Archangel Quetzlcoatl - Keeper of the Middle World

Quetzlcoatl

I have an archangel watching my back.  He also watches my front, my face, and whichever way I turn.  It's hard to know if he is in front or behind me, but he is there, protecting me and showing me Harmony and Order.

He is a keeper of the four directions, and will give me a nudge in the direction I most likely need to go.  

Many times, this "direction" feels more like a push over the cliff.  Why is the great, vast power I carry so frightening?  Why do I fear myself?  

  

Am I ready to spread my wings and fly, wing to wing with Spirit?   

The Black and White Snake

The Black and White Snake

The White Snake, Satchamama, is anchored in the Earth, and spirals up the first chakra.  She holds an apple in her mouth.  This represents the fruit of the Earth, and is a gift; Earth’s bounty.

She is seen here wearing some glorious accessories.  Notice she is anchored in the Earth, and spirals up to you.

The Black Snake is the masculine element.  He is stiff and is depicted in ancient hieroglyphs as a staff, or rod, which does not touch the ground.  He joins with the White Snake to empower humanity with kundalini energy.

In many cultures, the two snakes intertwined also refer to medicine, as in the caduceus.

The Snakes together also represent DNA, and hold the secrets to our ancestry, the Star People and their relationship to humanity. DNA is referred to as The Cosmic Snake.  They are seen here.

Masculine energy is electric; feminine energy is electromagnetic. 

Sexually, an erection and sexual activity can lead to ejaculation in very short time.  Turn the power on, get excited, produce!

Electromagnetic waves are enduring and undulating. In sex, the female can prolong the activity by mastering rising and falling energies, and teaching this to the male partner.

The Black and White Snake energy can be used to master kundalini energy, and to enhance tantra.  This is a yogic union of the masculine and feminine energies that can be used in sexual liaison.  

The energies can be mastered without a sexual partner, and that is a conversation for another class.  

If you have been called to master Black and White Snake energy, you will benefit from learning traditional medicine ways (not conventional) – to study and practice curing the physical body, then move up the spiral (pun intended) to work with all the levels and all the bodies.

We are teachers. Wisdomkeepers.

Dear All:

There has been some confusuion about "I am training to be a shaman," or, "I am a shaman."  I am not sure why some of us are jumping the gun.  First of all, it is not a race, and second, one class does not a shaman make.  Even one year of classes does not a "Master of Living Energy" make.

Be a student first, and find a Maestro (o Maestra) this is a practice.

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN TRADITION

Altomisayoq (Alto•me•sigh•yoke), meaning one who embodies the prayers of the high altar, is a name given to Andean celestial Paqos by European chroniclers in the mid-16th century. 

Paqos, or Masters of the Living Energy, who constitute the Andean Holy Mountain Tradition are not all shaman. They comprise one of our planet’s few unbroken lineages of ancestral wisdomkeepers and spiritual intermediaries who have stewarded humanity’s heart wisdom, animistic consciousness and celestially integrated reality for over 13,000 years.

In 1532 during their maltreatment by conquest and inquisition forces, Andean Paqos found it necessary to retreat to remote, high-altitude locations to safeguard their practical and esoteric wisdom. By enduring the hardships of extended isolation and secrecy for the past 480 years, this ancient lineage has been able to maintain its unified cosmology while keeping its holistic lifeways intact.

Following the disruption of the Inkan civilization, fewer and fewer Paqos have been able to sustain the lineage’s high practices due to corruptive influences, mentorship die-off and a general lack of modern day apprentices willing to undertake the rigors of this demanding and resolute path. 

Presently, as foretold by oral history, the Apus, or mountain spirit benefactors, have begun recognizing and initiating western practitioners in order to expand the lineage, integrate cultures, restore humanity’s cognitive lifeways and increase spiritual responsibility among industrialized societies.

I am one of those Western practitioners.  You can say you studied with me, and when the time is right, you can say you are a wisdomkeeper, or paqo.  Many blessings.  Enjoy the tune.

