Journey 142 - Dark Force Revisited

12/30/04: I decided to take on the Dark Force once more, as it was having an effect on my Life even now, even though I’m immune to its designs on my own Spirit Being. After the normal preps, I found myself standing across from a dense Forest. It was totally black beyond the front Trees, as if the Dark Force itself was lurking within the Forest like a low-hanging mist. My Upper World Guide Owl arrived, resplendent and bright with color. He took me in his Talons and up we went through a red, flesh-like Tunnel. A Team of my Helpers appeared by my side as I went up. Suddenly, my body underwent a major assault. I was burned to a crisp by a raging Fire, then hit with a huge force of Water meant to be destructive versus soothing, and then finally hit with huge wooden beams. I landed on a grassy surface. Although I was blind and barely able to move, I could still sense my surroundings Spiritually. A nearby Stone Person invited me to merge with it, so I left my body and went into the Stone. This Stone Person gently told me to use a combination of my two Power Stones, the Azurite and the Agate, placed together, kept nearby at night (underneath the mattress is ideal, and so they are there) for one month. Then, the Stones should spend one night outside under the next Full Moon for gentles cleansing. I was then told to call a new Spirit every morning to come and offer protection to my wife. The Spirit’s name is Jenalda Obwahn. I then saw a man walking by a wall from right to left, and he turned to me and told me to give my wife love and prayer, over and over. He also told me that Shamans cannot force someone to use Arshaan (Mongolian Shaman Water) against their will..they must agree to it, so I am not to anoint anyone without their prior knowledge. I was then told to blow my Shamanic Power Breath into the Dark Mist Forest 4 times every day (I drew a picture of this Forest to serve as a physical stand in right after the Journey). I then was sent back down through the Flesh Tunnel and my body was restored to its normal condition. I then moved over to a flowery field that I had visited before in a prior Journey. Owl then left me, turning into a White Spirit Body as he left. My Guardians Two Feathers and Gray Wolf remained with me. Here the Journey ended. I am proceeding as instructed, and will publish any follow-on info..

Journey 141 - Dear Friend's House Redo

12/29/04: I took an extended Journey this afternoon to investigate the Spiritual conditions at my dear friend and co-worker’s deceased Mom’s house. My friend had told me a day or two ago that her Cousin had been painting in her Mom’s old bedroom and smelled her mom’s perfume for a few seconds. We both wondered if that had been an actual visit by her Mom, and if it was some sort of message or warning. I agreed to go back to the house via journey and check it out. I prepared as always, and off I went. This was a Middle World Journey, and Owl went with me as protection and Guide, but there were of course no Tunnels to go through. When I arrived at the house, I was not prepared for what I found. Recall in my last visit I had seen ancestral Spirits returning to the house, with Hawk visiting above. All seemed quite positive and indicative of improvement. When I got there this time, however, I found many black “snowflakes” falling around, on and through the house. When these flakes landed, they immediately crystallized into a shiny, hard blotch, and as I tried to remove one, I found it was very stubborn and resilient. It was as if it had melded with the surface. Not all flakes were sticking..some were being absorbed by Mother Earth, as she tried in vain to counteract this attack. I asked Eagle Claw what these flakes were. He told me they were the negative emotions filling the lives of the people associated with the house: anger, distrust, revenge, jealousy, doubt, fear, “woundedness”.. I saw in the future that the entire area would be totally encased in this black crust, with the stuff hanging down from the eaves like icicles. I then asked what I or anyone could do to stop this attack. Eagle Claw showed me that I should invoke a new technique, learned from the Mongolian Shamans: build a small “oboo” of a branch, with black and red ribbons attacked at the top. Also, begin piling Stone People around the base of the branch, to build a small mountain around it. The purpose of this oboo is to attract and house a Shaman or Nature Spirit who is willing to take on this Dark Energy and neutralize it. I asked Eagle Claw how we would know when this Spirit had taken up residence. I then saw myself taking a set of four red flowers up some wooden steps. These flowers had just been dipped in something, but I don’t recall what. They looked like Tulips made of Rose petals. I sensed that I would dream this event when the Spirit had arrived. I then moved around to the front of the house, and a short distance away saw two Dark Beings seemingly approaching, but they were moving so slowly they may have been standing still. I then asked about the perfume in the room. I was told that my friend’s mother's Spirit had indeed visited the cousin and tried to warn her of the accumulating negativity on her person. I then was taken to the rooftop, and looked down the chimney. I saw blue Sparks popping out of the inner liner from top to bottom. When I went back down to the ground, I could see the Sparks jumping out of the chimney top. In the remaining time, I tried to get a further fix on the meaning of the Flowers, but was not given any more. This was essentially the end of the Journey. A rare one, with no obvious fix..but some things must take their natural path..

