Exploring Your Cosmic Self Through The Tree Of Life

Welcome to Season Two of The Modern Sages Podcast! This season, we’re diving even deeper into the expansive world of shamanic teachings — exploring ancient wisdom that helps us remember our place in the great cosmic web of life.

In this opening episode, Shaman Candace Kunze and Spirit Medium Jenn Gilbreth explore one of the most universal and sacred symbols across cultures — The Tree of Life, also known as the Cosmic Tree.

The Tree of Life represents the bridge between worlds — its roots reach deep into the Earth, its branches extend to the heavens, and its trunk stands strong in the Middle World. Found in spiritual and mythological traditions around the globe, it symbolizes the interconnectedness of all creation — the balance between spirit and matter, heaven and earth, the seen and unseen.

Journeying Through the Worlds

In shamanic practice, the Tree of Life serves as a map for the soul’s journey through the Lower World, Middle World, and Upper World.

Through the sacred art of Journey Work, shamans travel between these realms to receive guidance, healing, and wisdom.
Each realm offers unique medicine:

  • The Lower World reveals ancestral roots and deep healing.

  • The Middle World teaches us to walk in harmony with nature and our everyday reality.

  • The Upper World connects us with divine guidance, higher consciousness, and cosmic remembrance.

Journey work is not an escape — it’s a homecoming. It allows us to safely leave the physical body and explore the soul’s landscape, where profound healing, insight, and remembrance take place.

Discovering the Multi-Dimensional Self

Every journey through the Tree of Life is a return to remembrance.
It reminds us that we are not separate from Spirit — we are Spirit, expressing itself through form.
By journeying within, we discover that the answers we seek have always been waiting in the stillness of our own soul.

As Jenn and Candace share their personal experiences, they explore how Journey Work has brought deep healing, understanding, and transformation into their lives — and how this sacred practice can help others do the same.

“Journey work isn’t about leaving your body — it’s about coming home to your soul.”

Because of the profound healing they’ve experienced through this work, Jenn and Candace invite you to explore this path for yourself — to journey into the realms, meet your guides, and remember who you truly are.

A Closing Reflection

The Tree of Life lives within you. Its roots are your ancestry, its trunk your present awareness, and its branches your dreams.
When you journey inward, you climb this sacred tree — and remember that you are both the seeker and the sky.

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