Quo Vadis - A Pilgrim's Journey
Quo Vadis is a reflective podcast about following your calling — and what happens when you step into the unknown.
Drawing on myth, psychology, spirituality, and lived experience, the podcast explores the inner journey behind outer adventures. Each episode moves through themes such as transformation, surrender, purpose, fear, and meaning, inspired by Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey.
Hosted by pilgrim, writer, and long-distance hiker Uffe Sveegaard, Quo Vadis weaves personal storytelling with conversations and reflections on what it means to live a life guided not by achievement, but by calling.
While the journey often unfolds through wilderness trails like the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, Quo Vadis is ultimately about the terrain within and how we return home changed.
This podcast is for listeners who seek depth, meaning, and the courage to walk their own path - even when the way forward is unclear.
Quo Vadis - A Pilgrim's Journey
Do you know your Daimon?
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In this episode, I explore the ancient Greek idea of the daimon — not as a demon, but as an inner guide that accompanies each human life.
Drawing on Plato’s Myth of Er, I reflect on the possibility that the soul chooses its life before birth, and that something within us still remembers — even after we have forgotten.
The episode weaves together philosophy, psychology, and personal experience to examine:
Why we feel a persistent inner restlessness
How calling appears not as clarity, but as tension
The role of intuition, symbols, and life events as expressions of the daimon
Whether purpose is something we create — or something we uncover
This is an exploration of calling, memory, and the quiet force that seems to guide us, even when we do not understand it.