Episode 9: My Travels Through The Mojave In 2023

 

Thank you for watching.

Regards,

Dan

Episode 8: 03-15-2025 Drum Journey - Giza Plateau and Ancestors (Video)

 

Model of the Great Pyramid at Giza

Amber incense from India

I asked my guide Charlie (big raven, very wise) to help me talk with the Great Pyramid at Giza today.

It was interesting. The Pyramid was a very old spirit. It thought of me as an infant.

The Pyramid was talking to and through the black hole Sagittarius A at the center of the Milky Way. 

Apparently, there are ancient Pyramids on planets all over the galaxy that are communication and energy channels. 

The Pyramid had little to say to me. I'm too young and uninteresting to it.

My guide Charlie told me that the Sphinx is an interesting character, but we didn't get to talk to it today. 

I spoke with my Sicilian grandmother a bit. We were in our old kitchen from when I was a child. She told me that a time was coming where we would have to learn to grow things like the spices she used to grow outside our kitchen window.

She also said Mom was doing better, but that she'd had a really rough exit.

Nono has apparently moved on to his next incarnation.

Aunt Felicia popped in briefly, just to say hello.

I have to admit, I have a tough time focusing on the journey while I'm drumming.  I feel distracted, somehow. It's easier for me to journey if someone else is doing the drumming.

Rune Casting: 03-15-2025: Past = Mannaz, inverted. Present = Sowilo. Future = Kenaz. Obstacle = Othila sideways.

Past: Mannaz inverted - Mankind, the Self, Friends, Enemies, The Social Order. (I see this as society not being on the same page I'm on, not seeing the same big picture as I do.)

Present: Sowilo - The Sun, Success, Goals Realized, Honor. (I see this as some successes I've had at work and in my personal life)

Future: Kenaz - Torch, Vision, Revelation, Creativity, Technical Ability. (I see this as both learning new skills at work, and as getting better at my chosen spiritual path - which is uniquely my own.)

Obstacle: Othala, sideways - Heirlooms, Heritage, Land of Birth. (I see this as the utter chaos the USA is being subjected to. It's like the country I grew up in is being dismantled, torched, axed, and sledgehammered. It will need rebuilding.)

03-15-2025 Runecasting - DS

Dan

03-15-2025 Episode 7: Rain Falling On Raven - Shamanic Journey Meditation

 Shamanic Journeying, what I consider a very spiritual and ancient form of guided meditation, is a great way to get answers from the universal subconscious mind that we all share. 

I prefer to enter an altered state - "non-ordinary reality" in shamanic tradition - by using monotonous, droning drumming. This is a classic tool for entering a trance state. It also doesn't involve substances most societies are not willing to let pass. 

Of course, there's more to journeying than I can cover in this video. This will get you started. There are many books, magazines, and other materials on shamanic journey work. I encourage you to read up on the topic. However, actually practicing it is often the best way to begin learning.

I've included three drum sessions with call-backs here, back-to-back. A lot of people fall asleep on the first try or two. It's natural, especially when most of us don't get nearly enough sleep in modern times. If that happens, roll with it, and continue trying. You'll get there eventually, and get a good power nap or three in the process.

Note: A shaman's drum is often called their "spirit horse." They ride the sound of the drum into the Otherworld. In shamanism, inanimate objects have spirits just as much as people and animals do. A drum is a special spirit, and a shaman's trusted friend.

Find somewhere quiet and comfortable, lie down, and listen.