Soul as The Personal Mythic Codex, Part I: An Introduction & The Soul’s Ancestral Identification

March 27th, 2025

Soul as The Personal Mythic Codex: Preface

Today, I’m sharing a glimpse into the book I’m currently writing—a nine-part exploration of a concept I call Soul as The Personal Mythic Codex.

Soul as The Personal Mythic Codex: An Introduction

What is Soul? I could show you a thousand fingers pointing to the same Moon, and yet each of us would see something different—shaped by the lens of our own life experience. So it has dawned on me to share what I feel the Moon—or in this case, the Soul—truly is.

We choose the bodies we are born into, and the parents we are born to. Our parents may choose to conceive a child, but they do not choose which Soul incarnates. It is we who choose the specific baby-avatar-body and family lineage as a vessel for our Soul’s descent into this realm.

So then, what the heck is a Soul? My understanding is this:

A Soul is a Personal Mythic Codex composed of Nine Layers of Unique Identification. Yes, your Soul includes aspects of your astral and cultural identities—but these only scratch the surface of what your Soul truly is in its full, integrated form.

Let’s break it down. From the lowest to the highest level of identification, the Soul—your Personal Mythic Codex—is composed of:

Ancestral / Familial <~ lowest descent. In Part I, we are here.
Cultural / Societal
Religious
Astral / Spiritual
Angelic & Demonic
Sanctified
Royal
Mythic
Cosmic / Proto-Mythic <~ Highest Ascent!

These are the Nine Layers of Identification that make up the Personal Mythic Codex of your Soul.

Through this nine-part blogpost series, we will explore each layer of the Soul’s Nine-Fold Personal Identification Codex starting with the Soul’s Ancestral Identification, and move up to the next layer of identification with each subsequent blogpost in the series.

Soul as The Personal Mythic Codex: The Soul’s Ancestral Identification

The Soul’s Ancestral Identification forms your root system. It is intimately tied to your present-day physical body—its lineage, form, and inherited memory. Not only can this be tied to lineages from both your Mother’s and Father’s bloodlines, but this can also be tied to your immediate (AKA nuclear) and extended families. Trauma often moves through ancestral lineages. What is not healed by one generation must be faced by the next.

For more information on how trauma is inherited through ancestral lineages, please see Mark Wolynn’s book, It Didn’t Begin With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle.

For further high-level insight on healing past-lives related to the ancestral line, please see Dolores Cannon’s collection of books bubbling with profound wisdom and specifically her Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique, a high-level hypnotherapy used to help heal past-life and ancestrally-related trauma.^[1]^[2]

Furthermore, we can really feel into the trauma that may have been carried over from previous generations into our own bodies today.

Yoga is a powerful practice for attuning to the subtle signals of your body—moment by moment, day by day.

When you experience particular pains or sensations that persist in your body (for me, an extremely tight left hip has been a lifelong struggle), it’s worth exploring their origin—not just physically, but spiritually and ancestrally as well.

One powerful resource is Jacques Martel’s The Encyclopedia of Ailments and Diseases: How to Heal the Conflicted Feelings, Emotions, and Thoughts at the Root of Illness, which offers spiritual insight into the psychosomatic roots of physical symptoms.

And finally, Paul Chek’s How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy! lays out the Four Doctor Approach—Dr. Happy, Dr. Quiet, Dr. Movement, and Dr. Diet—providing essential tools for maintaining holistic health in the face of ancestral and embodied trauma.

Remember: you are a spiritual warrior. You chose this body, this bloodline, this moment—to heal what others could not.

❤️‍🩹👨‍👧‍👦🌟

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In the next entry of this nine-fold blogpost series, we’ll ascend to the next layer of Soul Identification: The Soul’s Cultural Identification.

If this interests you, please follow me on my Instagram account @jakewallace.io to stay tuned as I work on writing, editing, and refining my thoughts on various mythological matters. Social media is a space where I share additional aspects of my writings such as: poetry, fictional excerpts and tech tips. There I also share other facets of my creative journey—video games I’m developing, music I’m producing, sketches I’m drawing, and artwork I’m commissioning for my projects.

And as always—remember: keep reaching for the stars 🚀✨