Tips For Getting to Know the Trees

Being an animist means living in connection with Nature. How do you do that when you don't live near Nature and haven't grown up that way? Laura Giles explores this topic in today's episode.

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world.

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Hey, “Old People.” It’s Time to Elder Up! We Need You

"To everything there is a season." That goes for elderhood too, yet we aren't growing into elders. People get older, but they aren't leading as elders. In today's episode, Laura Giles talks about the implications of this and how to get things back on track. 

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world.

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Inspiring Spiritual Ideas from a Researcher That You Probably Never Thought Of

What happens when history, research, and spirituality combine? Find out in this fascinating episode as we talk with Katherine Moore.

Katherine Moore is a Celtic Reconstructionist Druid and is studying a Master's degree in Early Celtic Studies at Cardiff University. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Theology from Heythrop College, University of London, in 2016, with a dissertation on women within Luke's Gospel. Her research now centres on the Iron Age, Celtic mythology and religion, and gender in Iron Age Britain; her thesis focuses on the portrayal of both Iron Age and mythological Celtic women by male writers. She bases all of her religious practices on archaeological and mythological evidence, and lives in Cardiff with her partner.

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Talking With the Ladies of Pan. Yes, We Read Tarot Cards!

The ladies of Pan Society are back! This time we are talking about divination. What questions do you have about this ancient practice? They are probably answered right here! Tune in and see.

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world. For more about Laura Giles see lauragiles.net or rainbowserpentadventures.com

How To See Answers in Stories

Good stories give us strategies for solving problems. They are reflections of life. I bet you never thought the Nightmare Before Christmas had all these things in it, but it does. Tune in to this week's show and see just what I mean. If you learn how to see the lessons in stories, you will be closer to seeing the signs in everything we do.

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world. For more about Laura Giles see lauragiles.net or rainbowserpentadventures.com

How to Evoke A Goddess

Are you ready to bring the glory of a goddess (or god) into your spiritual practice? Here's how.

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world. For more about Laura Giles see lauragiles.net or rainbowserpentadventures.com

Why Sovereignty is the Key to a Holistic Spiritual Practice

Sovereignty and the right use of power are central to a holistic, healthy spiritual practice. So often we don't even think about how we use our power. How are you using your power?

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world. For more about Laura Giles see lauragiles.net or rainbowserpentadventures.com

Talking With the Ladies of Pan Society

 The faces of Pan Society get together to shoot the breeze. Who are they? What are they really like? Now is your chance to find out as they go unscripted. Tune in!

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world. For more about Laura Giles see lauragiles.net or rainbowserpentadventures.com

Am I Dealing with Shadow Energy or Trickster Energy? How Can I Tell?

Do you get confused about the differences between what is Shadow energy and Trickster energy? Both of these figure prominently in animism. Want to know how to use both for spiritual growth? Tune in!

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Laura Giles is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Richmond, VA. She is also the author of Angel Whispering: How to Talk to Your Spirit Guides and How to Be a Panist: A Guide to Creating a Modern Animist Lifestyle. Additionally, she facilitates spiritual tours to destinations around the world. For more about Laura Giles see lauragiles.net or rainbowserpentadventures.com

All You Want to Know about Pan Society- Ask Cherie

Today we talk with Cherie Calvert, owner of The Dancing Magpie- a boutique for handcrafted natural bath, body, and health products, an animist since birth, and founding board member of Pan Society, LTD. Cherie answers listener questions.

Is Pan Society a cult?

Are you witches?

Why are so many hippies and polyamourous people attracted to paganism? Is that what Pan Society is about?

I am attracted to another culture that I lived in in a past life. How can I connect with those ancestors?

I am attracted to shamanism, but heard to stay away from Michael Harner's books. Is there a path that you would recommend instead?

A psychic told me that I am a shaman. How can I validate this?

Is everybody a shaman?

What's the Pan position on assisted suicide?

I would love to go to a moon circle, but there isn't one near me. Is there something else that is similar?

I live in the city. There isn't a lot of nature here. Can you tell me why you guys focus so much on nature and give me some ideas how to get that vibe when you live in the city?

How important is meditation to a spiritual practice? I don't find it easy. Is there something else I can do?

I am still not understanding what sovereignty means. Can you explain it?

How did Pan Society choose the holy days? What makes them special?

I am an empath. I want to be in community with other people, but I pick up their stuff and it just becomes too overwhelming. How can I be with my tribe when I can't tolerate people?

I like the ideas of Pan Society, but I realize I have a lot of religious baggage and am not comfortable with rituals. How important is this to being an animist?

Do you have any advice on how to choose a drum for ritual purposes?

Is it more powerful to do group rituals or solo ones?

What's a light worker? How do I know if I am one?

How do you feel about cursing and spirituality?

I am in love with someone who is not spiritual. He isn't against spirituality, but he doesn't support it either. Does this relationship have a chance?

If you don't see your question here, please check out the other "Ask Laura" podcasts. It may be there, on our youtube channel or blog.