The Inca shaman’s mesa or medicine body is a group of sacred stones or q’uiyas that serve as both as an anchor to the earth and as a gateway to the spirit world. A mesa’s capacity to hold power or energy is a function of the relationship between the shaman and pachamama. Shaman’s serve sacred experience with pachamama, and one of the ways they do this is through caring for their mesa. A shaman’s relationship with a mesa is an act of love. Like tending to any living being, it needs to be fed, purified, tended to in ayni, in right relationship. As a shaman’s relationship with their mesa grows their spiritual and emotional connection grows as well. The form of a mesa stone needs to be unified and complete. It is important that the stone is not be chipped or with pieces missing, as they must be capable of holding energy.Q’uiya stones are imprinted with information that a shaman learns to access as their knowledge and understanding of the q’uiya deepens.

A mesa is an expression of nature.  Each of the sacred stones are organically woven together to form a rich tapestry connecting pachamama, the shaman’s energetic body, and the spirit world. In order for the power, or capacity to hold energy to grow, not only does the shaman need to be in ayni with the q’uiyas. the q’uiya need to be balanced, aligned, and in harmony with each other. This dynamic relationship between q’uiya stones occurs either as a union of opposites balancing masculine and feminine energy, or through an alignment of similar energy. Mesas usually develop specific arrangements of stones so that energetically, everything is working together.

Q’uiya stones each have energetic vibration that resonates at a certain frequency depending on their natural qualities. For example, a q’uiya that holds the feminine energy of a lagoon hidden deep in an Amazon rain forest has a deeper and slower frequency than an q’uiya holding the powerful masculine energy of the wind. Although the energetic properties of these stones are very different they can complement each other in a way that brings strength, unity and added dimension. Energetically, a balanced mesa is similar to an orchestra. The energetic expression of the q’uiyas combined creates a symphony of power and wholeness.

The Institute of Noetic Sciences™, was established by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell as a nonprofit research, education, and membership organization for the purpose of supporting individual and collective transformation through consciousness research, educational outreach, and engaging a global learning community in the realization of our human potential. IONS™ conducts, sponsors, and collaborates on leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness, exploring phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor.   The Institute’s primary program areas are consciousness and healing, extended human capacities, and emerging worldviews

http://www.noetic.org/about/vision/

November  

11/15 – 12/12 – Online Course 4, Flight of the Seventh Moon Series, Firs That Falls From The Sky Shield,

Registration begins mid October.

11/27 – Tuesday, 9-10 am (Pacific Time) Kindred Spirits, Radio Show.

Join Lynn for her monthly radio show with a wide variety of Guests on all kinds of subjects.

www.HealthLife.net

December  

11/28 – 12/1 (Wednesday-Saturday) Hawaii Retreat, Lynn’s 14th Annual Retreat for Rest, Relaxation and Renewal for Shamans on the Big Island of Hawaii, ‘Capturing Dreams – Bringing Your Power to Life’

12/25 – Tuesday, 9-10 am (Pacific Time) Kindred Spirits, Radio Show. Join Lynn for her monthly radio show with a wide variety of Guests on all kinds of subjects.

www.HealthLife.net  (pre-recorded)

There is a distinct difference between preserving the wisdom of an indigenous culture and keeping it alive and active in modern culture. A core theme of our work at ARI is to keep the vital wisdom of the Andean traditions alive and at work in the world today. People have often asked me if I mean that we’re working to be like the traditional culture, to live as they lived. The answer is ‘not quite’. Our forms of life in the modern world are new and more complex; the scale at which we live and need to problem solve is new. In other words, the form of a culture always changes. The wisdom base, however, is meant to live on and increase in depth and power, creating much more benefit than we realize is possible. The wisdom base that exists in indigenous cultures is human wisdom; it is our experiential knowledge and unique recording of the very principles of creation thriving that we’ve used age after age – until our modern age, that is. We tend to dismiss indigenous wisdom as primitive, perhaps interesting, but not really relevant for our world. Why would we throw away, or ‘forget’ or devalue all of that wisdom?

The wisdom base of the Andean traditions contains something magical and at the same time absolutely essential for us in the modern world. It contains a very pure expression of the basic principles of consciousness itself. In fact, the knowledge of the organizing principles held in the Andean traditions is one of the first and most elegant expressions of the physics of the universe that includes human consciousness. I tell my students that the Andean traditions have been holding this knowledge for us; they are gifting it to us now, because we are intended to be the stewards of this wisdom in our age. This wisdom shows us how to reclaim our capacity for collectivity, for universal love, for limitless creativity without waste. Don Manuel Quispe, a powerful altomesayoq and leader of the Q’ero nation in his lifetime, always said that we modern people have no choice but to allow ourselves to be reclaimed by the collective. In order to do this, we need to release to collective consciousness, and this is what the Andean traditions hold for us – the ‘manual’ on consciousness itself!

