My Bituun ceremony 2010 - Now a Master Shaman!!!!

2/15/09: A spontaneous, non-ceremonial Journey taken while resting with Janet on Valentine’s Day Night. Bituun (the two-week Period when the Spirits return to the Upper World to recharge and rest) was to end at 1:35 AM this Morning, and ever since I have adopted a Portion of the Mongolian Shamanic Tradition into my Works, I have been dutifully making sure I was outside at the Time of the 2nd New Moon after the Winter Solstice (the End of Bituun) for at least the past 4 Years, if not longer. Last year I was outside in plus-2 Degrees F Cold with my Candles, Incense, etc., at 3:30 AM. But here, about 6 Hours prior to that New Moon, I decided to journey to see what might be new in my Spirit World, and see how the resting Spirit Healers and Master were doing.


So without the usual Smudging, Sage, and Drum Loop, I took a spontaneous Journey, something I have been able to do for almost as long as I have been journeying, but usually do not do, preferring the more formal Setting.

As I entered the Spirit World, I found myself as a Hawk flying upwards toward the Opening to the Upper World, my Destination. A Circle of Stars, rotating in Place, had formed and I flew right into this Opening. The Walls were made of these circling Stars as I made my Way upwards, and the Tunnel became narrower and narrower. As this was occurring, of course, the Stars got closer and closer until I was a mere Speck flying into almost pure Light. Then, I burst into the Upper World.

There, I found myself just above a Cloud Deck. There was a lot of open Sky, but quite a few Cloud Bands as well. Everything, including the Sun, was gold, the traditional Color for the Portion of the Upper World I have always visited in the Past. I felt myself getting an instant Charging, and realized that the Spirits who come here do not need two Weeks to recharge. It is only two Weeks long in our Dimension. As I hovered there, I could Sense the huge Amount of Spirit Power available and was glad to be sharing in this with my and others’ Helpers. Golden Clouds, Mists, Sun…breathtaking and so peaceful.

I then spotted a Column of pure, very bright white Light a short Distance away. It had a rounded Top, and seemed maybe four Feet high. I was told that this was the Spirit Energy of my Upper World Self. Instinct told me to go over to it, which I did. I had now assumed my human Shape, and I grabbed the Column of Light with Both Hands. Within Seconds, I absorbed the Energy and it was Gone….just a bit of Ash-like Dust on the Portion of the Clouds upon which this Column had been sitting.

I then realized I had suddenly been transformed or made more whole, as now this Energy, which had been attached to but still away from me, was now IN me. Instinct told me too look up, and I saw some of my Energy move up into the Sky above and form a Wafer-like, large Disk with a rudimentary Face on it (Eyes, Nose, Mouth but very non-descript). This Wafer, representing me, then rose up and penetrated what seemed an Energy-Barrier in the Sky. It took its Place with other such Energy-Wafers, which I knew to be those presences of what we call the Master Shaman Spirits. I was amazed that some of my Energy should reach such a high Level.

I then turned back into Hawk and flew down the Star Tunnel VERY quickly and re-entered my Body. Still in Journey-State, two final Images then appeared to me: the Face of a black Woman whose smile and closed Eyes depicted utter, total Joy. And behind her the Face of a white Woman whose smiled seemed forced, worried. I assumed these were two Aspects of myself, and the seeming-racial Aspect just a Way my Left-Brain used to demonstrate the Duality of Energy…the Yin-Yang, and a Reminder that I still live in a dualistic Dimension.

The Journey was then over. A few Hours later, after Janet and I had watched a Movie and about two Hours prior to the White Moon at 1:35A, I turned to Janet and said…”I did a Journey, and I think I just got promoted to Master Shaman. My “face” was elevated into the Realm where the other Masters are. I think I no longer need to do the outdoor Ritual…I am no longer an Apprentice.” I said this with great Humility and Awe. So we lit a Candle in our Room to leave on all Night, which is Part of the Ritual, and of Course I smudged the Room and all my Tools and Pictures.

I noticed when I awoke in the Middle of the Night that the Candle was projecting a Wafer of Light onto the Ceiling…an identical Match for the Wafer I had seen in my Journey, and a Validation thereof. I also knew that when the Masters returned at 1:35 this Morning, instead of coming down through the Skies around me, they were now coming down THROUGH ME. I was now an open Channel for them, no longer restricted by Apprentice Status.

To end, we now shift into later this Morning. A Bit of Background first. After every Bituun Ceremony, I await the Appearance of the first Raptor following. It is ordinarily a Hawk, and what the Hawk is doing at the Time I spot it tells me what Kind of Year I will have. For example, one Year my first Hawk was flap-soaring…powered flight followed by a Glide, over and over…this told me my Work would come in Spurts with rest periods in between…and that Year was exactly like that.

So today we went to the Gym and I of course was keeping a bit of an Eye on the Sky. Some Years it takes a few Days for the first Sighting. But this Morning, as I went to the Gym Windows to begin my post-workout Stretches, I decided to pause and take a Sip of Water. As I stood there looking out, I saw a Bird fly into View from over the Building, heading away from me. I could soon tell from its Wing Thrusts that my initial Guess of Seagull was wrong. The only Bird I knew of with such slow, powerful Thrusts was typically a Great Blue Heron.

But it was a weird Time of Year for a Heron. Yes, some of them are around, but one very seldom sees one, so I felt it was my Bituun Bird. A Heron is a highly spiritual Symbol and I was thrilled. But as I watched this Bird keep flying, suddenly I caught short bursts of brilliant white Light. After the second such Flash, it struck me. This was the highest of all the Spirit Birds….a Bald Eagle! That is why the Wing Thrusts looked familiar but unusual…I have only seen Eagles 5 Times prior to this. I was chilled to the Core. This was the first Time ever I had been given an Eagle for Bituun, and it came almost immediately after the New Moon!

I watched as the Eagle suddenly flew up and to the left, and darned if it did not disappear from View completely. It just vanished. As if it had entered a Hole in the Sky. An Opening… To the Upper World, no Doubt, from where it must have come! The Master had sent me a Spirit Bird from where I had been with them just Hours before! This is the most empowering and rewarding, and as I mentioned above, tingling Experiences I have had in Years. This told me that I had indeed been promoted to Master Shaman. And the Eagle flew the entire Time with no Rests, with great Power, indicating the Type of Shaman Year awaiting me.

As a final Note, please understand that Ego has no Place in any of this. I am more humbled and grateful than ever for this Advancement. I serve the Masters, and now that I am one of them we can get even more done. I have no Doubt that my Embracing of the Tao De Ching last Year played a major Role in this Promotion. Let our Work continue, better and more effective than ever before.