I have told my friend since that when they place the Stones around the branch, they should circle it three times clockwise each time. I also told her I will make up a special Shaman’s anointing fluid for her cousin to use.

Journeys 139/140 - Two for Wife's Cousin's Wife

12/28/04: This Journey was for the wife of my wife’s cousin, who is suffering substantial chronic pain due to a botched abdominal surgery a few years ago. Basically, every time she eats, the movement of the intestines causes pain. I asked her if she wanted me to investigate what Help there might be from the Spirit World, and she said she would take whatever help she could get. The Drum CD failed, so I decided to take this Journey without drumming at all. As I headed out into the Spirit World, I found a small, 10-foot high tornado made of dead leaves swirling in front of me. I stepped into the tornado, and was in an orange ball of Spirit Energy. Soon, before me, Owl, Snake and Eagle appeared, and we all merged into one powerful Spirit Being. We then sank quickly down through the Orange light and landed in a rain forest environment. Taking Snake form, we slithered up a nearby Tree and went out onto a branch. At this point, we shape-shifted again into a Bird. In the distance, a Thunderbeing (thunder storm) was rumbling. We watched the forest floor and saw a Monkey and an Aardvark go by. We also saw a Tiger. None of these Animals stayed though, and showed little interest at all in us. Then, a white Butterfly with black and gold-yellow edged wings landed on the branch to our right, and immediately turned into a little ball of Spirit Energy. This happened two more times, for a total of three. Each time, the Spirit Energy ball grew a bit larger. Just then, coming in from behind and to our right, an immense black Bird came soaring in. This Winged One was reminiscent of the Bird that flew over me when my Shamanic Dream began several years ago. This Bird landed in front of us and was angry, for apparently we were interfering with whatever effect he was trying to have on the woman. The Shaman Spirit in the Tree, which appeared to us suddenly, handed us a power wand. I used this Wand to direct Spirit Energy at the Bird, which kept shrinking until it had melted into the Ground. Then, the fourth Butterfly arrived. I knew this was the Power Animal for the cousin's wife. I coaxed it into my Eagle Mirror Charm, and up we all went into the Tunnel of Leaves. I then flew to her home town to blow the PA into her directly. When we were done, Eagle Claw suggested strongly to me to send her a small Butterfly broach to wear. The colors of the Butterfly are significant. Black means “protective, grounding, calming, activating feminine energies.” Gold/yellow means “beneficial to the digestive tract (my emphasis added), generating enthusiasm. Gold itself means “strengthening to the heart, better balance.” Obviously, she should surround herself with these colors.

On 12/29, I took a follow-on Journey to see if there was a physical fix. I found myself on a Beach late in the day, late in the season (perhaps early fall). It was breezy, for the waves near the shore had tiny white caps. I had taken no Tunnels to either the Upper or Lower Worlds, so I knew I was still in the Middle World. A Gold and White Spirit Body approached me and sat down near me. A Gull landed nearby to my right. I saw my Eagle soaring above me. I sensed I was to merge with the Gold and White Spirit, and Eagle swooped down to offer me protection while I was gone. I merged, and sensed I had become the Ocean itself. I could feel its great depth all the Life it housed, the disruptions on the surface caused by humans. Once the merge was over, I realized the main message appeared to be that nothing physical can be done at this time for her..it is her Path to walk as she is. However, the rich imagery of this Journey offers some soothing methodologies. She should visit the Ocean often, feed Gulls when she can. Salt-based baths will be helpful as well, as will tapes featuring the gently roar of the Ocean. At another point in the Journey I saw a large Waterfall..I was just beyond the edge to its left. But instead of being involved with the heavy flow of falling water as in past Journeys, I sensed that the hovering mists were more important. This told me it is important for her to let the heavy emotions just pass her by, and derive freedom from them as the Mists have, and as Gulls do as well when they soar over the Ocean surface.

