Autumn is a mystical season.Most of us can feel it as soon as that turn in the
air comes. There's a sense of being able to connect to the unseen world.
In the Celtic understanding Autumn was a time when you could connect to the Otherworld,
including those who've passed and are now on the other side. In many traditional cultures
around the world, there was an essential role that seems to awaken back into our memory each Autumn.
And this is the role of the psychopomp. Are you a psychopomp? I'm Asia Suler, Earth Intuitive,
teacher, and author of Mirrors in the Earth, and this video is here to help you find out.
A psychopomp traditionally is someone who guides souls from one state of transition into another.
The most common transition being that transition from life to death. A psychopomp's role is to make
this transition easier. Psychopop comes from the Greek "psychopompos" which means "guide of souls."
We often think of psychopomps as angels, spirit guides, deities, but humans can be psychopomps
too. The first time I heard this word, it really helped me make sense of some experiences that I
had had in my life. Starting when I was in my teenage years I would have dreams where people
who had recently passed on would come and ask for my help. Sometimes in these dreams people
who had recently departed would come and ask me to share a message, give their loved one a hug,
or simply come to tell me that they were safe and sound on the other side. So I started to
have these experiences where in my dreams, I would encounter folks who had recently crossed over ,and
I noticed that I was often helping them in some way —passing on a message, helping them feel safe
and comfortable on that other side. And when I heard the word "psychopomp," I remember thinking
"oh that's what's happening in my dream-time." So here's some questions to help you discover whether
you are a psychopomp: So the first question would be, do you have literal dreams with people who've
passed on? Often if you have this innate ability to be a psychopomp, folks who have recently passed
will come to you in your dreams. Or even folks who've been on the other side for a while, they
might come with messages, they might come with tidings. They might ask you to pass those messages
on to other people. But really pay attention to your dreams and really open the possibility that
these dreams aren't just the random firings of your mind, but are very literal encounters in the
unseen world. I often find that these dreams come much more readily in the Autumn time, because this
is the time when the veils are the thinnest. So it's really common for me to start to have these
dreams every Autumn. Also are you someone who tends to attract people, animals, or energies that
need comfort or help? I often find that if you are someone who tends to draw in folks who are in any
kind of transition in their life, a transitional moment or time where they're just seeking solace.
And you tend to be someone who draws in those folks who, you just notice that they end up kind
of coming into your sphere, you probably have some ability as a psychopomp. So we are used to
hearing about psychopomps helping people bridge between the states of transition that is life,
to afterlife, but psychopomps can also help people through different major transitions in their life.
We've all been through transitions that feel as if one life ended and another one began. So if
you are drawn to things like psychology, or the study of the unconscious, this alone might be
an indicator that you have this ability to act as a psychopomp—a guide of souls. And finally,
are you someone that finds it easy to navigate treacherous terrain? Are you someone who can
handle it when someone comes to you with their turbulent emotions, or feelings—maybe you're
kind of a grounding rod for your friends? Or are you someone who is fascinated by or drawn to some
of the more complex, shadowy, or nuanced sides of existence. I often find that people who have
this psychopomp ability, also have the ability to work in a lot of the different shades, grades, and
variants of existence. So you might be comfortable in waters that other people feel like they're out
of their depth. So these are all indicators that you have this ability to help guide souls in this
lifetime, both during their life and beyond. Now whether you believe in life after death or not,
you can embrace this archetype of the psychopomp. In this way of thinking, psychopomps are helping
bridge psychological gaps as well, so as we move from one transition in our life to another. You
might be someone who can naturally help people make this transition with grace.
I find a lot of transitions end up happening in the fall for folks, and I think it's because this
energy of the Otherworld comes in to help support us in making these changes. Now I just gave you a
good introduction to what psychopomps are, and some questions to figure out whether or not you
might be one. And taking all this into account here's the thing—I think we are all psychopomps
on a certain level. I believe that we all came here to this Earth at this time to help this
great transition. We came here to help midwife this soulful transition from one way of being
on this planet to another. The truth is that the old world is dying, and a new world is being born.
And that's exactly what we're seeing happening around the world as we see these great changes,
transitions, and upheavals take place. And you came here for this reason—to be a part of this
transition, to be a psychopomp for our Earth. And this is something I talk about in my book, Mirrors
in the Earth—that all of us are like mushrooms here to help alchemize what is decaying, what is
on its way out, what needs to die so that we can see a new world be born, a world that we are here
to help co-create and midwife into existence. So I'm curious, is this resonating for you as
I talk about these aspects of what it means to be a psychopomp in your life, and in the wider world?
Is any of this clicking? Have you had experiences now, that you can really point to or highlight as
that was an experience where I was being asked to step into my ability to be a guide of souls.
And if you'd like to really embrace all of the richness that this Autumn season can contain,
definitely check out my class Herbs for the Otherworld. In the class, I help open this gateway
so that you can develop a direct connection with the Otherworld. With the help of ancestral
practices, tools, and herbs and mushrooms, that will really help open this gateway of perception
so you can really utilize and steep yourself in the magic of this Autumn season. So thank you so
much for watching, and thank you for the gifts and the guidance you so naturally bring to this world.