A spider bite can be a catalyst for self-reflection.
It is a moment designed to force us out of our everyday lives and pay attention.
You can call it enlightenment in spiritual terms, A time-freeze warning to look within.
This can lead to anxieties that you may have suppressed coming out psychologically.
On a spiritual level, this is an opportunity to tackle these aspects that are hidden within.
Think of how the pain and soreness from a spider bite can be the convoluted descriptions of our inner pains, causing us to breadth them in. Therefore, it leads to conservation and organization.
Over the years that I was guiding people on their path to spirituality, again and again, it happened for me to meet someone who opened up spiritually shortly after having been bitten by a spider.
Here, they talk of a fresh perspective on life.
Greater insight into their feelings and thoughts.
While somewhat painful in the beginning, this journey of awakening typically results in significant personal development and transformation.
What I find most remarkable about how this spider bite rocked our world is in asking the question.
Our lives can become just a string of days, strung together with one going into the next almost robotically. However, a spider bite can break us free from our complacency.
It requires that we listen not only to the scar and wound of the flesh but also to our innermost acreage of mind and spirit.
One of the first natural feelings about a spider bite is fear.
These reactions are primal. But after that initial fear, we have a chance to look underneath those feelings and figure out what they are saying.
From our place of discomfort, we may find aspects of ourselves that have been repressed.
This process is not easy. It is not easy to stand in the darkness of our souls and look at what we hide beneath. However, it is by facing this confrontation that healing actually starts.
The spider bite becomes a mirror, reflecting our fears and insecurities. It is an offer to take good care of all these parts on ourselves.
I have found that making these same self-reflections has been incredibly transformative.
Some may argue that those who delve deeper into their experiences seem to have a higher form of self-awareness.
They navigate their emotions better and are able to identify where things become more difficult for them as well, so they can live stronger in the face of life.
This journey inward is so personal. It is a matter of tuning into our inner voice, of listening to and feeling for what we call intuition.
It speaks from that part of us that does have wisdom. It is about knowing that the answers we seek are always within — just waiting to be realized.
It is about venom
One way of perceiving the venom from a spider bite is as a magical symbol to bring change.
This is an energy that deals with clearing and cleansing, both of the physical body (as it releases removing toxic elements) as well in spirit.
To me, venom is like an alchemical agent of change.
The venom enters and immediately triggers reactions inside the body.
Where there should be pain, discomfort and the persistent feeling that something doesn’t belong in their current setting.
This physical process represents something fuller or deeper on a spiritual level.
Its sting makes us deal with what has been plaguing us inside, to acknowledge the pain we may have pushed away.
According to Hindu mythology, Shiva drank poison in order that it did not consume the entire world. Thereby, he transformed and absorbed negative energies.
The idea is that poison can enhance conversion.
At least that is how I relate to a spider bite spiritually, like being injected with vitality, and though the item of venom was revolting in its way, it came about holding my answer.
It calls upon you to let go of outmoded ways and be open to new possibilities.
This transformative energy reigns down upon us to remind us that change.
Letting go of familiar habits is not an easy task.
It is about patience
The spider bite is a lesson in its patience. Spiders are methodical and skillful workers, taking their time to craft an expansive network of webbing.
They are skillfully placed, one by one and you can see the spider takes great pride in all of his work.
A spider bite to me is like a welcome from the universe, saying – be these things that we admire.
That is because patience is one of those important virtues that gets neglected, and working on it will help with this spiritual step.
The patience of the spider is incredibly grounding to reflect upon in moments of impatience.
We live in a culture that makes us addicted to now. However, the spider shows us there is power in persistent labor.
Every thread woven in the web, each little effort contributes to something more important.
Having patience also comes with keeping a positive tone to yourself while working hard on your dreams.
It recognizes that failed attempts and postponements are obstacles encountered on the journey but not limitations to it.
Think about that spider sitting in the center of its web, calmly waiting for something to come along and happen.
The spider does not hurry or skip a few steps. It takes its time to process, realizing that each stage is important
Bringing that mindset into our day-to-day is what will allow us to thrive under stress.
We can learn to sink into it and savor each moment.
The patience of the spider becomes a way in which to learn how we may lead our lives with intention and purpose and construct our webs slowly and thoughtfully.
It is about darkness
Spiders tend to conjure up feelings of fear and discomfort within us, awakening primal instincts. Hence, when a spider bites you, it is basically an encounter with your shadow self — the part of us that contains fear and doubts or insecurities.
This part of our psyche is the most hidden and left aside, but it has as much to teach us.
Actually, what the shadow self would mean to me is the parts of my personality that I might wish did not exist. In Jungian psychology, the shadow is said to represent these unconscious aspects of our personality that we suppress or deny.
Facing the shadow within allows us to become more self-aware and integrated.
A spider bite calls us out on our fears and confines.
This confrontation is a crucial part of our healing.
This is what forces us to look at our vulnerabilities and the bits of ourselves we may feel ashamed or scared by.
I say that this journey to the darkness is both freeing as hell.
A chance to do some shadow work — take back our projecting tendencies so we can re-claim these parts of ourselves that have been kicked away from the light, not just integrated in a new way into us.
Not that our fears and insecurities will vanish (because let’s be real), but we’ll find a way through them with more grace.
When we confront our shadow self, it also allows us to have more empathy and understanding of others.
This is a process, and we are in it. It takes patience, being kind to ourselves and a willingness to keep going deeper into the dark recesses of our psyche. However, every step we take is one towards becoming a truer and more whole version of ourselves.
So, a spider bite can be the beginning of this descent into darkness.
I’m Bulgarea Candin Stefan and I have started Spiritual Whirlwinds to pass my learnings from my spiritual journey. Spiritualwhirlwinds.com provides a space of spiritual awakening with guided meditations, e-books, mantras, and pendulum readings.
