The psychedelic community overwhelmingly believes in spirits – both good and bad, whereby it is thought that positive entities outweigh negative beings six to one.
Of course there are also many who don’t believe in anything outside of themselves, as well as those who are not sure. Are spirits real, or are they a figment of our imagination? Our visions and dreams testify to the rich history and mysterious dimension of our minds. Spirits are often a patr of it, especially on psychedelics. Should we be frightened? Fascinated? Indifferent? Is it wishful thinking? Madness?
We distinguish human, vegetal and elemental spirits. They are not firm; their bodies are made up of spiritual energy. They show themselves to us under many guises, shifting shape for us to better see and comprehend them. They feed us, and they feed on us. Six to one? They live in a dimension that doesn’t cross ours easily anymore since our world is full of things now. Even so, everything has a spirit, man-made objects included, and it is up to us to recognize spirit in matter and in the ethereal. For monotheists, there’s nothing but one spirit – called God, Allah, Yahweh. Except for the hierarchy of angels, sometimes intimidating but basically benevolent. For the Abrahamic religions, all other sprits are bad news.
Yet spirits are present in all cultures. Some have more power than others. That may frighten some people. But at the end of the day, they take form in relation to us, in destructive or constructive ways. When they are among themselves, they are pure energy. And now that we are spending more time outdoors and in nature again, we also have more opportunities to contact them if we wish and feel comfortable doing so.
Spiritually Yours,
Susanne G. Seiler
P.S. You’ll find us at the gaiamedia lounge, in the back yard of Hochstrasse 70 (behind Basel’s SBB station, tram stop Peter Merian), every Thursday afternoon from 14 – 18 h. Welcome!