Shamanism

Central to my prayer work is calling the spirit back to the heart center. The spirit by its' very nature will "travel the planes", which means as you become aware of things around you, your spirit will move in that direction. Over a period of time, you can lose pieces of your spirit and become depressed and dispirited. Calling the spirit back is a regular practice, for some, a daily affirmation of their power remaining in the center of their being. Once the spirit is in the heart center, we affirm and ask that it removes unwanted forces. These are called intrusions. We also ask that the spirit brings blessing and opens the road between heaven and earth. This type of prayer work is an ongoing process which I include with every reading.

Eric dowsing, August 2011, Burlingame, Ca.

Blackhawk and White Eagle

Blackhawk and White Eagle are two spirit guides incorporated in an earlier spiritualist church. Many mediums in spiritulism had Native American guides. When spiritualism moved to New Orleans, these guides continued to work with some mediums in the traditional ways of spiritualism. They were also uniquely incorporated as spirit energies and worked with hoodoo doctors or conjure workes. Conjure workers follow an African tradition. They often create spirit pots as a focusing tool to communicate to spirits, so now Blackhawk and White Eagle were suddenly being worked through these spirit pots and were facilitating spiritual works such as protection and road opening.

For the past two years, I often find myself working with these spirits. I often get significant omens that seem to come from Blackhawk. The general thinking is, if you are receiving Blackhawk, then you are also receiving White Eagle. They work together.

Deity

At our altar, we both call forth our deity and feed the deity ( give offerings). You can tell by the signs, omens, and overall energy if the deity is truly living in your atmosphere. My buddhist friend, who chants before his altar, you can definitely feel the Buddha . There are some goddess deities that are so intense, they are not called forth inside the house or temple. They are contacted outside, usually underneath a tree. You will learn to recognize when the deity is in your circle. Of course, it is possible to be calling up more spirits than deity. This, too, has a definite feel to it.

Three Secrets

In eastern thinking, three secrets are: mantra, mudra, and mandala.
Mantra is the energy, vibration and the power. Mudra is body position, which also includes breathing, how you sit, and how you hold your hands. Mandala means visualization. These visualizations are often of geometrical patterns, which have meaning to the deeper mind.
Three secrets is the foundation of both spiritual and magical work.
Also called three jewels.
These have a correspondence to head, heart and stomach, which are the three areas of our body and the psychic centers. Head is mental, heart is emotional, and stomach is physical.

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