Phases of Descent to Soul - Enactment

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Enactment

This is the fifth part of a five-part Musing (

The Descent to Soul is a psychospiritual expedition into one particular precinct of the underworld — the precinct I call Soul Canyon — and, if fortunate, the eventual emergence from those depths having been radically transformed by an encounter with soul. My names for the five phases of the Descent are Preparation, Dissolution, Soul Encounter, Metamorphosis, and Enactment.

The fifth and final phase, Enactment, is when you learn to embody your mythopoetic identity in acts of service to your community. It’s when you activate or switch on your giveaway, when you begin to wholeheartedly perform your vision for your people to see. It is when you start to deliver your mature gift of love-service to your world.

Enactment supports, amplifies, and deepens your Metamorphosis, but for many people their Metamorphosis phase can go on a long time before they move into Enactment. Most people begin Enactment while still in the life stage of the Cocoon (and still primarily identified with the archetype of the Wanderer). But Enactment continues into the next stage (early adulthood) of the Wellspring (and its archetype of the Soul Apprentice) and beyond. In one sense, the Enactment phase of a Descent to Soul is the rest of your life.

As noted in the first Musing of this series, a Descent to Soul always ends with an ascent from Soul Canyon, but do keep in mind that once the ego begins being rooted in soul (by way of our first Descent), we never really leave those depths. Our everyday lives in the Village world above the Canyon become expressions of those depths. As our lives unfold — as we continue to grow — our ego is rooted ever deeper in the mysteries of soul as our center of gravity spirals down always closer to the core.“

Content from SoulCraft Musings, Animas Valley Institute