Journey 153- For my Son's Friend's Uncle

2/13/05: This Journey was taken on behalf on an Uncle of my son’s friend who has recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. I promised I would check out the Spiritual underpinnings of this disease and see what might be done. What follows is one of the richer and more challenging results. I prepared in the usual way, Smudging, Rattling and lighting the Sacred Candle..and then I was off. I set the CD for a 15 minute time.

As I entered the Spirit World, I found myself clinging to a mostly submerged log lying across a quickly flowing River. I was up to my chin in the water. Owl flew in and landed on the log. I looked beneath the surface and saw a Sea Bass a few feet ahead, paused in the flow and staring at me, indicating he wished to tell or show me something. When I poked my head back up into the air, the River had risen, and my supporting log was totally submerged. Owl then lifted me out of the Water and we rose quickly several hundred feet up into the air. From there, we could see the River extending into the distance, with Sea Bass swimming up along it, and we followed. Owl and I then noticed a tiny, circular inlet to the right that was filled with a red liquid, which we assumed correctly was blood. We swooped down to check it out, and as we approached I saw a large, black, Gorilla-like Spirit Being dancing on the shores of this little pool of blood. Owl and I swooped into a Tree and landed very close by. From there we could see the pool of blood seething, as if boiling, and being stirred up by this Being, who seemed to be enjoying his actions very much. I then looked off to my right slightly, and in a clearing next to this pond saw a man kneeling over a second man, who was on his back. The former was beating on the latter with a stick or a bat. I then saw a body float up to the surface in the pool. The Being then literally pulled a black blanket over the entire area, turning it to night. The only light was from the glowing pool of blood. I assumed at this time that, with events left unchecked, this might signal an early death for the Uncle. So, I asked Owl if we could get a Power Animal or in some other way intervene on his behalf. At this point, my Lower World Guide Snake came along from behind me to my right, and took me quickly over to a small opening in the ground. We went down a Tunnel of Water and ended up in the Ocean. As I floated there with Crosses in Front (Snake), several Sharks approached me and circled. None seemed to be engaging enough to be a Power Animal. Crosses and I then were led by a Dolphin and zoomed along until we came to a Council of Dolphins, all “seated” in a circle. We took a place at this Council, and asked if there were a Power Animal available for the Uncle. After some hemming and hawing, a baby Dolphin burst up from below and grabbed me. He took me over to the Pool of Blood and then beneath it. There, I could see a portion of the inside of a house, well-stocked with shelves and collectibles, items of sentimental value. Into this room from the floor was seeping a green/blue gas, rising in tiny, individual streams. This told me there was a physical underpinning to the Cancer..some sort of chemical leakage or perhaps radon gas. Baby Dolphin then returned me to the Council, where again I asked about a Power Animal. At this point a Rainbow Trout zoomed in and jumped into my pocket. This was the PA! Crosses and I then quickly returned to the surface, where I rejoined Owl. Emboldened with the PA, I announced my presence by standing up with my Shaman’s Mirror and pointed it at the Being. He sensed my presence and seemed to know a Shaman had come against him, for although he came right up and stared at us, he seemed powerless to go any further. I then absorbed his Energy and the Black Sky Energy into my Mirror, restoring the daylight. I was then instructed to take the Mirror outside after the Journey and place it on the ground to a count of 7, so that other Earth could absorb and transmute the darkness. I don’t recall if the pool turned a normal color after the absorbing..I wasn’t shown this. At this point, we flew back to the log. I was soon standing on the surface of my Mirror, a place that seems to be a meeting place with my Guides. Eagle Claw (Owl) and Utawa, the Spirit of the Mirror, were both there. They were fashioning something with their hands, and presented it to me. It looked a lot like the symbol one sees on the cloth covering of an altar in a Catholic church. I believe it is the symbol of the Pope or perhaps Peter, a “P” with a smaller “X” overlaid. This symbol then turned into a pile of small sticks in the shape of a Tipi, and the Rainbow Trout jumped out of my pocket and dove into this pile, circling down and growing smaller as he went, then disappearing. I was led to understand that this pile of sticks was the Uncle’s bones, and that the Power Animal was now at work therein to help fight this disease. The Journey was near an end now. My Guides told me that was all they had. I was now back in my room back acutely aware that some sort of Energy was moving along my skin, mainly in the legs. I sensed a Dark Being hovering over me, with the Dark Energy sinking into me temporarily. I asked my Helpers to come and remove it, and Snake and my Guardian Two Feathers both came and lifted this Energy off me as if it were a piece of stiff paper, or a sheet of thin glass. They folded this “paper” up and put it inside my Mirror, to be disposed off along with the rest of the Energy I had collected. I can’t be sure if this was a remnant of the “gorilla” dark Energy I had collected earlier, or another weak force coming against me as a general matter. In either case, this attack was a first for a Journey’s end, and I am grateful my Helpers cleared it from me. The Mirror, lying on my chest, served as a block to the Energy, which flattened out along the lane of the Mirror like a dark fluid along a glass bottom, and penetrated no further. A classic example of the Mirror repelling negative Energies.