Journeys 137/138 - Tsunami Help/My Health

12/27/04: Two Journeys today. The first was to try to assist the victims of the massive Earthquake and Tsunami over in SW Asia. At the time of the Journey over 20,000 were confirmed dead, and in my readings by Sarangerel it was stressed that Shamans have a duty to the world as well as their private clients. The more Shamans work individually on world problems through their rituals and Journeys, the more likely it is the World will improve and regain its human-degraded Health. So I Rattled, Smudged, lit the Sacred Candle and off I went. One of the new techniques that I have been asked to master via being given these books to read is that of actually allowing the Spirit Helpers to merge with myself and allow them to live in a human body once again. This merging allows for much greater abilities by the Shaman, and a deeper knowledge of the way things work. So as I went into my Journey, I saw Eagle Claw, my Upper World Guide, standing in front of me, dressed quite formally in a full Deerskin outfit typical of Native Americans. He came to me, got quite close, and I assumed he might try to merge with me. But he said, “no, it is not yet time for us to merge.” Instead, he shape-shifted back to Barred Owl and took me in his Talons. Above us in the Sky was a Tunnel made of blue Spirals. We zoomed up into this Tunnel and shortly found ourselves skimming the crest of the killer tidal wave. We had moved back in time to the event itself. Within seconds, we were sitting on the shore of one of the nations effected. I saw many, many Souls moving along, either into Nature, or up/down to the respective worlds. In the Mongolian Shamanic tradition, (much of which I have adopted now for myself, as it rings truest with my experiences to date) the Human Soul has three parts. One is from and returns to the Upper World, one from/to the Lower World, and the third piece drifts into Nature when death comes. The latter can become powerful forces for good that a Shaman can ask for assistance from. Anyway, as we witnessed this migration of Souls, I noticed some were red, some green, some blue. Eagle Claw instructed me to collect what I could with my Eagle Mirror (another Mongolian technique). I recall grabbing about 5 or 6, and found out a day or so after this Journey that 8 Americans had been killed. I can’t help but wonder if those Souls didn’t come to me, given I was an American Shaman. Having collected these Souls, I then saw my Lower World Guide Snake appear, and we quickly zoomed down an all-mud Tunnel. I saw the same River Bank I saw on an earlier Journey when I released a Spirit downstream. I sent these Souls on their way, releasing them from my Mirror. We then returned through the Tunnel. I found myself given a new Shamanic Phrase to utter to bring comfort to the mourning survivors: “Adjah Jewhal!” I stretched my arm out in their direction and kept uttering this Phrase. Soon, a Shaman Spirit emerged from a wooded area. He was dressed in white, but his/her name was Pink Swan. I stood before this Spirit, but then sank into a deeper state where the imagery was lost. But as I was coming out of this State, I was uttering yet a new Phrase: “Wyanowa Hurai!”. The latter world is used in the Mongolian Shamanic tradition to seal and empower an action. As I repeated this Phrase over and over, Eagle Claw came and merged with me! I felt weightless and totally energized as I lay on my bed. I realized I was Eagle Claw, and as I shape-shifted into Owl form, I began flying around. It was superb. My eyesight was VERY crisp. “We” then quickly flew up the side of a very tall and steep mountain of Ice. At the top was a small crater within which sat a Circle of Elders. I shared a quick Smoke from their Pipe with them, and then “we” flew back down. The Drum Call Back sounded, and as I rubbed my eyes, the whitest and brightest ball I have ever seen formed on my Visual Cortex. Pure Energy. Remnant from the Journey? From the Merging? Whatever, it was quite powerful and inspiring.

A final note. It was interesting I was taken to a mountain of Ice. In a prior Journey, I found I had been a Shaman during the Ice Age, and still am being supported by my wife of the time. Perhaps these were the Elders I knew back then, sort of welcoming me back into this higher Shamanic plane.

Journey 2 was a quick 10-minute look at my own Health. I began the Journey shortly after the one above, since Sacred space was still present and the Candle still lit. I saw all my primary Journey and Guardian Spirits circling around my bed in a clockwise direction. I sensed something above me, and saw a large branch over my head with a Bald Eagle perched on it. The Eagle was bending over me and dripping golden tear drops into each of my Chakras, except for the Throat Chakra. I also noticed that the tear drop that was placed in my Base Chakra was red versus gold. I then found myself leaving my body and shrinking. I met an Eagle on my throat. I sensed I was to build there an Oboo, a Shamanic shrine built by Mongolian Shamans to house visiting Helper Spirits. I looked up and saw another Eagle circling clockwise overhead, coming closer and closer to the “ground.” He landed, and became a human shape, who told me his name was Eagle Spirit. This is my Power Animal’s name..obviously a very pure PA. Eagle Spirit told me I need to take better care of my Spirit Robe (body), that I’m not getting enough rest. He then told me he was going to reside in the Oboo I had just built, in order to prevent me from catching any colds or flus. As he took up residence, I felt warm, golden Mana coursing throughout my entire body. Two Feathers, my Guardian, then came to me and merged with me. I sensed what it was like to be female, and it was a great Spirit union to boot. The Journey then ended.

