Journey 179/180/181 - Back Disc/Deck Feedings/Intestinal Flu

4/1/05: For many thousands of years, Shamans (Shah-mans) have been visiting with and obtaining real and vital information from the Spirit World. While many, more traditional Faiths rely on just that..Faith, Hope, etc., Shamanism involves actual contact with Spirit Helpers (called the Journey), who know what is best for that person whose name has been offered. These Helpers are all good, as Negative Spirits are dealt with so as to prevent them from passing bad information to us. In my Shamanic Journey practice over the past 2 years I have obtained from the Helpers (for people who’ve come to me and myself) Healing, partial Healing, and knowledge only the person I Journeyed for could know.

This link with the Spirit World derives from the long-proven techniques that have served other cultures for millennia..and still is just as powerful and effective today, undergoing strong resurgence not only in Asia and South America, but right here in North America as well. And yet, I don’t disregard or denigrate others’ religious beliefs, of course, for every Life Path is Sacred and should be inviolable. Shamanism involves a personal Calling, and is pretty much individualized. In my case, I was a Catholic much of my life, and am an American of Italian/Russian heritage. But, in my Spirit Walk of 50 years, I knew something was missing, and eventually was led to become a Shaman through a spectacular series of “coincidences” that a Christian might describe as the Holy Spirit on the move.

There is no organized Shamanic religion. This is why large organized social structures from non-Shamanic cultures over history have treated Shamans as a threat to their stability, and marginalized them at the least. Shamanism has been practiced in many parts of the globe (America, Europe, Russia, South America), and the techniques are remarkable similar across the eons and cultures, despite total separation until the past few centuries. The practice is flourishing once again as cultures become less constrained/more open.

The basic beliefs in Shamanism are:

everything has Spirit and is Sacred, deserving utmost respect (no human dominion over the world, animals, plants, stones);

everything has a Sacred Path, which is inviolable;

and humans have multiple lives, each chosen by each person in advance, each designed to further that person’s Spirit Healthiness.

In the case of your Disease, then, we look at it as a Life Force that is worthy of living..just NOT IN YOU, and/or not in its current form. So we get to the Spirit Level, as I have done in your case, and see why this Life force has come to live in you, and see if we can get it to leave, which I have. If a Cure or Healing does not ensue, then this is YOUR Sacred Path, chosen by you before you came here to further yourself Spiritually. This is ordinarily NOT the case, though.

I have Journeyed on your behalf and am printing the results below. Hopefully the knowledge I was given concerning your situation is valuable to you. Again, it may not lead to a cure for your condition, but it may well lead to a Healing..that is, a total knowing of the Truth concerning your Life Path. If you find value in my work on your behalf, feel free to write back. I can do more on your behalf, beyond what is presented here. If you are willing for more, so are the Helpers. I mention them a lot because it is not the Shaman who Heals..he or she is merely the channel through which this Spirit Power flows. We open ourselves up and then get out of the way, merely recording what flows by.

The terminology and structures of Soul below will be strange to you (3 parts..an Upper World, Middle World and Lower World). However, these structures are readily observable through Journeying. The Upper World is the place of Spirit Guidance, the Lower World the place of Spirit Power. We live in the Middle World, where there is also much Spirit activity. Also, Journeys involve Spirit Beings (powerful ancestors and/or creator Beings) who may take Animal form for our recognition comfort, and present sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical views. If the imagery below does not fit your remembrances or experiences, take them more as metaphor.

Finally, I have found that the Spirits never mislead me..so what I’m giving you is directly from them, and should be taken quite seriously. I hope you will not be too confused by the methodology..all I can offer you is that all Shamans I have read about who have studied Jesus’ Life consider(ed) him a Shaman as well.