Here are the messages I can glean from this:

Water: the rising Water in the River, and the use of Fish for transport, all indicate an immense presence of either emotional or feminine turmoil. In particular, the rising of the river shows the problem is getting worse with time. The Uncle needs to rein in his emotions and/or fix problems with the feminine side of himself or others.

Sea Bass: An ocean fish. This, and the fact we found the PA (a freshwater, River fish) out in the Ocean indicates a problem with distinguishing the Big Picture in Life (Ocean) from the Little Details, the “small stuff” (River). The Uncle needs to see the big picture..

Violence: Can’t be sure if the Uncle is the victim or the perpetrator of violence, or perhaps he or those close to him resort in verbal violence. In either case, this must stop. A gentle, calm and reasoning approach to problems is required.

Dolphins: The Council of Dolphins: Dolphins represent the power of Sound and Breath. They use sound in the water to manifest their desires, and the Uncle could learn a lesson about using sounds properly in his emotions to affect desired results in his life. Also, breathing is very important..slow, deep breathing is much healthy than short, nervous breaths. Dolphin means it’s time to breathe new life into yourself..get out and play in the waters of life.

Rainbow Trout: The Uncle must begin to reflect back some of the light and positive Energies others are pouring into him, and in a beautiful way. By reflecting back what others are giving with much more beauty than is received, one heals oneself. In essence, one’s Aura (and especially the Uncle’s) must be bursting with colors at all times..

Bones: White Blood cells come from the bones, and so having the Power Animal go into them is a very good sign that if the Uncle makes some of the changes recommended here by the Helpers, his immune system will take care of his problem.

Chemicals: Obviously there is some chemical cause as well..as mentioned above, radon gas, a cleaner, a solvent..something is reacting very dangerously with the Uncle’s tissues. This must be found and eliminated.

Catholic reference: This means the Uncle must re-energize his Spiritual self, not necessarily go back to any organized religion. I don’t know if he is a Catholic, but the symbology speaks to his finding his core beliefs in Spirit matters and going back into proper relationship with these beliefs.

Gorilla shape of Dark Being: Apes represent self-control, self-discipline, and confidence to express oneself through gentleness and kindness. The fact this Totem was the primary Dark Energy implies these qualities are compromised in the Uncle..he needs to bring them back, and regain the respect of those around him who miss them.

The removal of the Dark Being and Sky into my Mirror and subsequent release into Mother Earth (which I did right after the Journey) means the opportunistic Spirit that had latched onto and was stimulating the Disease has been removed. This alone will allow healing to move in (even if a minor surgery is required to remove the physical remnants)..but this will last only as long as the Emotional and Spiritual Healing outlined above also occurs, and the physical cause (toxic gas of some sort) is gone.

10/13/05: My son reports via his Friend that the Uncle's Cancer has gone into remission!! Wat a great joy to hear!!