I’ve lost track of the number of times during shamanic healing sessions clients have said “you’re going to think this is weird” before sharing something they’ve experienced.
By mainstream physical world standards some of the things they talk about may seem unusual, but in the spirit and energetic realms anything is possible.
When we journey, dream, or otherwise open ourselves to spiritual experiences, we travel into what’s known as non-ordinary reality. We might fall down a hole and see a white rabbit hopping by, wearing a vest, looking at his pocket watch, and saying “I’m late, I’m late.” We might be picked up by a tornado and taken to an emerald city in the sky. (These examples from popular culture describe a classic Lower World and Upper World journey.)
Anything can happen in non-ordinary reality. So no, I probably won’t think what they’re going to tell me is weird.
As I’ve walked through the woods, I’ve had conversations with trees, land spirits, and the creatures of the forest, including an inch worm.
I’ve sensed the Angel of Death.
I’ve unraveled convoluted patterns of sorcery, possession, and soul theft for clients affecting their family lineage for many generations.
I’ve tracked past life experiences for clients where someone they’ve harmed or been connected to in a previous life is haunting them in this life.
I’ve seen many creatures from folklore, mythology and fairytales over the years. (I’ve often wondered whether these beings exist in the spirit realms because humans created these stories and dreamed them into being? Or did these beings already exist, and the stories were written by those who could sense them?)
I’ve encountered all manner of supernatural beings in my compassionate depossession work, including ghosts, angry sorcerers, fallen angels, dragons, demons, fairies, soul eaters, vampires, leprechauns, gargoyles, ETs, an incubus, and a visitor from another dimension that bore a striking resemblance to Godzilla.
I occasionally ponder whether these beings really exist, or whether they’re a metaphor for an aspect of the human experience. I have come to believe both are true. For example, in one case, I might be crystal clear there’s a werewolf attached to a client. But with another client, I might interpret a similar energy as a metaphor for an unacknowledged fierce, primal anger or hunger they’ve not yet allowed themselves to feel or express. How the energy presents is not important. What’s important is that the client experiences a positive shift as a result of the healing.
So when a client tells me, “you’re going to think this is weird,” I hold space for them to make sense of their unique experience. I honor their intuition and meet them where they’re at. We work with the uncomfortable energy they’re experiencing to bring greater balance and harmony to their life.
This work is real, and it matters.
October 4, 2021