Summer Solstice Part 2

Last night, Saturday, I drove up to the Parowan Gap sacred site to do my solstice ceremony as the sun was going down.  Today, Sunday, is listed as the actual event with even an announcement in our local paper, so I thought I would have the place to myself.  Not so, as there were a lot of people there spread around near their campers and on folding camp chairs.  Not a problem, as that area is quite large with room for everyone.

My first order of business was to find a place to bury the medicine bundle that I had prepared earlier in the day.  I do this for every Summer Solstice to honor the life giving light of our Sun, and to call in the monsoon rains.  The native tribes in the southwest did this also, as they were dry land farmers that depended on the seasonal rains to water their crops. 

On my wandering to find a suitable spot, I stopped at a curious place that I found last year.  I didn’t know what this was until I looked it up when I got home.  Turns out that this is a geocache that people find using GPS.  There are millions of these all over the world.  It is like a treasure hunting game where people leave items in the container at that location and keep track of where they find these.  Fun! It looks like there is an orb in the pink area at the 3 o'clock position in this first photo.

I proceeded to bury my medicine bundle under a juniper tree, and then waited for the sun to go down.  A party atmosphere was happening, with late comers driving up, friends greeting friends, and children having a good time.  I also took the opportunity to do some sun gazing as I called the energy of the sun into my body.  I asked to be ignited on every level, physical and spiritual.  BTW—apparently the half hour before the sun sets is a good time to do this on any day. 

Here is the progression of the solstice sunset.  It has been windy here this week, with a lot of dust blowing around, and with a forest fire west of Cedar City, so the sunset was orangey

If you would still like to do a ceremony, it is not too late.  With the 5 day solstice window, you have at least until Tuesday.  Use this opportunity to ignite any aspect of your life that needs this energy!  I will be doing my bowl burning tonight to keep the energy going.

Summer Solstice

 

This weekend will see the longest day and the Summer Solstice.  Of course, those of you in the southern hemisphere will experience the Winter Solstice, which is probably the most auspicious day of the year.  Just a heads up if you would like to do some sort of ceremony in the next few days.  The solstices have a 5 day window for this, and luckily we have the whole weekend to celebrate!  

I plan on going out to the Parowan Gap sacred site some time in the next few days, depending on the weather and cloud cover, and will post again after that.  The photo above is of some of the rock art from this very special place.  

So if you do a bowl burning, a bon fire, or just absorbing the sun at sunset or sunrise,  set your intention that the nurturing rays of the sun permeate your whole being.  Time to recharge your batteries!  More later.

Cedar City Paiute Powwow

Yesterday, I attended the annual Paiute Tribes of Utah Restoration Gathering here in Cedar City.  Informally, it is called a powwow, but apparently that term is not really acceptable anymore!  There are 19 Paiute tribes in the US, mainly located in the western states.  We have 2 tribes in Utah, and our local one consists of 5 bands with a total membership of less than 1000.  Nevertheless, they put on a great show and I am always happy to attend.  I really appreciate the respect and honor that the tribal members regard each other with during these events.  The harmonious energy there is impressive.  

For me, the best aspects of any powwow are the regalia and listening to the beat of the drums.  It is a very sensory experience.  The beat of the drum puts me into an altered state quickly! Here is a brief video of one of the drum groups that supported the dancers. I stayed back so as not to intrude.  

 

 The regalia is gorgeous, with intricate bead work, fringe, feathers and stitching.  

More photos and videos.

So there you have it. Even though the day was warm,  the event appeared to be very successful.  I really have to give all of those dancers credit for  performing in their heavy regalia in the heat.  That takes true dedication.

Dialoging with a Monolith

 

This morning, I went over to where the monolith is located down the hill from my house.  I wrote a post about discovering it in the fall, and sad to say, I have not visited it since.  Life has gotten so busy!  So today was the day, and I wanted to go there before it got too hot outside.

The first order of business was to do an energetic check on it.  For this, I had my pendulum on hand.  I walked around its perimeter letting the pendulum swing.  For me, a clockwise motion indicates positive energy.  The energy field extended out from the monolith’s surface by about 10 feet all around, more or less.  That was a good sign.

