Journey 165 - A dear Friend's Sister in Conflict

3/11/05: A Journey to help adear friend’s sister with her internal conflicts. I opened Sacred Space by Rattling, and lit the Sacred Candle. I set up the Drum Loop and concentrated on my Purpose.and off I went. Owl appeared to me, at first caked on his back and the top of his Wings in the same black matter that had been falling onto my friend’s mother’s house, but he quickly shook that off..a sign of hope. He then took his place in a nearby Tree. I looked around at the Landscape. It was stunningly beautiful. It was Night, and there was a clear area next to the Forest lit in a soft Light..from somewhere. There was snow over part of the Land, but the rest had green Vegetation. The Stars above were very clear and quite bright, and stretched not only down to the Horizon, but across and through the Land as well. It was as if the Landscape had been superimposed over the Universe. Owl flew down to me, transformed into his human shape of Eagle Claw, and we then walked along together across the Star-studded Ground. As we walked, however, the Land narrowed and narrowed. Soon we were walking across a very thin Cliff, not more than several inches wide. We came to the end, maybe ½” wide, teetering. To our left, right and in front was an eternal fall into the Stars. We looked directly below and saw a gorgeous swirl of golden Energy far below. Eagle Claw suggested we turn into Birds, and so he shifted back into Owl and I became Hawk. We dove together off this thin edge of Rock and headed down into and through the golden Tunnel. When we emerged, we were in a tunnel, tan in color on all surfaces, square and just big enough for us to walk along. My Lower world Guide Snake came along and she joined us on our Path. The Light grew dimmer and dimmer and soon we were in abject darkness. Then, I saw a quivering purple mass far ahead and above us. A Voice came from that direction and asked me, “why have you come here, Shaman!?” I told him I had come concerning help for this sister and her conflicts, but he already knew why I was there. I suddenly saw before me a large, life-size chess set. Two Dark Beings were sitting opposite one another, playing. The sister was one of the pawns on the board. The Being on the left picked her up and said “we have control of this pawn, Shaman. We each have turns owning her, so she knows not which side she is really on. Why don’t you come and join in the game?” So I approached the board. I realized that in order to play, I had to become one of the pieces, so I merged with the Knight. I found I was free to move around the board, independent of the Dark Beings’ game. I landed on a square and looked down at the square to my left. There I saw a Hummingbird and then a Robin flying freely in a open forest. I looked down at the square upon which I was standing and saw a Crow flying along beneath me, as if I was standing on its back. This told me my Spirit Guide Crow was guiding my moves. So I hopped over to an open square next to one of the Castles on the side of the board owned by the speaking Being. The scene transformed and I was at the base of an actually small castle turret. At the top I saw a few white Doves and a Turkey sitting. But so far, none of these sightings had indicated a Power Animal for the sister. But at the base stood a wonderfully robust Mountain Goat, completely with wispy beard. I went up to him and asked if he were willing to be the sister’s Power Animal. He said he was. He then assumed his human shape, and was a tall, elderly Spirit Gentleman..with wispy beard, of course. He said he name was Atalaha, and that he would try to help the sister. But, he told me, her conflict was genetically based, so there would only be so much he could do. The rest was her Sacred Path and therefore inviolable. Atalaha turned back into Mountain Goat and we zipped back over to the place on the board where I had started from. I then had to rescue the Sister Pawn, currently still in the right hand of the Being on the left. I noticed the Pawn was turning from light to a very dark Red, indicating the sister was wrenched with emotion. I zoomed up to the Being and attached myself to the Pawn. I then told him “you must release this Pawn to me”, took out my Mirror and absorbed the Being into it. The Pawn and I then fell straight down onto the board, directly in between the protective presence of the King and Queen. The other Being complained at my removing his partner, and was becoming quite threatening until I pointed my Mirror at him. He then backed up a bit and said, “well, there’s no more game here, Shaman..but we shall play again sometime..” The chess board then disappeared. We were back in darkness with the purple blob in the distance. It spoke. “You have what you came for, Shaman..you may now leave.” I thanked the Spirit very much, and I got the sense it said, “ahhh, don’t mention it.” I got the sense I would visit here again in future Journeys. My two Guides, I and Atalaha then turned and walked back through the Tunnel. Atalaha turned into a very small Goat piece so that I could easily clench him in my Hawk Claw for the ride back. Up the Tunnel we went, back along the Cliff and into the Star Land. Snake left us, and Owl returned to the Tree. I let Goat graze on the magical Grass to enhance his powers. I rubbed his neck and thanked him very much for coming along and he looked up and smiled, as much as a Goat can smile. At this point, the Call Back sounded.

Among the attributes of Mountain Goat are the ability to give proper support to others as they move; flexibility to explore new possibilities; overcoming lack of support from others; trust in your ability to land on your feet after a fall; association with the sign of Capricorn, which asks, “are you being too serious or not serious enough?”..offers help when ambition and opportunistic behaviors get out of hand; helps regain balance; has ties to Pan, Amalthea and the Horn of Plenty. Goat implies it is time to begin new climbs and endeavors. With proper foresight (horns), you will see what lies ahead and move forward with great surety.

Hummingbird: Joy
Robin: New growth, spring
Dove: Feminine Energies of Peace, Prophecy and Maternity
Turkey: Giving, Shared Blessing and Harvest

The fact these four Bird types were present but not engaged means these qualities are currently suppressed in the sister..

3/12: My friend reports (and I got chills) today that when her sister was young, she had a pet GOAT! Truly amazing, but not surprising. The info the Helpers give us is invariably accurate.