S. Kelley Harrell Quotes

Being present is being connected to All Things.

Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after.

We don't heal in isolation, but in community.

Unless we can interpret that ecstatic trip in a way that better grounds our physical reality, trance isn’t worth much.

What people resist the most about spiritual healing is changing their minds.

In the end, bless the darkness, hold the light, because the two aren't divisible.

Need is choice come to fruition.

A racist notion found in neoshamanic circles is placing high value on indigenous wisdom but not on indigenous people.

If I can only write my memoir once, how do I edit it?

The body is more than the temple of the soul. It’s the grounded celebration of its rapture.

Healing stories are magickal tales born from personal tribulation and victory, which are then shared.

The reality is, it takes daily cultivation of a spiritual path, preferably with spiritual kin in proximity, to sustain not the feeling of elation, but the focused, mindful path of steady growth.

Engaging spirits isn’t an elitist ability or industry, it’s being active in the connection with All Things. It’s innate to us all.

It's important to talk about fringe-of-the-fringe experiences, not just to show the humanity of intuitives, but to show humanity the commonness of intuition.

Recognizing the connection to All Things, even in creepy moments, keeps me true to my animistic perspective. Finding growth from them is my choice.

What we believe spirit visitors to be influences how they affect our lives. What we believe ourselves to be dictates how we react to them.

Symbols are miracles we have recorded into language.

Phrases such as "I'm beside myself, " "I was frightened to pieces, " "I feel lost, " "I feel like part of me is missing, " originated from a sense of soul loss.

We can only prosper where we are.

We are all but symbols of some greater thing—totems of ourselves--subject to change and growth. When we forget that metaphoric sense of ourselves, we lose sight of the overall path.

You don't find light by avoiding the darkness.

Online review sites are the slushpiles of feedback.

I don't argue things being spiritual vs scientific, because I've never met anyone who knows enough about either to be convincing--including myself.

By bringing a soulful consciousness to gardening sacred space can be created outdoors.

Regardless of geographical region or culture gardening is perhaps the most common and shared experience of Nature.

That we don't remember the beginning or the ending of dreams is our unconscious reminding us that it's all about the process.

Have intention, sacred will travel.

The more I work with Nature and totemism, the more church is everywhere.

We're all latchkey kids a threshold from peace.

If we didn't have shadow we'd just sit around loving the light, likely doing nothing with it.

Too many irons, not enough fire.

Loving someone but not trusting them is a spiritual emergency.

Children arrive animists. They learn about life, themselves, and empathy by imagining the liveliness of everything they come into contact with.

I think that being a soul in flesh is really challenging and we should all give ourselves more credit.

When we accomplish one thing, our ego wants to bask in the glory, though our soul is ready to move on to the next.

All wisdom contracts then expands, contracts then expands. That is how consciousness evolves.

Our Soul Allies light the fire in those initial visits, but it’s up to us to keep it burning.

Though it doesn’t feel like it, crisis places us front and center of desire, which is the force of power.

Being healed means committing to use your resources and knowledge.

Healing is active involvement in your process, ongoing.