Meeting Shasta the Kobold: Opening Doors to Magic and Spirit Guidance
/Meeting a New Spirit Guide
One quiet afternoon, as I sat in meditation, I felt a flicker of energy darting just at the edge of my awareness, like a mysterious whisper or a quick glance over a shoulder. An etheric note was handed to me, and I looked down to see a scrawl, almost childlike, saying simply, “I’m your friend.” I glanced up, and there he was—a tawny-colored being with wild hair, reminding me so much of Pumuckl, the mischievous sprite from a German children’s television series I loved watching as a child. He had a spark in his eye and an aura that radiated joy and curiosity. As I would soon learn, this new guide was a Kobold, a type of German sprite, and his name was Shasta.
Shasta is a special kind of spirit guide. I’d seen him before as a blur dashing around, just out of reach, just out of sight, but I’d never really seen him until now. He’s here for a specific purpose: to help me with magic. When I asked him what “magic” means to him, he replied, “Freedom.” That one word felt like a doorway opening in my own heart, as though he’d handed me a key to a part of myself I hadn’t accessed in a long time. He went on to explain, “I’m a doorway magician. I’m here to help you open doors.” When I looked up the name Shasta, I found that in Sanskrit, it means teacher. How fitting!
Meeting Shasta wasn’t just an encounter; it was an invitation—a chance to reconnect with the magic within myself. As I talked with him, I felt a gentle pull to return to something fundamental and almost forgotten: the inner child, the playful, curious part of me that had been boxed up by “adult” ways of thinking. Speaking to a spirit guide like Shasta requires a different language, one without words. It’s a language of play, curiosity, and openness, a language we start to forget as life’s complexities take over.
To truly connect with spirit guides, we have to remember this openness we had as children—an openness to wonder, to curiosity, to laughter. So much of what we call “magic” in our lives comes from this childlike approach. Shasta reminded me that the freedom of magic, the kind he spoke of, is found in the simplicity of play. And isn’t play, at its core, a doorway to freedom?
The Art of Seeing with Spirit Eyes
Meeting Shasta wasn’t just about seeing him; it was about learning to see differently. He showed up as a blur because, in some ways, I wasn’t yet ready to see him fully. My eyes were tuned to the rational and the visible. Spirit guides exist in a place beyond these limits, and to meet them we must engage our spirit eyes—eyes that see through intuition, imagination, and feeling rather than physical sight. It’s like opening an invisible door and saying, “I’m ready to see you in whatever way you choose to appear.”
Learning to see spirit is more of a “remembering” than a skill. It’s about letting go of expectations and allowing what comes forward to simply be. It’s about accepting that sometimes, you might feel like you’re making things up, and that’s okay. Shasta told me that imagination and spirit speak the same language. By opening myself up to this perspective, I could better perceive his presence, and a gentle, joyful connection began to blossom.
Rediscovering Magic Through Play
Shasta came to teach me about magic, but not in the way I initially imagined. “Magic is freedom,” he said, and it’s true. It’s the freedom to be curious, to explore, to engage with the world in a state of wonder. Connecting with spirit guides requires this approach. Magic is playful, light-hearted, and adaptable—it dances, it experiments, it laughs.
Think back to your childhood, to those moments of wonder when every tree, every rock, every shadow seemed alive with possibility. This is the perspective Shasta encourages, where we don’t simply look for magic but allow ourselves to create it by the way we engage with life. Every spirit guide has a unique way of teaching, and Shasta’s way is joyfully unstructured, full of encouragement to embrace each moment as a canvas where magic can unfold.
Opening Doors, Real and Imagined
Shasta calls himself a “doorway magician.” He explained that this means he helps open doors, both in the spiritual and personal realms. To me, this reflects an energy that guides us to opportunities, pathways, and choices we might not otherwise see. These doors are often subtle—opportunities to learn, moments of connection with others, and glimpses into our deeper selves. They don’t always appear as grand, sweeping changes but often as small, almost invisible thresholds that we can choose to step across.
By opening myself to Shasta’s energy, I began noticing these “doorways” more often like a conversation that led to a new idea, a moment of inspiration that opened a path, or a spark of courage to take a small step forward. Shasta’s guidance is like a gentle nudge, reminding me to look for the doors I may otherwise overlook.
A Childlike Approach to Spirit
One of the most powerful things I’ve learned from Shasta is that to connect with our spirit guides, we must engage with that part of ourselves that still remembers how to be a child. Children don’t judge or filter their experiences—they are open, curious, and playful. This is the heart of spirit work. It’s about dropping the logical mind and embracing the wonder of what could be.
Shasta’s playful presence reminded me that, as adults, we often take ourselves too seriously. But by embracing a childlike perspective, we allow our spirit guides to reach us in ways that are light, joyful, and filled with wonder. We let go of the need to know everything and instead step into a place of trust and curiosity.
Receiving Spirit Messages With Openness
Messages from guides like Shasta may come as whispers, images, or just feelings. When Shasta gave me that note, “I’m your friend,” it was more than just words; it was a feeling, a bond of friendship and support that I could feel deeply. Spirit messages are less about specific words and more about the energy and feeling behind them. Shasta taught me that spirit speaks to us in this heart-based language and that it’s okay if it feels abstract at first.
When you’re open, you’ll find that spirit can speak to you in all kinds of ways—through dreams, synchronicities, inner nudges, and sometimes even in daydreams.
Embracing the Magic of Spirit
Meeting Shasta was like rediscovering a long-lost friend, one who gently reminds me to embrace my own magic. We all have guides who are here to support us, to show us parts of ourselves we’ve forgotten, to help us play again, to see beyond the visible world into something deeper, more profound. Spirit guides like Shasta show us that magic is not some distant, otherworldly power but something deeply accessible, something we can connect to every day.
Next time you feel a nudge, see a flash of movement, or feel a playful presence, take a moment. Open your heart, embrace the unknown, and welcome the magic that spirit guides are eager to share with you.
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