011: Grief & Sorrow Series Part 3 - Importance & History of Grief Rituals | Guest Zach Seagle

In this third, and final part of the series on Grief & Sorrow, one by one, Zach opens all five gates of grief and explains what to expect from each. We finish our conversation by me sharing my own experience of attending and participating in a grief ritual that Zach has hosted in Pisac in the Sacred Valley of the Peruvian Andes.  __ In this three part series, my guest, Zach Seagle, a grief counsellor, former school principal, plant-medicine worker in the lineage of the Asháninka, an indigenous tribe in Peru – attempts to open gates of grief and sorrow to show that only through feeling it all a life of unbridled child-like joy is possible. __ Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (03:11) History of grief rituals (07:41) Five gates of grief (08:01) 1st gate: Everything you love you will lose (08:24) 2nd gate: The places that Have Not Known Love (10:39) 3rd gate: The sorrows of the world (11:51) 4th gate: What we expected and did not receive (15:18) 5th gate: Ancestral grief (17:25) Theatrics of a grief ritual (22:07) My personal experience of grief ritual… (24:10) An example of ancestral grief (33:54) Purging is part of grieving To learn more about the work of and connect with Zach, visit ⁠his website⁠. Subscribe to the podcast to learn more about what it takes to be a human being in this and upcoming conversations. You can also watch this episode on ⁠Youtube and I would be delighted to connect with you on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠. On either platforms you’re invited to leave your comments, thoughts and feelings. Laura Sagen, host of ⁠On Emergence⁠ podcast.