As I have previously mentioned, I joined a Sunday Meditation
group here in Cedar City. We lost our
indoor space in March because of the Covid 19 issues, and were meeting outside
until it got too hot. I then suggested
that we meet at my house, and we have been meeting here for several weeks
now. Since it has been very hot here, we
decided to do yesterday’s meditation outdoors up in the mountains where it is
much cooler.
I suggested that we go up to the top of Brian Head Mountain,
which is about 40 minutes away and is at 11,300’ in elevation. There is a stone shelter at the top that was
built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. It made a perfect place to do ceremony
So off we went in 2 cars.
I brought all of the supplies for the ceremony, another person brought
sage bundles for everyone, and a third brought sandwiches, chips and a
cake. It was a party in the making! Since this is a somewhat popular destination
because of the elevation and the 360° views, we knew that we wouldn’t have
the place all to ourselves, but once we got there and occupied the shelter, no
one bothered us.
The ceremony was as follows.
I passed out white flowers to everyone as offerings to the mountain. Then, after we all grounded and expanded our
core essence, I called on the spirit of Brian Head Apu to be with us. In Peruvian traditions, the local Apu is the
guide and guardian for all who live in its vicinity, so I asked on behalf of
everyone participating that we accept the spirit of this mountain as our guide
and guardian, and that this mountain accept us in turn.
At this point, as I rattled to keep all of us in an altered state
of consciousness, the vortex at the top of the mountain began to show itself in
the center of the group. To me, it
looked like a white tornado, and to another person there, it looked like a
brilliant white flame coming up from the ground. Our group energetic vessel then merged with
this vortex, and I asked everyone there to let go of any heavy energy that they
were carrying into the vortex as a cleansing exercise. Interesting that all the while we were there,
there were people coming and going, but no one bothered us.
After the cleansing, I instructed everyone to leave the
shelter and find a place where they could do their own personal communion and
merging with the spirit of the Apu. After
they left their flowers as an offering and a thank you, they could pick up a
stone to take home to use as an ongoing connection to their guardian
mountain. It was pretty windy up there,
and I suspect that we were also being cleansed by the spirit of the wind, wayra.
After everyone came back from their personal part of the
ceremony, we had snacks. This kind of
activity can make you hungry for sure, and food can help get you get back into your
body. Because of the wind, it was a
challenge to keep the food and everything else from blowing away.
When I was living in Colorado, I was connected to the spirit
of Hesperus Peak as my local Apu. When
one moves out of an area, the local Apu must be released before a new one is
connected to. I did that at the end of
last September, leaving a thank you medicine bundle at the foot of the
mountain. When I drove over to Cedar City a few weeks later, the first thing I did was to drive up to the top of Brian Head Mountain the day before I started
house hunting. At that time, I left
a medicine bundle at the top. I have to
say that those 2 weeks when I did not have the protection and guardianship of a
mountain felt kind of empty to me.
Today, I woke up really early to take a walk around the
neighborhood before it got too hot outside.
Even as I write this, I am still feeling the heightened energy of the day
before. It does feel like I am still in
an altered state of consciousness. The
spirit of the Apu is now residing firmly in my heart. Everyone had a positive experience. I don’t think that any of them had
experienced any kind of ceremony like that, and I am looking forward to creating
more sacred events.
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