Journey 136 - Another for my Daughter

12/25/04: A Journey to restore my daughter’s Power Animal, obviously having been disengaged to the point where she was feeling down and out, even on Christmas Day. I have been reading a lot about Mongolian Shamanism by Sarangerel, and so some of the concepts I’ve learned have made their way into my Journeys as well, just as the earlier ones reflected my understanding of the general parameters I’d learned about earlier. In this case, the new information is even crisper and better and fuller. For example, I have now experienced the Vortex at the center of the Shamanic Spirit Circle. So let’s go onto the Journey itself: As I settled into the Shamanic “trance”, I found myself on a park bench with snow falling, woods nearby. I sat there a few minutes, and suddenly brought myself into the above mentioned vortex. From there I was quickly spun into my daughter’s room, where I saw her Power Animal, Polar Bear, resting on the opposite side of her room while she lay on her bed. I went over and spoke with her PA. He was brief, but told me that "she has trouble totally seeing your Spirit Vision. She trusts what you tell her about your Journeys and increased knowledge of the Spirit World, but still has trouble fully incorporating it into something she feels she can use." Then Polar Bear told me to look at her Aura. I did so, and it was very pocked and weak-looking. A lot of the color was gone, and there were many gaps. He then directed my attention to a Spirit-based picture of her first real love who has since passed on, hanging on the wall which I could see both in front of and behind. To my amazement I saw a little Soul Piece of my daughter’s circling around this young man like a planet. I took my new Quartz Crystal, recently consecrated for Soul Retrieval work, and captured this tiny moon. I then went over to my daughter’s still body and blew the Soul Piece back into her using my Eagle Feather as a Guide. Then, her Power Animal went back into her body. Mission accomplished, I shot back into the Vortex. Out of the whirl of Spirit Energy cane my prime Guide Eagle Claw. He gave a claw to me as a token of a job-well-done. This means I know wear an Eagle Claw just like he does. I must now try to come across one in this reality. I then was back in my room, sending Mana to my daughter as if I were a transmitter, to strengthen her even more. Yesterday, by the way, I saw many Cloud People signs: Heron, Hawk, Rainbow Sun Dog and White Eagle. Plus, a very large Crow migration from left to right. So I knew my Shamanic Power were high, and that it was a good time to Journey.

Also today, the day after Christmas, I set our Christmas Tree Spirit free..Oobeejewan Jebbahbah was her name, and she was quite lovely to “feel” going into the Crystal and out (flame induced release at 5 Stone Altar). Once released, she was free to wander into the woods and find a suitable place to live once again.

12/26: My daughter reported feeling a series of hot and cold flashes (she ondered at the tender age of 20 if she were already going through menopause) this morning. This was the result of the rejoining of her Soul Piece yesterday.

12/27: The most amazing thing happened to me today. I have come to think of it as an Anointing. I was outside between job actions when a large Crow came flying toward me, cawing constantly. He was quite low to the ground, and made a complete clockwise circle around me! I knew this was very significant..I saw being singled out..for something. The Crow then looped around in a wider Circle, and as I followed it visually, I suddenly saw a Red Tailed Hawk floating in the Sky, in the NE (my Direction). The Hawk became the center of focus, and I watched as it came closer and closer. At one point it was so nearly overhead that I raised my hand to try to coax it down to land. Instead, it began looping slowly off to the east. But while it was nearly overhead, I sensed it was watching me, and sending my Hawk Medicine. The actions of the two Winged Ones together added up to a deliberate singling out of the Shaman below.. I was thrilled, and feel this is a sign that my abilities are reaching a new level, and it is time to be more open with my skills. I’m less inclined now to keep my Shamanism a secret.

