We all have a inside of us daimon. No, nothing to do with demons and witches, but certainly with magic, yes. “Being able to listen to your dæmon means having reached a high state of consciousness – he explains to me.” Selene Calloni Williamsexpert in shamanism, yoga, anthropology and psychology – The daimon is not only theikigaior rather one’s mission in life, but it is just one guiding spirit who knows ours missionand whispers to us how to pursue it ».
“Daimon” is the title of his latest book, published by Piemmecoming out in all libraries on May 17a sort of manual to guide us in the world of spiritual well-being, always remaining faithful to ourselves and freeing the soul towards happiness.
Such as? Through the story in an imaginal key by 8 known myths: «The myth tells us of the origin of things, of how they manifested themselves in the world for the first time. And knowing the origin of things is the starting point for changing or transforming them. This transformation is possible as long as the myth is interpreted not in a moralistic key, but in respect of the aesthetic, emotional expression of the archetypal stories. Because myth is poetry and poetry is an action capable of giving life to a reality, abandoning one’s beliefs, demolishing false certainties ».
Through the reinterpretation of the role of the protagonists in Greek mythsby identifying with them, one can come to discover what one’s Daimon is, the guiding spirit of one’s life, the purpose of existence. «To reach happiness, a path towards the knowledge of ourselves awaits us, which must begin with the discovery of our daemon, since without the inner guide the search for oneself risks being in vain. To connect with the voice of the daimon we have to though silence the buzz of the worldfreeing us from the obsessive voice of the mind that thinks, analyzes, calculates, reflects, judging and separating ».
It seems easy, so said. But how do you silence the mind? “Silence the mind it’s the only way to hear the daimon. The contact with the naturemeditation and all spiritual and artistic disciplines that free us from anxiety and fear – which mental discourse feeds on – can help us achieve it state of no-mindwhich is the condition in which the daimon is heard clearly and loudly.
The daimon does not communicate through words or through the mind: its vehicles are emotion, heart, passion and imagination. Therefore, in order to act in conformity with the precepts of the daimon – which are the laws of the heart – we must imagine before we think ”.
Retrieve the so-called “poetic mind “, that is, a thought that does not judge, but includes, that does not analyze and does not separate, but unites. The poetic mind is an overmind, a “sovereignly “, it is that “thought of the heart” to which so many great enlightened people throughout history have referred, with different names, such as the Indian yogi Sri Aurobindo and the American psychoanalyst James Hillmanto cite two modern examples: one part of Eastern culture and the other of Western culture.
How to talk to your daemon
«Listening to your daemon is simpler and more common than you think: through the small and big things that happen to us – a wonderful sunset, a falling in love, but also an illness, a betrayal, the flight of a bird that crosses our visual space – we can hear his voice. Starting to talk to each other, instead of fighting it, means making oneself co-creators of their own destinyceasing to be its victim ».
Using myths is the simplest way to arouse vivid images: through archetypal narratives, one can know a possibility that can always happen. Ariadne, Antigone, Perseus, Cassandra, Orpheus, Medea, Prometheus and Agamemnon are the eight myths contained in this book: reading them is a journey to take care of the soul.
Selene Calloni Williams tells them in first person, then tells the true story of someone who, through the knowledge of the myth, was able to overcome a problem or solve a discomfort. And finally she proposes a short meditative ritual for each myth (OMI, One Minute Immersion) for anyone, reading it, has heard that story resonate within themselves.
Below we give you an essay, analyzing the greatest fears that grip the human soul and giving a little inspiration to try to overcome them, drawing inspiration from the deeds of the protagonists of the myth.
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