Greetings
Lets hope you don't have to go through a Shaman initiation period on the manifest pain. Mine was twenty five year of absolute agony and despair with three suicide attempts.
My metaphysical initiation took place on a rocky plateau with a cascading waterfall behind me. I was tied between two horses; the two horses pulled apart before I was whipped to within inches of death then pulled along the ground; tied to one of the horses through a twisting and turning landscape until I came upon a clearing. There I met with the high priestess of their tribe ... I was then fire branded ... and given the title of Shaman and visionary.
At the time it was an extremely lucid OBE. Around twelve months after the 'initiation' my life fell apart and I now am shaman and visionary on earth. But rarely to I broadcast the title or the experiences ...
The blue wolf is a sidhe companion who assists me in my communions and trysts in the underworld.
I am reluctant to recommend souls wander the underworld unguided. The pitfalls are major psychological and sub-conscious changes which ALWAYS manifest on the earth plane bringing periods of great imbalance/hardship and change.Through the extremes in my life I have balanced only to be unbalanced again. I can call myself melchisidek or walker between the worlds ... a shaman in another sense of the world as I can wander into the underworld. To be able to do this you must first find your soul.
It is a tortous path as many of the roles/tasks/journeys for others involve wandering BEYOND death. Constant is the pull of the world of spirit. It would be too easy if I was weak to go with the pull and NEVER return. On several occasions I have succumbed and tried suicide.To be a TRUE white wolf you can have NO bindings; no partner; no family or ties; no fear of death; no inhibitions or preconceptions. Any fear or misconception in your sub-conscious will ALWAYS manifest itself in the underworld ... for the underworld is a reflection of this world. Any hang ups appear and must be faced and passed before venturing through.
You must be pure of mind and in TOTAL control of mind and emotions to wander. Any impurity will bring guardians and sentinels to oppose you. Any dangerous misconceptions will prevent your access to areas of the underworld. Dangerous misconceptions WILL lead you to the land of shade. Only the most powerful magi can return from here unscathed .... fearsome and alien entities can potentially follow into this world and cause total havoc as they will latch themselves undetected in your consciousness .... (IMG:
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This post has been edited by Mr_Merlin: Mar 8 2006, 09:26 PM