I just finished reading David Spangler’s Subtle Worlds, an Explorers Field Notes and I’m grateful to him for putting it out there. This is a book every magic worker, spiritual seeker, and teacher should read. In it, he takes us by the hand and gives us the basic training to move through the subtle worlds – something that is too often missing in our magical and spiritual training. One thing that really stood out for me was Spangler’s assertion in several ways that the reason for engaging with the subtle realms is to help heal humanity and to help enhance the circulation of spiritual forces through the ecosystem of the worlds to bring about the healing and transformation of the worlds.

This spoke so directly to me because this is the heart of the Silver Branch tradition’s mission. We work to restore wholeness and health to ourselves, and we serve as priest and priestesses to enhance and attend to the circulation of spiritual forces between the realms and to bring humanity back into appropriate and full participation in our spiritual ecosystem. This participation then helps us to grow and transform further, and aids in our spiritual evolution (and I suspect, that of the beings that work with us).

It’s heartening to see this kind of statement coming from notable teachers like David Spangler and others who have a wider audience. There is so much need for this kind of work and healing right now. The more avenues that open to this work, the more accessible it becomes. Sometimes when we get deep in our Work, we get very focused on self. And the healing of self is critical, but also, its stepping stone to the healing of humanity and of the spiritual ecosystem we share. We are not a lone species for whom the universe was created. We are part of wider community. It’s time we started acting like it.

How will you participate in this transformation?