Journey 135 - Two for Spirit Sister`

12/7/04: At the request of my Spirit Sister, I took a Journey this evening to investigate a new physical ailment she herself is suffering from. Her physician has reported a misplaced ovary with a possible growth, which must be checked via ultrasound a week from this Thursday. Spirit Sister asked me to check it out in advance so she’d be better prepared. So I took a quick Hollow Bone Journey as taught a few weeks ago when the Bone was first given to me. I opened Sacred Space quickly with my Rattle and lit the Sacred Candle after a quick Smudging. As I went into the Journey, I found myself standing at the entrance of the Bone with my Barred Owl Guide, Eagle Claw. As we went in, the interior took on the appearance of a hospital testing room. I saw Spirit Sister lying down on her back on a hospital bed while a male attendant checked out her lower abdomen. I walked around to look at the TV screen, but was unable to interpret the view. The attendant showed no emotion either way while viewing the screen, and so I cannot get a good reading on just how serious the issue is. However, my personal view is that no reaction is a good reaction. I then foresaw a small operation, and saw Sister recuperating at home, apparently in January based on the sunlight and weather..it seemed like January at least in terms of its look. Then, as Eagle Claw and I were moving back out of the Bone, thinking we were finished, the interior unexpectedly darkened completely, with only a few scattered wall adornments shining as if lit by a black light. Sister, still lying on the bed, was the only object seemingly lit from above. I then saw a Dark Being hovering over Anne, reaching into her lower left abdomen. She has an Entity attached! I was quite surprised. Eagle Claw and I then immediately increased our Aural strength to keep out any unwanted imprints from this Being. The Being spotted us and checked us out, but we were safe within the Rainbow Walls of the Aural Field. I then began my female Chant, and saw Woman in a Grass Dress, my Amazonian Helper, move over to sit beside Spirit Sister, up by her left shoulder. The Entity then retreated to a rear wall..I could see its eyes staring blankly as its power over Anne was checked. She is now safe from any further intrusions, but I must do a full journey to discover the nature of this Visitor.

12/8/04: This afternoon I took the follow-on Journey. My intent was to discover the identity of and then escort the Entity hovering over her back to the Spirit Camp. I performed a more lengthy Rattling to open Sacred space, more in keeping with tradition. I then Smudged and lit the Sacred Candle. I then set up a 15-minute Drum Loop, and breathed Shamanically for an extra long time to ensure I was totally relaxed and receptive. I was soon standing on a dirt road leading up to the entrance of the Hollow Bone, in which I saw Spirit Sister yesterday. There were several hundred people lining the road on both sides, right up to the entrance. I saw Barred Owl and Eagle zooming around in circles above the entrance, beckoning me to approach. I was dressed as a Native American Warrior, with my crystal resting on my right front thigh in a deerskin sheath. The people were all looking at me..I was apparently their champion. I then raised my arms to the Sky Father and brought down several gigantic lightning bolts onto the top of the Bone. I then walked up the dirt road to the entrance. There I was met by my own Spirit Guardian, Two Feathers. At this point I was wondering exactly what I was in for..this was quite the unusual Crowd, dress, and approach, and I had my three main Guides with me for my protection. I had a temporary feeling I was going inside that Bone to wrestle with my own Dark Force, my biggest nemesis to date. Two Feathers blew Sage and Sweet Grass on me as I went inside. The Woman in a Grass Dress was now standing over Sister, and in full human form. As she saw me approach, she left. I looked, and the Entity was still standing at the rear wall. He approached me and stared very closely into my eyes. I then decided to back off and open up Sacred Space over Sister and myself as I moved to her right side. I then lifted the entire Bone up through the Sky and out into Space, among the Stars. From there I was quickly transported to a scene from the South, from some time in the recent past. There was a southern-style mansion in the distance, with a large field leading down to a huge tree under which I was standing. I saw a young boy of 5-7 then appear, and saw that he had just choked to death on what I feel was an acorn he tried to swallow whole. I then was revealed to me that the Spirit of this Boy then reached through time to take hold of Spirit Sister when she was living in the South and more Spiritually vulnerable. He literally reached through time to get to her now, even though in Earth years we are at least several decades along from his Death. He jumped instantaneously into the now, since in the Spirit World time is quite the flexible to non-existent property. It seems the Boy was totally lacking in any sort of Feminine Balancing Energy, and was seeking this Energy from Sister. We then were back in the Bone Cave. I took my Crystal Wand and absorbed the Entity. My Wand was then glowing with a flesh color! I took the Wand outside and called down a Lightning Strike to remove the Entity’s Spirit and transmute it to the Spirit Camp. I barely recall the actual Strike, but not the Transmutation, though. However, I remember my own Body twitching sharply on the bed at this point..a jolt of some magnitude. I then found myself on a River’s Bank, gently running the tip of the Wand across and through the surface, to release the Entity into Water. This is the preferred method for doing this, so perhaps the Lightning Strike was a non-effective idea. I then found myself in an old Mexican courtyard, and saw a religious Woman approach me fully dressed in a White and Blue habit. She brought me a small, golden Box. She opened it to reveal a searingly-white Heart Shape within. She told me this was part of the heart Energy of Sister’s Power Animal, the White Eagle, and that she should keep this box close to her at all times..in her Mind and Spirit, obviously. I then saw myself assisting in giving Sister injections of Papaya Juice, directly into her abdomen, surrounding her growth. I remember wondering what properties Papaya could possibly have to reverse the course of the Growth’s Life. I then saw her standing, completely surrounded by a healthy Aura. I then turned and walked out of the Bone. The People who had been lining the Road disappeared as I fell to the Ground in humility. I got the impression they were with Sister in some way, as if she were their Medicine Woman. Now that she was healed, they all went on their way. I thanked all my Guides and Helpers and soon thereafter the Call Back sounded. I believe I was shown one more unrelated image or two before the Call Back, but can’t remember it/them. I shall run my actual Crystal Wand in water to cleanse whatever is left of the Entity so it can go home totally in one piece and in one peace.

