EPISODE 289
Daniel Mapel: The Animal Essence of Life
Discover how essences infused with the spirit of animals — everything from alligators and bats to squirrels and zebras — create amazing opportunities for learning and healing with Daniel Mapel in this gentle Living 4D conversation.
Learn more about Daniel and his work by joining his Wild Earth Essences Facebook group.
For Living 4D listeners: Save 10 percent on Daniel’s Wild Earth Animal Essences he sells on his website by using the promo code Living4D at checkout. Order 3 or more bottles and you’ll receive free USPS Priority Mail shipping. For international listeners, contact Daniel directly at daniel@animalessence.com and he will help you place your order. (Special offers from Living 4D guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.)
Also, get a free PDF copy of Daniel’s book, The Healing Path, by emailing him at daniel@animalessence.com, with the Healing Path Book in the subject line.
SHOW NOTES
- Daniel’s very close encounter with a flying buffalo. (6:38)
- The myth of the perfect family collapses for Daniel at age 27. (9:43)
- Hanging out with wild black bears in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. (15:03)
- Helping our kids become baby mammals. (29:20)
- How Daniel creates his animal essences. (34:27)
- “Anyone can make an essence of anything at any time, if they’re clear, present, available and know they can.” (41:59)
- Animals have no resistance and always live in the now. (53:16)
- How to use the animal essences Daniel creates effectively. (1:03:29)
- Trust your inner voice when selecting an essence. (1:16:10)
- The biggest, deepest transformational moments. (1:22:22)
- The essences made by Daniel that Paul uses. (1:33:57)
- “These essences can work on different people in different ways.” (1:47:53)
- Daniel shares tips about essences people can use for common problems. (1:58:03)
- Paul’s powerful feeling that his late mentor, Rowena Kryder, was dying. (2:11:04)
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
- Into the Heart of the Wild by Daniel Mapel
- Paul’s solocast on The Danger of Living in Two Realities
- The work of Stan Grof and Iain McGilchrist
- Paul’s video on Power Animals and Spirit Guides on YouTube
- Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding The Dark Side of Psyche by Robert A. Johnson
- The Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Dr. Ibrahim Karim and Dr. Nathan Riley
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- You’ve had, what I like to call, The Pull. What I mean by that is you know you’re meant for something more—you feel it, maybe you’ve felt it for years—but you’re stuck in work that doesn’t align, unclear about your exact purpose, and you don’t know how to bridge the gap between where you are and where you are being called to.
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