The spiral is one of the most ancient and universal symbols found across cultures and time. From galaxies to seashells, from sacred temples to our own DNA, the spiral speaks to something eternal.
It is the shape of life itself.
In the context of plant medicine, the spiral becomes more than a symbol, it becomes a sacred path. A journey inward and outward, backward and forward. A remembering. A transformation.
The Spiral of Healing
To walk the spiral is to walk the medicine path.
You may feel like you’re “back where you started.”
The same wound.
The same emotion.
The same story.
But you’re not.
You’ve returned to that point with deeper awareness.
You’re seeing it with clearer eyes, a softer heart, and a stronger spirit.
This is the spiral in motion:
Each turn revisits familiar ground, but from a new height, a new depth.
Every ceremony is another revolution.
Another layer peeled away.
Another truth remembered.
Layers of the Self
Plant medicine teaches us that healing isn’t linear, it’s spiral.
We don’t climb in a straight line.
We circle, we return, we deepen.
Each journey peels away the layers,
Layers of ego,
Layers of conditioning,
Layers of pain we’ve carried for lifetimes.
And at the center of the spiral?
Is your soul.
Your essence.
The unchanging truth of who you are.
The Path of Deep Remembering
The spiral reminds us that growth is not about escaping the past,
It’s about seeing it clearly, learning its lessons, and letting it go.
With each turn, we move:
- From resistance to surrender
- From fear to trust
- From confusion to clarity
- From forgetting, to remembering
And in this remembering, we begin to embody our truth.
The Spiral Is the Way
So if you ever feel like you’re circling back, don’t despair.
You are not failing, you are deepening.
You are becoming.
You are unfolding.
This is the medicine path.
This is the spiral.
A sacred dance between healing and awakening.
Between remembering and releasing.
Between who you were, and who you are.