Early trauma is commonly associated with social ills—from drug abuse and sexually risky behavior, psychological problems that range from depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia to deficits in attention and impulse control. Recent research shows that adverse childhood events can affect gene regulation and expression as long forgotten memories can remain etched in an individual’s luminous energy field (LEF) and the neural networks in the brain. Even experiences that occurred when an infant was still developing in the womb can affect the LEF and neural networks.

The LEF serves as a blueprint for what happens within the body. Disturbances in the energy can manifest as cancer, autoimmune disorders, pain, inflammation, or other imbalances and ailments. Neural networks act like blueprints as well, dictating the forms and structures of the psyche.

The anger you feel in response to a missed airline flight or a perceived slight by a coworker may be very old anger that lays dormant in your neural networks and expresses itself in the present whenever it is triggered by an overly sensitive warning system for danger. The threat is not to your person but to your pride and sense of self.

Yet you either shout like a ram attacking a rival head-on, or retreat with the intensity of a rabbit running from a coyote. Brooding, retreating, and scheming become art forms as you respond to life as if it had a personal vendetta against you.

We all do this, although some of us develop better mechanisms of denial than others, a favorite being to blame our circumstances and other people. “If only he didn’t…If only she wasn't…If it weren’t for my terrible luck.” We write stories to support our sense of entitlement to jealousy, or resentment about the gap between what our lives were supposed to be and what they have become.

When neural networks determine your emotions and the thoughts that surround them, a mildly irritating situation that should frustrate you for only a few moments can become a source of rage and aggression, or fear and depression. Your future becomes dictated by the past as you become caught in the web of cause-and-effect.

If you are to break free of suffering from the same old problems you’ve struggled with for years, many of your neural networks—the blueprints for structures of thought, feeling, and behavior—need to be replaced. But who will be the architect who draws up new blueprints? And will this architect maintain a fear-response system that serves you well in times of physical danger without constructing a palace of pain that traps you in old responses to new situations?

You have the capacity to choose a new destiny rather than the one dictated to you by the events of the past and the DNA you inherited from your parents, grandparents, and ancestors. You can begin to draw a new blueprint when you consciously recognize that you have been using one that no longer serves you. You begin sketching a new one, actually generating new structures in your brain, when you start detoxifying your body, your thoughts, and your emotions. The sketch is filled in further when you employ shamanic practices for communicating with the invisible world, the realm of all creation where every tool is available to you. The old habits and stories of persecution begin to fade as you draw new lines, imagine new rooms to inhabit, and conceive of an entirely new structure for your life. With the invisible realm of Spirit nurturing, guiding, and inspiring you, you feel confident in what you are building for yourself.

We live for a time here, and for a time there, letting go of the familiar and stepping into the unknown with faith and curiosity. We can learn to be like the hunters and gatherers of ancient times, the nomads who trusted in their abilities as builders, creators, planners, and dreamers. Their faith came from knowing they could rely on more than their wits or the structures created by those who came before them.

They could speak with the force that moved the rivers and pushed the seedlings up through the soil. They could listen to the advice of the clouds and the sun, the tides and the herds, and find the wisdom at the intersection of the visible and the invisible.

And that's where we are headed with these rites.  Leaving the past behind, and opening up the neural networks to speed up the evolution of the luminous energy field.  Feed your bands!

Seven Archetypes : Harmony

Sachamama -   Earth, Feminine Collective,  Mother

Puma - All Living Things on the Planet

Sewacanthe-  Teaches me to drink deeply from the Nectar of Life

Condor -Spread my own wings to soar;  Gift of vision and clarity

Huascar – (Avatar) Keeper of Lower Word; Harmony and Peace to my unconsciousness

Quetzlcoatl – (Archangel) – Keeper of Middle World – Harmony and Order to my physical life

Pachacuti – (Avatar) Time to Come; who you are becoming 10,000 years from now

With great love, I install these archetypes into your luminous being.  You become a walking totem of the energies of these Masters. 

We learn to walk backwards to the original Garden to reclaim the energies of our birthright.  We learn to walk now, in our full power, which is pure LIGHT.  We learn to walk towards ourselves, and our children, to our luminous energy being.

We feed these seeds with fire ceremony.  Every full moon and new moon, every week, every day.  Choose wisely.

