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
Camino del Norte 4 - Gracias a la Vida
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After the first three stages, something shifts on the fourth stretch of the Camino del Norte — happiness begins to seep in.
Through Ribadesella and Avilés, I enter a new lightness. Observing strangers in a fisherman’s restaurant unfolds into small dramas, vibrant and alive. An erotic dream of a mysterious woman awakens the power of the anima. And among the stately casa indiana houses, I find myself reflecting on how love from the past still flows in the blood, like hidden frequencies of energy.
Light mingles with darkness. At Hotel Don Pedro, I encounter the blood-soaked legacy of the conquistador, while Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain draws my thoughts toward the nature of time and mortality.
And yet, something essential has changed. The body takes over. My legs carry me as if on wheels, and a deep well-being rises where none lived before. Meeting Australian Berry among ripened blackberries becomes the emblem of this new phase — connection, ease, and a quiet gratitude for simply being allowed to be here.
A podcast episode about finding light in the heart of darkness — about the pilgrim’s strange and beautiful power to turn pain into joy.