So, here is what I discovered in the Spirit Camp for you this afternoon:

Two Journeys, lasting almost one half hour total, to investigate a herniated disc condition in this woman's back. I lit the Sacred Candle, Rattled, Smudged and Centered, and set up a 15-minute Drum period. As I sank into the Journey, I found myself sitting on a snowy, windswept Plain with numerous lit Tipis ahead of me. Even though the winds were howling and the snow flying, I was not cold. All the residents were safely within their shelters. I sensed I should look up, and saw a large opening swirl in the Clouds directly above me. I could see the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters, becoming brighter and brighter. They appeared to be and were indeed coming down toward me. They passed through the Swirl opening and landed on the ground before me. They were now Blue Beings, formless but of human dimension. They surrounded me, and then each placed an arm deep into my center. I suddenly found myself floating in Space. Off to my right, a short distance away, in the shape of a spinal disc, was an asteroid, half eaten away. The eaten edges were sparking, as if continuing to deteriorate. I saw numerous Dark Beings moving around the edge. Realizing I was up there without any Helpers, I began looking around. Sure enough, as has happened several times before, my Upper World Guide, Eagle Claw, was sitting on his Space Ledge. He motioned me over. I joined him in dancing around a purple Fire. He was chanting and he went round, and I looked down at the Fire as I followed him. I then saw the woman's face appear in the Flames. At first she was an adult, and wore a grimace of pain. But then she became a smiling young girl. I was pulled down into the Fire and through it, down onto a grassy field next to a forest with large Boulders at the edge. I saw the girl running around, kicking a ball. I can’t be sure if she just stumbled at one point, or fell onto one of the Boulders back first..I saw both..but it was there that she initially injured her disc. This caused a weakness in her Aura that would have allowed a Dark Being to enter. I did not see this happen at this time, though. I then shot back up into Space, and was standing with Eagle Claw on his Ledge. The entire star field began to go black. Soon, all that remained were the Ledge with me and EC, and the Asteroid in the distance. I looked into the opening and saw the nastiest-looking Being I have yet beheld. I sat there, contemplating what to do. I felt I had no tools with me to handle this Being, and EC was keeping mum. Suddenly, the 7 Sisters swirled in. They quickly began to encircle the Asteroid with a cocoon of Blue Light, trapping the Being within. At this point, I found myself being turned into a Duck who was flying along a shore area with his Mate. We were very close, and flying together. We swung down into the marshes, and we landed in the river up the street from my house! From there I found myself, as me, coming back into my room. But this was not the end. My Lower World Guide, Snake (Crosses in Front), was waiting. She took me out the back yard, through the Wetlands and into the Clearing I have seen before in Journeys. We went down a mud Tunnel into the Lower World. It was nearing dusk there, and the field we came into was full of tall, purple flowers. Crosses came to me and placed two sticks in the ground before me, in the shape of the Christian Cross. I stared at it, and it became the skeleton for a series of Animals: a Squirrel, a Turtle, and then a White Skunk. The Skunk remained, and as it took off and ran through the nearby woods, I could see it glowing in the semi-darkness. It then ran back and jumped into my Arms. This was the woman's Power Animal. But then a most unusual event occurred. Skunk turned into a white Swan and flew quickly aloft. Swan then circled around four times, and as I did so I realized she was circling the Pleiades! Swan came back to me as White Skunk, and then we returned to the Room from the Tunnel and yard. There was still more to come..I knew we had to do something about the pain. So I asked my Shaman Grandfather, who has just moved into the large Moqui Stone I acquired (an ancient Shaman’s Healing Stone), and he walked me into a swampy area that came out onto a farm. He then showed me that the woman should consume lots of Apples and Pears. There must be something in them that will help reduce the swelling and/or deaden the nerve firings. I then was brought to her back, and saw her disc in her back surrounded by the Blue Light Cocoon placed their by the Sisters. Grandfather had me take my Lightning Wand in my left hand and my Meteorite in my right. With these two Sacred Tools, I began pumping Spirit Energy into the disc and its covering of Light. As this was occurring, I asked Grandfather how to deal with the Dark Being within. He told me this would require another Journey, and sure enough within seconds the Call Back drum sounded. I thanked my Guides and Helpers and returned to the room for good.