Here is Sister’s response later in the same evening of the 8th: “Thank you! A boy…how interesting! There were lots of weak aura times while I was living in the South, so it would not surprise me to have had him attach during that time. Poor kid…thanks for sending him home. I could tell when I was at a meeting tonight that a weight was lifted. My energy started returning and my outlook improved and I thought, “I’ll bet 4 Hawks found the time to do the journey.”

Here’s a link to the healing properties of papaya. http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news001/papaya.html. [Ed Note: This site is replete with praise for the healing qualities of papaya for many illnesses, including cancer!] Now I’ll have to find a place that has them. Apparently there are both Mexican and Hawaiian variants. Since there was a Mexican connection in the journey, I’m assuming I should go for the Mexican papaya if I can find it.

Interesting about the crowd. The number is about the size of the active membership at my church, so maybe that’s who they were. And another mention of the eagle on the day that my Florida family writes me that the eagles have begun setting on the nest. They had no young last year at all, so that’s very good news…even more so since their old nest got blown down in one of Florida’s many hurricanes this summer. They had to start from scratch and build a new one…guess it paid off! Maybe it will be a white baby…

Thank you again for following your path and helping me to follow mine in health!”

I then reminded Sister it was the Helpers who passed all this valuable info along, that I was merely the channel. I also mentioned that a White Eaglet would cause quite the stir! Subsequent reading concerning Acorn’s in Ted Andrew’s Nature Speak reveals Acorn to be the symbol of strong male Energy, and a source of great strength for Spiritual and other Activities!!

12/16: Here are the results of the ultrasound (it appears the Helpers did a REALLY good job!): “She said it appeared that there had been a small cyst on one ovary that had burst during my last cycle. She didn’t see why the woman who did my exam thought there was an enlargement of the uterus, as everything else looked normal..”

Boots Manifestation

12/7/04: I’ve heard and read that as one is more and more involved with the Helpers, that extraordinary manifestations begin to take place around you. This is not a Journey report, but certainly qualifies to be included as a Shamanic event.

The local weather was quite dodgy today, and so I went looking for my foul weather boots. I could not find them at all. I looked in the three places they should have been, to no avail. My wife suggested I look again, only this time very slowly and methodically. I did so..no boots. A few minutes later, I walked by the chair in the living room upon which I had earlier placed my work shirt. To my surprise, neatly standing side by side as if placed there with some care, right next to my shirt, were my boots. So I asked me wife where she had found them. She looked at me and asked, “what do you mean?” I told her my boots were right there on the chair, and I certainly hadn’t put them there. She said she hadn’t either, and that I must have forgot placing them there earlier. I looked at her at said, “how could I have forgotten the entire sequence of searching for and finding the boots, bringing them upstairs and placing them on this chair, all within the last 15 minutes!?” We then both had what we used to call a “Twilight Zone” moment. Those boots had been put there by someone else! “Trouble” (or Joy, depending on your perspective) is, the only other two people who could have done it were still fast asleep. I have relived the morning several times and can solemnly assure you that I never brought those boots up to that chair. If I have forgotten that entire sequence, I’m in deeep trubble.

So here is we have a very clear example of one of my Spirit Helpers actually intervening and bringing the boots to me. I think it’s quite engaging that she took time to help like that, and it’s quite the thrill for me as well. With that kind of Help available to both me and those whom I work with Shamanically, you can see why I am on this Sacred Path, and how much Healing can be manifested as well.