Fire Ceremony (Monthly) Feed Your Harmony

The fire ceremony is a key practice of the Munay-Ki.  Bringing in the light and warmth of the fire germinates the seeds that have been received in the Luminous Energy Field.

The fire ceremony is the sacred practice that supports the growth and integration of the Munay-Ki in your luminous field. The "sacred" is that in the everyday world which captures our connection with the divine. It may be man-made, a sacred temple or cloth, or it may be a natural place or object, such as river, a mountain, or a stone. Objects become sacred when they are recognized as meaningful; they somehow act as a symbol or connection, for the observer.

In the context of the Munay-Ki transmissions, the sacred fire serves as a connection. It consumes fuel, and gives warmth and light. Those energies in our lives which no longer are serving us, these can be given to the fire to consume. The new dream we are dreaming, the destiny we are reaching toward, this can be brought to the fire to be nurtured and conveyed to the forces of nature, the divine spirits which support us. And the fire can be brought into our luminous body to warm and germinate these seed-form transmissions, the Munay-Ki rites.

It's good to do a fire ceremony once a month, traditionally on the full moon or new moon. And it can be very simple, taking no more than 3-4 minutes. The important thing about ceremony is to bring your attention to that place of connection -- the sacred. You may want to perform the fire ceremony shortly after meditation, or after doing the breathing exercise and guided work with the archetypes and bands. Allow your attention to come to your self, your own energy, as it resides in your body...

Medicine men and women open sacred space before any ritual : See our post: Rite 2: Healers Rite : Opening Sacred Space..then,

FIRE CEREMONY  Very simple version:

Light a candle or alcohol fire, and take a moment of silent intention for the seeds of the rite to grow. (Try using this alcohol fire. The simple fires that I create indoors are a mixture of one part epsom salts and one part 91% alcohol. Both are easily obtained at a pharmacy.  One tablespoon of each (salt first) in a small stainless steel bowl will make a nice soot free indoor fire that will burn about 5 minutes.)

Now Take a place by the fire and open Personal Sacred Space:

1. Imagine a golden ball of luminous energy a few inches above your head, your eighth chakra.
2. Hold your hands together and raise them above your head to penetrate that golden ball.
3. Rotate your hands so that the palms face outwards
4. Draw this luminous ball outward as your extend your hands first outward and then down around your body in a large sphere that    surrounds your body in a large luminous “bubble”.

Collect and shake, into the fire, the "hucha" that you carry.  Now, let your awareness be with the feeling of the rite you have received.  Looking into the fire with a soft gaze, use your hands to draw the energy of the flame into your body. Draw the energy of fire into your heart, your chakras, or any area of the body that is associated with the rite you are working with.

Draw the energy into your belly, and feed your power band there.  

Pause for a moment and allow the light and warmth of the fire to penetrate into your being.  Invite spirit to germinate the seeds to release their power and beauty.  Spend the time that feels appropriate to you.

 Close personal sacred space by picking up the edges of the luminous bubble that you drew around yourself.  Raise your hands, palms up to gather that golden energy until it is a small golden ball of energy above your head. Invite that ball to penetrate your physical body, using your hands to draw it down into your body starting at the crown of your head.

FIRE CEREMONY  More manifest version:

Open sacred space. That is, honor the fundamental forces of Nature, in the four directions.... acknowledging each direction with a simple "thank you" will suffice, ....then another couple seconds to acknowledge our dear Mother Earth and the infinity of unmanifest creation represented by the sky. Or you may name the archetypal forces and acknowledge their meaning for you. 

For more perspective on the archetypal energies you will be calling on, see the blog:  The Four Archetypes.

Now it's good to have something to contain what you are bringing to the fire. You may have written some things beforehand. You can give that paper to the flames. Often we invoke assistance using the breath. Take a small stick, and blow into it your prayers, needs, desires: What is no longer serving my growth, that I'd like to leave behind? What is the destiny I'm awakening to? What is my prayer for my family and friends? For my community? For Mother Earth? With your breath, give those prayers to that piece of wood, and when you are ready, give it to fire.

And then gather some of the fire's energy and bring it into your luminous body. Reach near to the flames; pull that energy especially to to the energy centers: your abdomen (Llankay, action), your heart (Munay, deep appreciation, unconditional love), and your forehead (Yachay, wisdom, vision).

