What does it mean to listen with the Holy Wild? In this episode, Victoria Loorz is joined by Elizabeth Rechter and Deb Metzger—two seasoned spiritual companions and guides in the Eco-Spiritual Direction program from Seminary of the Wild Earth. Together they reflect on the sacred practice of holy listening in partnership with the more-than-human world, sharing stories of reciprocity, grief, and transformation that emerge from deep relationship with Earth. The conversation is both an invitation and a reminder: the wild trusts us, and in return, we are called to trust the holy within and all around us.

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Connect with the Center:

Website: wildspirituality.earth
Victoria's Website: victorialoorz.com
Email: hello@wildspirituality.earth
Linktree: linktr.ee/ctrforwildspirituality
Instagram: @center_for_wild_spirituality

Timestamps:

08:58 What Is Spiritual Direction, Elizabeth?
12:40 What Is Spiritual Direction, Deb?
13:55 Including the rest of the alive world
18:23 The Wild Approach
20:05 Holding Space
21:58 Reciprocity
23:48 Stories of the Spirit Directed Wild
27:03 Memory meeting us in the Wild
31:30 The Wild Share Her Pain Too
34:36 A Deconstruction The Culture That Has Incarcerated Us
37:30 The Non-Judging Wild
40:56 The Wild Trusts You
41:43 You May Feed The Birds By Hand
43:13 The Wind Speaks Of Suffering
47:03 Meaning In and From Relationship
49:18 The Playful Wild
51:59 Invitation
53:23 Valarie and a circle of Blue Violets
55:59 Outro

What We are Learning from the Holy Wild about Spiritual Companionship with Deb Metzger and Elizabeth Rechter