Over the next few months, we’ll be posting a series of blogs to share with you some of the principles and core teachings of the Andean traditions. Our hope is that you will be able to feel the teachings, that they will change your awareness, feed your imagination and your heart, and perhaps provide you with new visions of thriving in life.

By Marti Spiegelman MFA

ARI board member

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“The two-volume set, “An Encyclopedia of Shamanism,” is a gem. Christina does the “heavy lifting” by cross-culturally researching the various aspects of shamanism, providing it in an easy-to-use reference format. This is an important contribution to the existing body of shamanic literature. Christina’s first-hand knowledge developed through direct experience with shamanic initiation, ceremony, and practice has given her in depth understanding and accuracy in presenting the material – making it easily accessible to novices as well as valuable for more advanced students.  Well done!”

http://youtu.be/TXEjkOzkkTo

“Sandra Ingerman is one of the great shamanic teachers living in the West today. Her seminal book “Shamanic Journeying” is a practical and comprehensive guide to learning how to engage with the other worlds. As always, she writes from the heart and brings what she is writing about to life in the every day world –  in a way that is profound and with good common sense.This book is a must for anyone seriously interested in shamanism.”

www.sandraingerman.com

“What we need to do is allow magic to get hold of us is to banish doubts from our minds. One our doubts are banished anything is possible.” (C. Castaneda, “The power of Silence” in The Wheel of Time. 1998, p.276).

A number of years ago when I was studying painting and learning about composition, my favorite professor told me that to create interest in a painting you must create tension. He said that one way of creating tension is to give the viewer a hint of something they cannot see. A face with eyes subdued in shadow holds a viewer’s attention longer than a face where everything is obvious. It is even more interesting when the viewer’s eyes have to travel around the canvas to get to the point of interest. He said that it is an inherent human trait to want what we cannot have because we are curious, and this is what creates interest in a painting. At the time, I realized his statement contained a universal truth that was relevant to life in general. As I think back to our conversation, I realize that he was talking about the phenomenon of being drawn to the veil of the unknown.

Entering the veil between ordinary and non-ordinary reality is an engagement with the unconscious. It is something mysterious, always beyond our control, and slightly beyond our reach. It can be permeable at times and impenetrable at others. The veil is illusive; it is there once, and then, in the next minute, we are searching for it, reminding ourselves that it exists and trying to remember what it feels like. Being in the veil can feel strangely comfortable and familiar, like a long lost home one has found again in a dream. Other times the veil is confusing, disorienting, and perhaps even seductive as it takes the form of a web of illusion. These fluctuations occur because the veil is energy. It is alive and, like the unconscious, it is vast, intelligent, and alien.

We are called through this Conference & Gathering to be humble again, to be innocent again, to surrender and return to our place within the family that calls to us and open the path to the Descendants who will inherit what we create.   Morning Meditations – Healing Circles – Shamanic Smything – Sacred Ceremonies – Workshops – Teachings – Shamans Market

http://circleofgreatmystery.com/web/2013.html

Q’ero Women’s Health Fund

Dona Ramosa, the wife of the pampa mesayoq, Don Francisco is in the hospital and Q’ero WOMEN”S HEALTH FUND  is taking a collection to help the family with medical expenses. She has a very large uterine tumor the size of a football that needs immediate care.

Please  write mail@wiraqochafoundation.org  to make a donation and write in the memo that you would like the donation to go to Dona Ramosa/Q’ero WOMEN”S HEALTH FUND. If you prefer you can also send a check to:

Wiraqocha Foundation/Q’ero Women’s Health Fund,  PO BOX 500 Naalehu, HI 96772.

THANK YOU!

Elizabeth Junkins

PS: I will be offering a special INKA INTENSIVE in HAWAII DECEMBER 15-22 to enjoy the Dec 21 alignment together.  All profits from this workshop will go to Q’ero Women’s fund. We are doing a special discounted rate of $995 this includes teaching fees, shared housing on our organic farm, orchard breakfast and lunch for those signing up by Halloween! Normal price (price after Oct 31) is $1495

mail@wiraqochafoundation.org