secure enough to stay. When I do, he returns with gifts only he can offer: innocence, wonder, passion, and heart-sourced curiosity, which infuses my present life with these powers and the deep recognition of their importance.
* The place where you are a guest right now: Wherever you are right now, how do interact with the spirits of this place? What is your relationship to the spirits of:
* Nature
* Elements
* Trees
* Mountains
* Bodies of water
* Guardians
* Thresholds
* Ancestors—familial, tribal, national
* Ghosts
* Deities
* Holy teachers
* Taboos
* Gateways to the Lowerworld and Upperworld
Join me as we explore how important it is to bring a guest’s humility to, and the expression of gratefulness for, being taken care of by the inhabitants and the Spirits of This Place.
You can read the full write-up in the written post here [https://randallyons.substack.com/p/dear-the-spirits-of-this-place]:
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With blessings,Randal
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