JOURNEY INTO FIRE I
Awakening the Light of Self
OVERVIEW
Journey Into Fire is a book by David Spangler describing the innate sacredness of the human incarnation. This course, Journey Into Fire I, is emergent from the book as the first step in building the experience of the teachings of Incarnational Spirituality (IS) and is the foundation for all of Lorian’s IS classes.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
What if our physical, material existence was not something that cuts us off from the Sacred, but a portal to knowing Spirit even more intimately? What do people mean when they talk about the “God within”?
When we look for the sacred outside of ourselves, we miss a huge piece of the puzzle. The best of spiritual teachings lead us to the knowledge that the sacred is within us and is part of our fundamental being.
Incarnational Spirituality enables you to claim an important part of yourself, a sense of belonging in the world – a sense of being at home in your humanity. Being here is not a punishment we have to transcend. Rather, being in a body is kind of the joyful point. To be incarnate is to be a source of radiance and love through the medium of the physical worldly self and not in spite of it.
This class explores these concepts in ways intended to realign the way you engage with your life, to introduce a lived experience of the sacredness that is your birthright and your nature. Through imaginal practices, you will discover within yourself:
Sovereignty - a sense of identity and agency, a sacred note that you yourself bring into the world, anchored in your body but not restricted to it. In knowing your sovereignty, your foundations are strong and you know your spiritual worth.
Presence – you yourself are a sacred presence, a being made of Gaia and nature, of humanity, of soul and of the sacred that is within. When you stand in your sacred presence you affirm that you are born from, and belong within, every layer of the subtle ecologies of this world and beyond.
Self-Light – the light that you as a sacred presence in the world generate as naturally as breathing. This self-light is not channeled through you by a divine source but is light that you radiate simply by existing.
Journey Into Fire I offers a transformational experience designed to evoke a gentle identity shift and realignment of spirit which will enable you to claim your agency, heal deep wounds around power, step beyond the usual reactive patterns, and discover in yourself a willing choice to honor the sacred in yourself and in all around you.
COURSE FORMAT
Journey Into Fire I will be held on our online education site, Lorianeducation.com. You will have access to the online discussion and materials 24/7 through your ongoing Learning Library.
This class has been completed for 2025 and will be available again in 2026. To be placed on a waitlist for next year’s class, click on the blue Register For This Class below.
Register - $250.00
Scholarships and repeat discounts are available. If interested, please contact Susan at susans@lorian.org.
Lorian Covenant of Confidentiality
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Facilitator - Julia Spangler
Julia is one of the co-founders of the Lorian Association and is currently President of the Board. She is a certified counselor, Parenting teacher, and is ordained in Lorian. She contributed to the book Journey Into Fire with David Spangler, and teaches classes aimed at bringing our spiritual selves into full embodiment in our everyday lives.
Lorian Core Class Series
The Lorian Core Class Series has been designed and crafted over several years of experience to help a person understand their own subtle nature and to develop a core inner strength of identity, sovereignty, and love.
Learning these principles alone will enhance your relationship to yourself and to the world around you, allowing you to stand strong and be of service in these changing and chaotic times.
Core Classes are also offered to train you in the principles and practices of energetic fitness that allow one to partner with subtle beings safely and to help mediate specific subtle energies into the world as acts of service.
The Lorian Core Series classes build upon each other. We recommend taking these classes in the order below:
Journey into Fire I & II with Julia Spangler
Our Sacred Body with Maryn Spangler
Subtle Energies I & II with Rue Hass
Practical Magic with Rue Hass
Personal Alliances with Jeremy Berg and Freya Secrest
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