You may at this point feel gratitude to the fire, to Mother Earth, to all the energies which are here to bless your journey.

As the fire burns down (or, if a candle, is extinguished), close sacred space. Allow and express that gratitude as you release the helpers you have called in, again addressing and thanking the energies represented each of the four directions, Earth and Sky, and within you.

Four Archetypes

From Alberto Villoldo

SERPENT

Each of the archetypal animals exudes a different flavor of energy. In the South serpent symbolizes knowledge, sexuality and healing. Perhaps the most universal archetype, serpent has always represented the healing power of nature. The staff of medicine, or caduceus, is formed by two serpents intertwined around a rod. In the East it is the coiled snake of the Kundalini energy.

Serpent represents the primeval connection to the feminine and thus is a symbol of fertility and sexuality. It symbolizes the essential life force that seeks union and creation. We can summon the creative principle by calling on the archetype of serpent. When I work with a client who has lost her passion for life, who has exhausted her energy and enthusiasm, I connect her with the energies of the South and send her home accompanied by the spirit of serpent. I know that this will rekindle her longing for life.

JAGUAR

The animal of the West is jaguar. It renews and transforms the life of the rain forest. Where serpent represents the power of healing, which is gradual and incremental; jaguar stands for sudden transformation, fire and death. It might seem odd to us that the transforming force in the Universe is also associated with death. That which endured was always changing and renewing itself. That which remained unchanging perished. The Ancient Americans recognized that chaos and order, expansion and contraction, were the natural cycle of life.

We can transform our bodies so that they heal more rapidly and age more elegantly by embodying the forces represented by jaguar. I have grown to believe in the metaphor that we have nine lives, like cats. When we reach the end of one of these lifetimes (other people would call them stages or phases in one’s life), it is important to give the old self a decent burial, and then leap like a jaguar into who we are becoming. Otherwise, we can spend years patching and fixing an old self that we have outgrown.

When I work with a client in crisis, who may feel his life is beyond repair, I send him home with jaguar. Often my client thinks this is only a metaphor. I know that the life-and-death principle represented by the jaguar will assist him to allow those parts of himself that need to die to do so, as well as to regain hope and bring new balance from chaos.

HUMMINGBIRD

In the North direction, hummingbird represents the courage required to embark on an epic journey. Hummingbirds migrate over the Atlantic, traveling every year from Brazil to Canada. When I work with a client who is embarking upon an epic life’s journey, I help her to connect with the energy of hummingbird. Once touched by the energies of this archetype, we are propelled on our own epic journey that eventually leads us back to our source, where our spirit was spawned.

The North energy helps us embark on great journey despite tremendous odds. When there is not enough time, money or know-how for what you are attempting, hummingbird can provide the courage and guidance necessary for success.

EAGLE

The East direction is represented by eagle and condor, who bring vision, clarity, and foresight. Eagle perceives the entire panorama of life without becoming bogged down in its details. The energies of eagle assist us in finding the guiding vision of our lives. The eyes of the condor see into the past and the future, helping to know where we come from, and who we are becoming.

Eagle allows us to rise above the mundane battles that occupy our lives and consume our energy and attention. Eagle gives us wings to soar above trivial day-to-day struggles into the high peaks close to Heaven. Eagle and condor represent the self-transcending principle in nature.

HEAVEN AND EARTH

The final two directions - above and below, represent the masculine and feminine. The shaman summons it to preserve and perpetuate, while understanding that life is a delicate balance between the changing and the unchanging. The Inka believe that the soul has three parts. When people die, one part of their soul (the changing) returns to the Earth, to be reabsorbed into nature and become one with all life. Another part (their power and wisdom) returns to the sacred mountains, and a third part (the unchanging) returns to the Sun.

    * Earth is the receptive and nurturing principle. Its power is to mulch and renew. The summer leaves are turned back into rich soil. When saluting the Earth we acknowledge our relationship with all other life forms, from the trees to the fishes, the birds, and the stones. When saluting the Heavens we acknowledge our star brother and sisters, and we dedicate our healing effort to the Great Spirit, the Creator of all.