Right after making notes on the above Journey, I took off on number 2, using a 10-minute loop. I found myself sitting in the Eagle’s nest on the Rock Cliff face where I have visited in prior Journeys. Eagle (my Power Animal) came and stood beside me. Owl (also known as Eagle Claw, my Upper World Guide, this time in his Animal form) then flew in and landed on my other side. I took my Shaman’s Mirror and flung it down below, where it became a large Lake, covered in mists. In the middle of the water I saw a creaking, burned out old hulk of a large sailing Ship, all black. It was obviously a death/Ghost ship. We went down to investigate. The ship as still being piloted by a Dark Being who didn’t seem to care about our arrival. We went down below into the hold and found numerous skeletons. One of to the left, toward the front, was sparking in the same fashion as the Asteroid in the above Journey. I bent over this form and was able to determine his name was Bartholomew Winter, a sailor from several centuries ago. He was a particularly evil sailor who had not had a good life. He died in the waters off Cape Cod. His Earth Soul (the “Middle World” Soul), very deranged, then took off and began making its way northward, invading numerous people on its way. It took several hundred years, but he just happened to be going by the then young girl after she had weakened her Aura, and took advantage of this. We went back to the Asteroid at this point. I asked the Seven Sisters of I could enter their Cocoon. They told me to burn my way in with my Mirror and I did so. I found myself face to face with the hideous Being. Behind him, chained to the inner walls, were the Souls of quite a few others in captivity. I was not told who they were..but might be relatives? He asked my purpose. I told him he was causing great discomfort to a living human and he must leave her, and set his captives free. I held my Mirror up to him. He laughed and said, “Shaman, certainly you don’t expect to defeat me with merely a Mirror!?” But I pointed my Mirror at his face and the resultant light blinded him. While he was at a disadvantage, I grabbed my Shaman Staff (one of my Helpers must have handed it to me) and thrust it through his abdomen. He let out the most disagreeable wail I have heard in a long time, and quickly melted into a pool of Blood on the table he’d been standing next to. I absorbed this Energy with my Mirror And released it to Mother Earth after the Journey was over). The Captive Souls then wandered off. We left the Asteroid and returned to the woman’s body. A Native Young Woman had appeared, and she was kneeling behind her, applying Bear Grease and Buffalo Fat to her back. She said she would stay as long as necessary. I asked her name..wouldn’t you know it..White Swan. I then wondered what might be done internally. The Helpers seen me the following info. There is a wonderful back Doctor named either Watson or Atkinson out of Stamford, who has recently been through Kansas City and SW California. He is coming to the nearest large city. I was then shown that he could place a steel bracket in the woman’s back that would keep the adjacent vertebrae off her disc by freezing that part of her spine in place. At this point, the Call Back sounded. I thanked all, and returned.

Notes:

Journey 1 began in the dead of Winter, and Journey 2 revealed the Dark Being within the disc to be named Winter as well. Ice/cold must have a role to play in the easing of the pain.

The fact all the Natives were warm inside their Tipis shows the woman can find comfort by looking into and taking refuge in her Native side. There may be pain remedies for this condition the Natives have revealed..check the internet.

White Swan is competing with White Skunk as her Power Animal (PA). I believe Swan is the actual PA, taking on the form of Skunk for a lesson to Ann. Skunk qualities include Sensuality, Respect and Self-Esteem. Swans stand for Awakening the True Beauty and Power of the Self, prefer the cold, epitomize strength through silence, and are the totem of the child, the poet, the mystic and the dreamer. Both emphasize the Power of the Self to become better through focus on the good within one’s Being.

The color White is very important in this Journey. Both the Skunk and Swan were all white. This symbolizes great Spirit Power of very high order. White light can be used to wash the Aura and Spirit clean through both physical and imaginational use. And yet..white was counterbalanced by the Black Death Ship. This shows the value of seeking and attaining balance in Life, and seeing pain as a necessary partner to joy.

Buffalo and Bear are highly significant in Native American culture, and others as well. Bear is known as the Healer, and Buffalo the Provider of All. The fact the Native maiden White Swan was rubbing substances from both on her back implies great Energy is now going into this region..this should help ease the pain.

The fact her face was in the purple Fire on the Ledge is very important. The purple color shows she is of the highest Spirituality, and Fire reflects the center of Spirituality. She should have little trouble getting quite centered..she has a deep Life Fire within her.

The mixed metaphors of the Christian Cross and the Native Power Animals show she will get more out of mixing elements of both Spiritual disciplines. I can help in this area if desired.

Other Animal Spirit Appearances: Turtle refers to grounding to the Feminine Powers of Mother Earth, and becoming one with all her Life-giving Energies and Beings. Squirrel refers to being prepared, but mixing work with play nonetheless for the Sacred Balance.

Apples and Pears obviously need to be added to/kept in her diet to facilitate a Bettering.