Journey 134 - For Spirit Sister's Mom

12/6/04: At the request of my Spirit Sister, I took a Journey this evening to attempt to contact the Spirit of her Mom, suffering from advancing Alzheimer’s. I like journeying when it’s dark, for the only Light in the Room is the Sacred Candle. With that Light dancing through the room, I Rattled to the 7 Directions to open Sacred Space, after Smudging with Sage and Sweet Grass. I then whistled four times into my Hollow Bone, to invoke even more transmission capability, as taught to do in a very recent Journey. I then set up a 10-minute Drum loop. As I sat and readied myself through Shamanic breathing, I saw my Upper World Guide, Barred Owl, flapping busily in front of me. Golden particles of Mana were dropping from his outstretched Wings with every flap. I lay down and began the Drums, and found the Sky above us turning a deep violet. The Stars were a pink-lilac color. Behind Owl I saw a light green tornado opening swirling in the Sky, and knew that was our Tunnel. Owl grabbed me and up we flew. I looked behind and saw the impressive rope of golden Mana we were leaving behind as we went ever higher. We entered the Tunnel and passed through an amorphous light green energy zone, with no detail. As we emerged, we were in a comfortably sized home library, with green the only color except for the golden lamp shades and a few other objects that were their own color. We sat at a table in the room’s middle, bookshelves beyond us on the wall. Owl sat to my left and became Eagle Claw. I asked him if Sister’s Mom would come and visit with us. He nodded, and began crying in a most unusual pitch, which I would fail miserably in attempting to duplicate, calling in Mom’s Spirit. Within seconds, she appeared, looking as she does now (or at least when I last saw her). She immediately said, “Hi, it’s good to see you again.” I asked her if she knew why I was there, and she nodded yes. She told me to tell her daughter that it was only her Mental Body that was fading away (I got a very brief glimpse thereof..and it was semi-transparent already), but her Spirit Body was in great shape. She said she was very calm and peaceful in her Spirit, and found being in her body now a bit like being a child again. There was less and less preconception, she said, and all around was resonating with a strange newness. I asked if she had a message for her daughter. She asked me to tell her once more how proud she was to have lived to see serve their Lord is such a meaningful way. She told me that her daughter herself would know when the time was right to move on for even further Spiritual advancement. I asked her if she knew her husband had passed to the other side. She told me, yes, and that she visits with his Spirit quite regularly.* I asked how long she would be suffering in her Physical Body, and at first she said 2.3 years, but later qualified it, saying that chance happenings could shorten that time considerably. I asked her what she thought of her new care-giver home and she said it was a great decision, that her Body would apparently be well taken care of. She then mentioned that even though Sister doesn’t like wearing rings, she should occasionally wear the one with the small green stone as a reminder of her first Shamanic visit during which this contact with her has been established. She said her daughter should celebrate this Christmas by remembering all the joys of past Christmases when she, Mom, was alert and able to fully engage in the holidays. I asked her if she wished to visit with me again and she said yes. I asked, if I didn’t initiate the Journey, how I would know she was asking to see me. She said she would place an Orange in my Dreams. The last thing she said made no sense to me, and may not make any sense to Anne either, but here is a phonetic rendering: “Wizzy Why Woos-whoosh.” At this point, I realized the visit was over, and Owl and I returned through the Tunnel to the Middle World. I sat with him and went over all I had been told so as not to forget it. Then, the Call Back sounded, and the Journey was complete.

* I had introduced apparently false info here..her husband had not passed recently, but Sister’s grandfather. True to form, her mother was nice enough not to embarrass me by correcting me, but merely went on to say she touches her husband’s Spirit from that part of her own existence. I then received this message the next day from Sister herself: “Actually, I think your "mistake" worked out for the best. She did have a husband, my father, who has passed. That was 24 years ago. There are a number of pictures of him up in her room. Until very, very recently she always talked to me using the terms either of "your father" if she meant her current husband. I've noticed that since she's been in there, she keeps asking me about "your father"...if I've seen him today, if he's coming, etc. When my dear friend went with me on Saturday they were looking at the pictures. My friend pointed to a picture (an old courting picture) of my father and asked "Who is that?" My mother said, "That's my current husband."

So she may well be visiting frequently with my father's spirit and not have him confused with anyone else at all. So that question was actually the most comforting part of the whole thing! I was a bit surprised that you asked it, but I was glad. The whole thing was very comforting, almost like a message from the "other side" since she is beyond communication on this side, for the most part. Thank you so much for visiting with her.”

