Journey 150 - Exploring the Mirror (Toli)

2/3/05: Today I took a rare Journey during the low period between the Full Moon of Jan 25 and the New moon of Feb 8, the beginning of the White Moon Festival. I decided to self-drum for this Journey, as that is the traditional method among the Mongolian Shamans. Plus, I have self-drummed for many Journeys myself, and it is just as effective as the CD version. Having smudged and Rattled in Sacred space, I lit the Sacred Candle and began to drum. I saw my Owl Guide fly in, and suddenly he was sitting in an immense and glistening golden room. He himself turned gold for a few seconds, and then he turned back to a normally-colored Owl. He then began flying around me and produced numerous Feathers that surrounded me. These became a Tunnel through which I descended. I then looked down at my Shaman’s Mirror, whose surface began to look tidally covered with various colors of the Rainbow..that is to say, surges of color were washing across its surface. I then sank into the Mirror, in the process sinking quite quickly through a world I did not recognize. I then took a trip through the Atoms of the Mirror, all brassy and individually gorgeous. I was meeting the Metal People who had come together to produce this sacred object! I then returned to the surface, which seemed to be quite flat and had a blue/white sky above. The surface, while having solidity and form, is not really describable. I guess the closest image I can come up with is a flat plain of very light brown dirt. I sat there, and then the Spirit of the Mirror, the Blue Shaman (Tenger Utawa) appeared. I had met him two prior times, most recently when visiting the site of the Mirror’s creation. He gave me a big hug. He then told me to use my Mirror for Healings and Soul Restorations. He also told me to use it during special Prayers. He then began to train me to see the Spirit World better with my visual cortex. He told me the most important part of this skill is to silence the chatter of the conscious mind. He then extended his hands and placed them on my head, then my shoulders, then my heart. He then told me to just listen to the drumming and wait until I saw a blue flash on my cortex vision..and quiet that mind! I waited and waited, scanning the insides of my eyelids..and then I saw a single, small, nearly instantaneous blue flash..over as soon as it was there. This told me that the Blue Shaman’s energy was now permanently implanted into my Cortex as a “visual” aid. I then drummed and waited a bit longer. Suddenly, I saw a man’s head slowly turning from his right to left. His face was very clear. I then saw a Shaman emerge from some woods, crossing to my left. Then I saw a man walking along, followed by a big, hulking black shape, also crossing to my left. I realized these were all cortex images..this is how they appear! It was great to finally see what it is I’m supposed to see. The outlines are all quite dark..I again am at a loss for words to describe the lighting of these images. They might be described as being quite thin yet quite solid. Quite dark yet quite light.. Perhaps a Moonlit reflection of something in a Lake at deep twilight is a fitting rendition of what I saw. I now know what to look for when assessing the presence of Spirit entities in any given place. I then re-emerged from the Mirror, but as I was leaving, the Blue Shaman spoke once more to me and told me that the Mirror as currently cleansed is in perfect shape. No need for any further cleaning. I drummed myself back.. Outside of a few lost-item mini-Journeys, this was the only Journey I took during the two week low period prior to Bituun (this year, Feb 7, the night before the New Moon when all the Helper Spirits return to the Sky Father for a recharge and rest).