The Dragon and the Rose

Reclaiming Desire as a Path of Service

An Experiential Class with Erin Chalfant, MA, MFA

Desire connects us with Destiny.

Reclaiming Eros is a path of refusal that embraces desire. It is a brave “no” that trusts the yes is coming–even if the night is long and dark and the color of the dawn is unknown. Our desires connect us with our destiny (etymologically, of the stars). Walking this path, the way of love, is a calling forward of what is not yet. It is a choice of path that is at present invisible. It requires listening, tracking and inner resourcing that asks us to show up fully every day and in every moment. It is a feeling of one’s own unique way across a foreign landscape, taking those first steps as the path emerges from its camouflage.

Your life is an offering back to life. When you are in touch with your spark, you have agency and ignite a movement that shifts systems and changes the world. What we want connects us with what matters, and this is the regenerative work the world needs to reanimate, to jump back up and live.

May this awareness serve your life path and all of life.

The Foundational talk is linked below, along with the guided journeys.

We are communal creatures who learn in circles, from stories traditionally told around a campfire. We learn from others who evoke a felt sense inside us. We learn by practice, and doing, by taking action. Archetypes hold truths and patterns that awaken this visceral capacity for change, and unlock hidden potentials. In Reclaiming Desire as Eros, we invite The Dragon Queen and the Queen of Summer into our circle.

Guinevere, as the Queen of Summer, holds a primal connection to our soul’s purpose through her innocence and grace. Her mastery is in her sensitivity and permeability; she is innocence and wonder, grace and charm. Her shadow appears when she turns her fire inward and fuels the addiction to perfectionism and the inner critic that turns her blooms to ash.

Daenerys, as the Dragon Queen, is an embodied master of the fire element. She chooses her destiny, and inspires both fear and love as a leader in her revolution. Her shadow is holy rage that turns away from service to madness. She uses the fire without discretion and harms her people and planet beyond repair.

We have been taught they are separate, but the two are actually one. United within one psyche, they have the power to establish radically new systems and become the foundation for a truly thriving and regenerative society in accord with the laws of nature.

May these journeys bring you an emergent and living connection with their magick and medicine, and may it serve you and your community.

Blessed be wild ones,

Erin