What We are Learning from the Holy Wild about Spiritual Companionship with Deb Metzger and Elizabeth Rechter

What does it mean to listen with the Holy Wild? In this episode, Victoria Loorz is joined by Elizabeth Rechter and Deb Metzger—two seasoned spiritual companions and guides in the Eco-Spiritual Direction program from Seminary of the Wild Earth. Together they reflect on the sacred practice of holy listening in partnership with the more-than-human world, sharing stories of reciprocity, grief, and transformation that emerge from deep relationship with Earth. The conversation is both an invitation and a reminder: the wild trusts us, and in return, we are called to trust the holy within and all around us.

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Connect with the Center:

• Website: wildspirituality.earth
• Victoria's Website: victorialoorz.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Linktree: linktr.ee/ctrforwildspirituality
• Instagram: @center_for_wild_spirituality

Timestamps:

• 08:58 What Is Spiritual Direction, Elizabeth?
• 12:40 What Is Spiritual Direction, Deb?
• 13:55 Including the rest of the alive world
• 18:23 The Wild Approach
• 20:05 Holding Space
• 21:58 Reciprocity
• 23:48 Stories of the Spirit Directed Wild
• 27:03 Memory meeting us in the Wild
• 31:30 The Wild Share Her Pain Too
• 34:36 A Deconstruction The Culture That Has Incarcerated Us
• 37:30 The Non-Judging Wild
• 40:56 The Wild Trusts You
• 41:43 You May Feed The Birds By Hand
• 43:13 The Wind Speaks Of Suffering
• 47:03 Meaning In and From Relationship
• 49:18 The Playful Wild
• 51:59 Invitation
• 53:23 Valarie and a circle of Blue Violets
• 55:59 Outro