Journey 133 - Final Farewell to Friend's Mom

12/3/04: Our dear Friend’s Mom passed back to the Spirit Camp this morning around 3:30 AM, and I had been intending to take a Journey to ensure she got totally free of her Body and the Astral Plane upon the news of her leaving, and so I did so this afternoon, right after notification. Recall I had taken on her Disease and cleansed her Spirit several times in the past months, the most recent just a few weeks ago when I drained her Chakra sludge into a small pool of Water with several of her Helpers and her Parents there. She was therefore Spiritually ready to pass, but word came to me in the past few days that her Mental Body was still as stubborn as ever, hanging on stubbornly and refusing to accept the inevitable..quite typical of people schooled in Western thought. In preparation for the Journey, I smudged the Room, Rattled in Sacred Space, and lit the Sacred Candle. I focused on my intention, to ensure easy and total passage of both Mom and her Disease Spirit into the Goodness of the Great Spirit, while breathing Shamanically and awaiting the Drum Loop..a 10-minute Trip. As I focused, I saw Snowy Owl approaching me, and saw a vast Arctic landscape before me. The Stars above were quite bright. As I started the Drums and lay down, the Stars became bright colored dots of Rainbow light. As Snowy Owl and I waited on the Snow, our friend’s Mom came toward me. Her Golden Room, seen in a prior Journey, was alight in the Sky, well up behind her. Well beyond her on the distant snow hills were her Helpers. Mom approached me, looking quite a bit younger than I had even seen her in this Life. She came up to me and kissed me on both cheeks. She thanked me for cleansing her and preparing her Spirit for her. She then told me she now understood once more that all is made of Love. She said to tell her family left behind that they are all made of this same Love, and they should use this Knowledge to heal themselves and others around them. Being made of the same Love, she added, meant she would always be reachable by her Family, and vice versa. In other words, she would always be “in touch.” She then slid backward into the crowd of her Helpers. I watched as they all merged into a rainbow colored shaft of light, conical in shape, with the point touching the distant gold Room. The cone then retreated quickly up into this room, and then the Room faded from view. This was the last I would see of our friend's Mom for a while if not for Life, and I fell to my knees and began tearing up as I felt both intense sadness and joy at her departure. Snowy Owl then turned my attention to the Disease, now running loose. He grabbed me in his talons and took off into the Sky. We were suddenly flying over a forested area of the town they live in, and down below me I could see the dark shape of the Disease Spirit lurching frantically through the Woods, bouncing off Trees. It was seeking a new home! Owl gave me a golden Hoop of Mana to throw down onto the Disease, to trap it. As the Disease Spirit became aware of our presence above, it stopped and looked up at us. Recognizing me, I sensed it thinking “oh, it’s you. I’ve met you before, when you tried to intervene in my Life.” It had stopped long enough for me to say, “here is a Gift of Love,” and I threw the Mana Ring down over the Spirit. The Ring then turned into a mini-tornado, totally engulfing the Disease Spirit, with the swirl turning from bright gold to a deep dark gray. It then turned Blood Red, then Flesh, then White. The tornado subsided, and I saw a small white Spirit Mass slowly dissolving into the Ground..returning to Mother Earth to be used for Good. I was then taken to my 5-Stone Altar in my back yard, but back in time to when I used that site as Rains Again. I was shown that one of my great failings to my People back then was when I found myself too busy to perform a Spirit Release Ceremony for a Tribe Person who had passed. This failing was one of the reasons I had returned to this Life to reclaim a Shaman Mantle. I then saw my Shaman Symbol being drawn into the ground within the boundaries of my 5-Stone Altar, and it was suggested that I do this in this reality as well. I then looked up at the Sky and saw the same Galaxy of Light above me that was present at the end of my Shaman’s Dream several years ago. My Shaman symbol was forming within that as well. This told me that my work for Mom had been very fruitful and appreciated by the Spirit Helpers! I was then zoomed back to the Arctic where we had said goodbye to Mom. Snowy Owl asked me if I wished to visit that part of Space where the Gold Room had been. I did, and so up I went. While I was floating within this Space, I felt so calm, at peace and secure. Not a care or worry in the world. This is what our friend’s Mom had felt in this Room. I then asked to be brought back down to the Snows. From there I was quickly transported to my back yard as it is today. Standing there were Eagle Claw, and others of my Helpers and Guides. They told me this assist for a dying person was the first of many I would perform in this Shaman’s Walk, news I was glad to hear, as I really love being the portal for Spiritual Involvement from the Camp. I then found a Sacred Pipe being passed around. When it came to me, I looked at the Stem and saw our friend’s Mother’s name had been etched into it. Eagle Claw told me to keep this Spirit-based Pipe, and hang it on the wall above my own Pipe, as a remembrance of my Help. At this point, the Call Back sounded and the Journey was over. Afterward: this evening we have tiny snow grains falling gently from the Sky..a reminder of the Snowy Field upon which I said goodbye.