The Duck episode was made all the more significant by the fact that after the Journey, when I went outside to start my coals for supper, the actual Duck Couple living in the Wetlands out back flew up and right over my head, a carbon copy of what I had experienced in the Journey. Ducks symbolize the ability to handle Feminine issues, and to learn to deal with deep emotions by floating on them, only diving in momentarily to extract the food they need. They are equally comfortable on land, sea and in the air. Hence, they exhibit the exquisite balance between Father Sky and Mother Earth, and speak to using all the gifts of both in living to the fullest. Here again, as with the woman in the fire, in the emphasis on balance. She should also remain in close formation with her Life Partner.

The Doctor’s name may not be completely accurate. However, the circumstances of his travel will be quite close. I don’t know if he practices in this named city or will just be here as a visiting physician. Nonetheless, the bracing of your verterbrae seems to be the recommended solution, but must be done by an expert in this city.

If I think of more correlations, I’ll send them along.

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4/1/05: A Journey (self-drummed) to see what will become of the Birds and Animals Spirit Sister has been feeding off her deck these past few years, now that she is leaving her house. As I sank into the Journey, I saw Owl come straight toward me from a completely black background. He stopped a short distance in front of me. My eyesight was incredibly sharp. I could see every little detail on Owl. It was as if I had Eagle sight. Owl then lifted his Wings is a grand, slow upward sweep, and the black behind him turned into an indescribably beautiful Biosphere. This was the Spirit Home of all the non-human species of Earth. It was no doubt the equivalent of the Garden of Eden of Christian terms. We wandered in and came to a small pond. A tremendously large Frog had the top half of his head sticking out, staring at us. I explained our purpose for being there to Frog. With one, huge leap, he rose to the top of a Tree. We went up there with him. At this point, we were at the exact floor level of Sister's deck. I saw the critters and birds feeding there, and just below them was the Biosphere. The two levels were intersecting. I realized that the two had always been interconnected. Everything will be OK with the Deck visitors because they are always connected to the Spirit Biosphere. We then sank back down into the sphere. I saw a huge hill ahead. I was told to go to the top and offer milk, tea and vodka (a traditional Mongolian Shaman offering) to the Spirit there. I did so. At that moment, I was back on the deck. I saw a large Hawk swoop down to Spirit Sister, who had appeared in the doorway. The Hawk placed strands of green grass within her hair, as if beginning a nest. I then saw her Aura fill with the vibrant green light of the Biosphere. This meant that this Sacred Energy Connection will always be with her, and that the visitors to her deck will always be tied to her goodness and love, wherever she or they go. All will be well. This completed the Journey..

NOTES: My Eagle eyesight must have been the result of my Power Animal merging with me. Perhaps this was required for me to enter the Biosphere as a human Spirit.

Frog stands for transformation through water and sound, with links to femininity, emotions. The land/water bridge shows the connection between the two, and will serve Sister well..all creatures are comfortable with her.

Hawk’s gift of the Nest speaks for itself..the welcoming of Sister fully into the Biosphere. J

If I think of more connections, I’ll post them.

The third Journey of this date, also self-drummed, was to deal with a four-day bout of mine with an intestinal flu. As I went into the Journey, I saw myself sitting on a ledge of Rock high above a River fowling behind Owl and I. Ahead of us was a tall tornado of swirling green leaves. I saw that this tornado was actually emanating out of my lower gut. I had contracted a Nature Spirit, or Burhan. As I delved deeper into this tornadic swirl, I was suddenly transported into a scene from the late 1800s. A single man was huddled over a small Fire with a stock of trees behind him and an open field beyond and to his left. I saw him suddenly die there. I then saw a relatively young Native American woman singing a mourning song over him. His Suld Soul became a Nature Spirit, and he seemed to very much miss his woman. This was the Nature Spirit that was now lodged in my abdomen, and he was unhappy. So, I absorbed into my Toli (Shamans Mirror), which turned a bright green, and Owl and I decided to try to seek out the Suld Soul of the woman who obviously had also died well over a century ago. We went straight up into the Sky, very high, and saw an indication of her Soul being way up in NW Canada. We flew there very quickly, and soared down into a wooded area and waited. The Suld Soul of the woman immediately recognized the man’s Soul as I released it from the Toli. She was anxious to reunite with the man, and they did. They went off together. Owl and I then returned to the embarkation point. I thanked Owl and came back into my room.

4/3 While I had another bout or two of the runs from the remnants of the invasion (this often happens..healing isn’t instantaneous), I shook it the next day and it has been gone now for 2 days.