Walking Through A Spider Web Spiritual Meaning:
It is about divine connectivity
“God is within her; she will not fail.” — Psalm 46:5
When I walk into that spider web as if it appeared there out of the thin air. But, it’s not really by chance.
That is actually how deep I believe the divine hand to be in my life.
That the universe has laid that web down on my path at just the right moment for me to encounter.
It is an invitation to me to slow down, to stop living my life on autopilot and know that there are always unseen hands working around me.
So, when I come across them, what it really means is the situation is demanding of me to be in an increased state of myself.
I can’t just brush off the strings and carry on.
The spiritual reality is that I am walking in a field of cosmic energy where every step could move the spiritual woven garment hanging all around me.
My very movements create ripples through this web.
These are reverberations that are felt not only by myself, but everything (and everyone) linked to it.
Spiritual Cleansing
“Create in me a clean heart, O God.” — Psalm 51:10
Walking through a spider web is actually one the most enlightening moments of spiritual purifications I experience.
It sticks to my skin, hair, and clothes just like the spiritual residue I allow to cling to my aura.
This leftover energy from past experiences, emotions I am failing to process or absorb from others that I collect without realising.
And like the web, so this spiritual heaviness gloms on over time.
The spider web is a sacred tool.
It is a sponge soaking up the stale energies I am no longer meant to hold.
These clinging strands represented the parts of my life of which I might be totally unaware.
Examples – subtle attachments, lingering doubts and suppressed emotions in my spiritual life.
How many of those do I need to address, are usually my roadblocks preventing me from propelling in a direction that serves me.
The spider web relates the energy holding me in old ways.
Swatting at the web unconsciously as it touches my body is a way of embodying spiritual cleansing.
At that time, the web is doing a holy service.
It takes away energies which are not useful for me anymore.
It was a physical time of cleansing in many types of spiritual practices, almost like some pure moment that nature handed me as if it was a rite of passage.
This lesson for me, becomes an invitation in itself to contemplate how essential cleansing is spiritually.
Most of the time, what I actually pick up on is energy which does not even belong to me.
Thus, these energies become like the spider web—clinging, subtle and permeating.
The sticky web on me, reflected the spiritual bonds that needed to be broken.
It is about awareness
“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” — Proverbs 23:7
This strangeness of nature itself is reflected through spider webs from both the physical and metaphysical world.
I am not just breaching a way of catching prey when I unknowingly walk into one.
Here I am working with a symbol of hidden subconscious functioning.
Walking through a spider web is one of the most unsettling sensations that there.
It is in that feeling of discomfort.
It sends a slight tingle across my soul.
Patience
“Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete.” — James 1:4
Spiders construct their webs with incredible accuracy.
Walking through one I realize that I need to stop rushing and take more notice on the small stuff happening in my life.
Maybe I have been moving too quickly or being impulsive.
This interaction helps to slow down and bring more purpose into my actions.
I take apart a web and the spider immediately starts over with slow restoration.
It is a lesson in being precise and to approach life with planned actions.
It is about manifestation
“For we are God’s handiwork, created to do good works.” — Ephesians 2:10
Spiders make great examples, since few creatures show creativity to the same degree as these 8-legged living engineers.
When I walk through a spider web, it is almost like bumping into the purest form of creative energy.
A clear indicator that I am crushing it creation-wise and things have entered the grand phase of manifestation.
The universe is telling me to use that creative energy in my life.
It is about illusions
“The truth will set you free.” — John 8:32
Spider webs are symbolic for illusions.
The elaborate, misleading threads that may trap me into wrong thoughts.
As I move my way through a spiders web it’s equivalent to me emotionally letting go of these illusions.
The stands I feel are those lies, fears, doubts or limiting beliefs that has been sneaking it foot in the door.
Emptying the web is a parabler for letting go of these deceptions.
So it is difficult because I have to face myself.
This moment is a strong one because it means I am right at the edge of my next breakthrough.
I am becoming more clear, aligned with the truth of who I am and my higher self.
Life’s Fragility
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12
Stepping through a spider web I understant how delicate life is.
Like a spider web that can be crushed with ease, so too are the plans I create to build my life.
The spider web is fragile in all its beauty and nuance, just like my human experience.
If anything it is a sign to be here now, to hold space for this tenuous truce that I glide through.
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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.