Reclamation
Reclamation From The Fortress mirrors the first arc of the Hero’s Journey: answering the call to adventure, stepping across the threshold, and daring to enter the unknown — to face our dragons and reclaim our innate power. Reclamation is the process of retrieving the pieces of Self and soul we’ve lost along the way — sometimes even before this lifetime (see Peter Levine’s work on intergenerational trauma). In a world shaped by post-Christian conditioning and generations of fear and control, much of what is sacred — within us and around us — has been banished, distorted, or forgotten.
One of the most wounded aspects of Self is the feminine. By “the feminine,” I mean the parts of us that honor intuition, embodiment, creativity, receptivity, connection to nature, and the wisdom of cycles. These qualities live in all people, regardless of gender. Yet centuries of suppression have left us soul-sick, disempowered, and aching for something real.
Learn MoreBad News:
Reclamation isn’t easy. To reclaim what’s been lost, you must enter the dark forest — the shadow lands of your psyche. You’ll encounter parts of yourself you’ve tried to exile: shame, grief, fear, rage, feelings of unworthiness. It’s not pretty work, but it's also what makes us beautifully human. As Joseph Campbell reminds us, “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
Good News:
On the other side of this descent is immeasurable power. Through shadow work, soul work, and maybe a little plant medicine therapy, we begin to glimpse our own personal power. We rediscover our authenticity, creativity, passion, and connection with the Sacred. By eliminating dis-ease and calling back parts of Self, we can begin to live a more whole, healthy, soulful life.
The Call to Adventure
This path requires curiosity, courage, and compassion. It asks for a clear, soulful intention — a fire in the belly that says enough to the numbing jobs, the draining relationships, the habits that rob you of aliveness, the walls that keep you small.
Along the way, you’ll be met with some signs to guide and encourage you: synchronicities, dreams, animal messengers, number patterns — little winks from the universe reminding you you’re not alone.
And yet, let’s be clear: reclamation is not a joyride. It isn’t about perfection or polishing yourself into some ideal. None of us have illuminated every shadow or reclaimed every fragment of soul. This work asks us to feel, to face, and to move through the material that arises. I’m walking this path too — and part of my own integrity is working with a licensed (human, not AI) therapist, which I highly recommend for anyone doing this depth of work.
Reclamation is for anyone ready to step out of soul-sickness and into sovereignty. It’s for those who hear the quiet call inside: to retrieve lost parts of self, to heal ancestral wounds, to restore balance between masculine and feminine, and to remember the sacredness of being alive.
Let us remember who we truly are!
Choose Your Adventure