Sage Magdalene

Each breath draws you deeper down, further in, toward the belly button of your true nature.  Each breath expands outward, opening you to awareness of a multitudinous belonging in the web of life.  The pulsating rhythm of breath leads you in a spiraling dance. The Spiral Journey is a fast designed for those courageous and vulnerable individuals whose previous experience in nature-based soul work compels them deeper into the mystery. The Spiral Journey  awaits those who already hear mystery whispering in their day and night dreams, in unusual occurrences and encounters, in water or wind, and whose profound longing is…

At Animas Valley Institute we believe that each human being is meant to have a unique, mystical relationship with the world. This relationship is the key to the one’s soul purpose. The discovery of this particular mystical relationship with the world occurs through the underworld journey, the descent to soul. The soul tends to speak in the language of image and story, and the soul’s story is mythical and poetic. Because mainstream culture has generally forgotten mythopoetic language and meaning, it is deeply supportive for the underworld journeyer to practice dwelling in mythological consciousness, remembering and discovering stories that tell…

This contemporary Western embodiment of the ancient, pan-cultural vision fast is a dynamic wilderness rite for all who are seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning. As a rite of initiation, the quest is a ceremonial descent to the underworld, in which you die to your familiar way of belonging to the world, uncover the passion and wisdom of your soul, and retrieve the gift that is yours alone to bring to the world, enhancing personal fulfillment and genuine service. The Animas Quest catalyzes the encounter with soul by temporarily displacing everyday consciousness through five primary means:…