Welcome. My name is Eric Nietzel, and this is Voyage of the Spiritual Astronaut — a space for men who feel that quiet call to explore beyond the surface of things.
Maybe you're not religious, but you're deeply spiritual. Maybe you’ve sat in silence, wandered through myths, asked the big questions, or just felt that life is more mysterious than it lets on? Then this project is for you.
Here you’ll find original teachings, podcast conversations, guided meditations, writings, and gatherings — all aimed at helping us reconnect with something we often lose in modern life: our own depth.
As a certified meditation teacher with a diploma in transpersonal psychology, a boxing coach, and a lifelong spiritual seeker currently completing a degree in mythology and the occult, I’ve spent my life walking between the outer and inner worlds. Voyage of the Spiritual Astronaut lives at that intersection — where we train the body, expand the mind, and open the heart.
If you’re ready to explore, to question, to remember what you already know — then you’re already one of us. Thanks for being here. Let’s begin the voyage.
Member of Complementary Medical Association
Order of Bard,Ovates and Druids
Buddhist member of Dharma punx.
Our mission is to create space for men to reconnect with their spiritual nature — not through dogma or performance, but through honesty, presence, and depth. We believe that every man carries within him the capacity for insight, compassion, and awakening. Through open dialogue, embodied practices, and community, we help men explore who they are beyond roles, expectations, and noise — and remember what it means to live with soul.
A Spiritual Astronaut is someone who explores the inner cosmos with the same awe and curiosity that scientists bring to space. Not content with surface-level living, spiritual astronauts are seekers of depth — drawn to the mystery of consciousness, the hidden patterns of mythology, the language of dreams, the stillness of breath, and the wisdom that lives beyond words.
They’re not defined by religion, credentials, or tradition — but by their willingness to venture inward, to ask the big questions, to be changed by what they find.
A spiritual astronaut knows that the greatest frontiers aren’t just in the stars — they’re inside the soul.
Voyage of the Spiritual Astronaut lives under the broader canopy of Modern Druid, a movement dedicated to rekindling ancient wisdom for the modern world. Druidry honors nature, myth, creativity, and the deep rhythms of life — values that form the heartbeat of this project.
Where Modern Druid brings seasonal rituals, elemental practices, and community teaching to a wider spiritual audience, Voyage of the Spiritual Astronaut offers a more personal path SPECIFICALLY FOR MEN — one focused on inner space and men seeking reconnection with their spiritual selves.
Together, these two branches nourish the same root: a reverence for the unseen, a commitment to conscious living, and the courage to walk between the worlds with open eyes and an open heart.
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