Following the Arrows of Longing
A pilgrimage on
the path of myth
What happens if you live your story to the end?
To answer this question Im embarking on a pilgrimage to find the binding element:
The thing that is No‑Thing, connecting oneself to One-Self, each other, and the beyond.
I suspect this element to be myth: The stories we live from, through, and towards.
To test this suspicion, I am offering workshops and retreats based on a practice I’m currently designing, called Fateweaving. Fateweaving aims to provide a way for people to reconnect with the story of life by telling and living out their own story.
Practically, this means I want to search and connect with people, places, and stories
that are interested in helping others hear their calling through myth and experiential pedagogy.
In the old sense of the greek wordTheoria which could be translated into sacred journey, I want to test the theory of Fateweaving by going on a pilgrimage. Fully trusting that the truth is revealed only when one is changed.
I don’t have a destination where I intend “to find myself.” Instead, I will embark on an adventure like the heroes in the stories of old, guided by a strong sense of orientation towards the place where I once shot my arrows of longing.
But a true adventure is only real when others join the ride. Along the way, I will share my stories in the blog below and invite others to join in by telling and living out theirs.
Here is a link to the “wandering purpose podcast” where I will be interviewing people along the pilgrimage:
https://www.youtube.com/@Arrows_of_longing
The departure: hearing and heeding the call
The following is an illustration of why I decided to leave my old way of life behind in order to go on a pilgrimage on the path of myth. With myth, I mean the stories that connect us by pointing us toward deep patterns within reality and therefore allowing us to gain orientation in life.
It is an invitation to reflect upon your life by giving you insight into mine.
We will move from exploring about what makes hearing a calling difficult, to discuss what might us help to hear a call and lastly to reflect on how to interpret one’s calling in order to differentiate between inspiration and inflation, I will give insight into how I try to frame my calling