Next, I checked the grounding of this massive stone.  It was very well anchored with a grounding cord that went down and connected to the core of the earth.  I would have been surprised if it wasn’t in that state. 

Even though the monolith was well anchored and was radiating energy out and around it, there was no perceptible energy above it.  In other words, no energy from the top going upwards and connecting to higher dimensions.

There was also no “personality” or conscious energy—unlike the monoliths at sacred sites that all have some kind of energy and a story to tell.  It had been left alone for a long time without any outside interaction.  Clearly someone had taken the time to set it up and create a garden like setting for it, so it had been honored at some point. 

I then brought higher dimensional energy down and anchored it into the top of the monolith and then through it all the way to the core of the earth.  When I laid my hands on its surface, I could feel energetic buzzing on my palms.  That was a very good sign!

So who knows what the future will bring for this magnificent stone.  My aim is to wake it up and perhaps start some sort of dialog with it.  As I write this, I am wondering if this was the process by which ancient peoples worked with massive stones that they placed on highly energized spots on their land.  I have encountered many of those in my travels, and they all have a story to tell! 

Treading Water

 

So I am finally feeling mostly back after the disastrous trip to Turkey.  I say mostly because I feel like I am just floating through life and treading water.  It’s like I arrived back home into another place and time.  Perhaps the very powerful vortex/portal at Gobekli Tepe has had a permanent effect.  Later today I will be walking our local labyrinth, which is also a very powerful experience, often with interesting revelations as a result!  BTW—I have had these feelings at other times after experiencing a portal or powerful vortex outside or at sacred sites.  I just have to get used to the “new me”! 

Since coming back, I have been reading a book entitled “Anunnaki Revelation” by Heather Lynn, Ph.D.  If you are at all interested in the time when humanity went from hunter gatherers to an agrarian society, it is a must read.  Gobekli Tepe was created by hunter gatherers when the peoples in that area were turning to agriculture.

The book’s focus is on the area around present day Iraq and what is considered the cradle of civilization of Mesopotamia.  Many of their “gods” were depicted in their stone carving artwork.  We are talking about the Anunnaki, the Sumerians and the Assyrians.  The Anunnaki in particular were credited with bringing the skills of agriculture, animal husbandry, healing arts, mathematics, and all sorts of advanced skills to the people at that time.  Bur how did they do this?

Heather Lynn posits that these “gods” were possibly not beings walking the earth but that they were contacted through altered states of consciousness by the adepts of that time.  The information was transmitted to those adepts who then taught the populous those skills.  That would explain the missing link between hunting and agriculture, as the transition was pretty sudden with very little gradual transition.         

The altered states were achieved  by the use of the opium poppy, which is featured prominently in the temple art of that time.  I am also assuming that the people back then were much more right brained and intuitive, and that the left brain was actually not as fully developed as it is now.  Ancient people all over the world used plant medicine to achieve these altered states, from ayahuasca, to cacao, to mushrooms and ergot on wheat. 

How can we achieve these states now so that we can receive this kind of advanced information?  Of course you can indulge in the above substances, but there are much safer ways via daily deep meditation and sound.  From 2010 to 2013 I took 8 workshops at the Monroe Institute in Virginia.  Each guided exercise was accompanied by a Hemi-Sync sound track that put one into an altered state.  These sound tracks balanced the brain hemispheres and put one into the Theta brain wave state.  During these workshop exercises,  one was to lie down in their check unit with their headphones on, and then journal after the exercise was finished.  After a few of these, I was getting so much information that I sat up instead and wrote continuously during the exercise instead of afterwards.

During one of the exercises, I received very firm and loud guidance to use what I was receiving to create my latest healing modality, which I named Quantum Sphere Healing.  At the time I felt that this was guidance from my Higher Self, but now I am not so sure.  Could I have made contact with the advanced beings that were directing the evolution of humanity?  Perhaps!

Further on, they developed sound tracks that put one into the Gamma state, which is much faster vibrationally than Theta.  They developed SAM  Music and Monroe Sound Science tracks which are available for purchase on their web site www.monroeinstitute.org.  I now use Gamma sound tracks in my healing modality.

Anyway, if you are interested in this very fascinating chapter of humanity, I would highly recommend Heather Lynn’s book.  I am only half way through, and undoubtedly there is much more to learn as I read on.