Wilderness Quest

A Gift for the Sacred, A Gift for the Soul

This is a time to fast, alone on the land, held by the power of ceremony.

In the stillness of wild places, we open ourselves to the deep conversation between Soul and Earth. The wilderness fast is a living ceremony—an ancient practice that spans cultures, calling us into sacred reciprocity and commitment to our unique gifts.

To fast is to make a declaration:
“I long to nourish life beyond myself.”

It is not the fast alone that marks our passage into adulthood—it is our willingness to tend to both the seen and unseen worlds, to serve family, community, and the sacred with authenticity.

Are you called to enter into this ceremony? Will you say Yes?

Why two different dates?
This year we are creating space for a deeper unfolding. By arriving first to meet the land, you are given time to listen, to root, and to begin forming a relationship with place before stepping into the ceremony of your fast.

August 28–30 — Your first arrival on the land. A time to walk gently, to connect with place, to find your solo spot, and to begin your inner preparations for what is to come.
September 18–26 — Your return journey. During this time, you will enter fully into your fast and quest ceremony, held by the relationship you have already begun to weave with the land.

Join Us for this beautiful journey.

When: Aug 28-30 and Sept 18-26, 2026

Where: In the wilds of Vancouver Island

Cost: $2065 Early Bird before June 30th. $2375 Regular fee.

Food: Participants are responsible for their own lunch and breakfast. All dinners are shared cooking within the group - participants will be put into cooking pairs and responsible for 1 dinner.

To begin remembering our Indigenous belonging on the Earth back to life we must metabolize as individuals the grief of recognition of our lost directions, digest it into a valuable spiritual compost that allows us to learn to stay put without outrunning our strange past, and get small, unarmed, brave, and beautiful.
By trying to feed the Holy in Nature the fruit of beauty from the tree of memory of our Indigenous Souls, grown in the composted failures of our past need to conquer, watered by the tears of cultural grief, we might become ancestors worth descending from and possibly grow a place of hope for a time beyond our own.

― Martin Prechtel, The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic: The Parelled Lives of People as Plants

What Is the Wilderness Quest?

This Wilderness or Soul Quest is a deeply embodied rite of passage, rooted in myth, ceremony, and reciprocal relationship with the land. Guided by ancestral wisdom and modern psychological insight, it offers a sacred container for those standing at the threshold of transformation—whether facing crisis, grief, initiation, or spiritual emergence.

Through a 4‑day fast and 3‑day solo time on the land, you'll be invited to:

Shed old skins: release conditioning, roles, and identities that no longer serve.
Reconnect with soul essence: via silence, myth, nature, and ceremony.
Enter into reciprocity: an altar to the wild through focused giving—sacrifice, attention, and presence.
Engage mythic structures: soul-centric practices meet the deep orchestration of myth and land‑based story.
Reintegration with support: guided preparation and post‑quest mentorship help translate emergence into daily life.

Co‑cultivated by mentors seasoned in earth‑based skills, trauma‑sensitive facilitation, and ancestral rites, this journey asks for honest surrender—not as a retreat from life, but as an offering to life.

The quest is a full-bodied journey into your soul’s story.