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Subject: FW: [globalnews] The Mythos of
Consciousness and Shamanic Healing
The Mythos of
Consciousness
Wednesday
October 2
Earth~Shaman
Articles, Insights and Ravings
By
Jade
Wah'oo Grigori
Autumn Equinox ~ 2002
The Mythos of Consciousness
"The question to ask of Myth is not 'Is it real?' but rather
'Does it work?'"
~Joseph Campbell
Myth is the reality of the
Soul, just as History is the reality of the day-to-day linear world. Mythos is
the topography, or cosmology, of the Soul. The terrain of our Soul is
determined by our dreams and aspirations, trials and triumphs being played out
upon the fields of consciousness.
We humans have three primary
mythologies by which we live.
The Family of Origin Paradigm is that we
are who we are and act as we act because of our cultural orientation, the
imprinting received from our families and the psychological responses we have
acquired in reaction to the love, encouragement, tragedies and traumas of our
life. These factors, being woven into the fabric of our inherent genetic
make-up, create the expression of who we, as individuals, are in our own
unique life, emotions, beliefs and worldviews. This mythic perspective is the
agreement we accept when we enter therapy or engage in self-awareness
programs. We seek to alter our behavior through making changes in our
emotional response systems by coming to an understanding of why we act and
feel the way we do.
The Biochemical Paradigm states that our actions
and behaviors, our states of consciousness, are predetermined by the degree of
proper chemical balances within our brain, endocrine system and organs. Our
behaviors and emotional states and thoughts can be affected through the
introduction of the necessary chemicals into the organism, chemicals which
will promote balance mentally, physically and emotionally. Within this
mythology we find modern drug therapy, utilizing antidepressants, mood
elevators, antibiotics, painkillers and antacids. Also under the umbrella of
the Biochemical Paradigm are the intake of vitamins, hormone replacements, and
the whole panoply of supplements we ingest to create a more healthy state of
being. This arena includes nutritional therapy, herbal remedies and
health-conscious eating.
The Spiritual Paradigm suggests that we, as
spiritual beings, are Spirit in manifest form and that the experiences of our
lives are a synchronistic expression of congruent spiritual intent. In this
spiritual mythology we are considered to be a part of a greater whole that is
seeking the maintenance of harmony and balance through our ever-expanding
awareness of choice.
Biochemical alterations of psycho-physiological
states of consciousness do not stand separate from the spiritual, however, nor
can purely psychological states be divorced from a healthy spiritual
attunement. In this vein, self-administered psychotropics, such as caffeine,
nicotine, hallucinogens or opiates are attempts to recreate an experience of
integration with a greater whole, the abuse of these being a spiritual quest
gone awry. And we know that the development of an integrated emotional and
mental outlook will promote a healthy spiritual outlook in life as well as a
healthier immune system.
The basis of Shamanism arises from a deep
ecology of Spirit providing a unique synthesis of these three paradigms,
partaking of each, the psychological, biochemical and spiritual, in a measured
and appropriate balance responsive to the requirement of the individual's or
situation's need. The Shamanic paradigm is free of the dogma and doctrine that
is observed in the stand-alone position held by the institutionalized
viewpoint that comes from over-investment in a particular worldview.
Shamanism's approach acknowledges that the integrity of the whole being is a
multidimensional dance that is an ever changing dynamic emanating from the
spiritual through the psycho-physiological experience.
The Shamanic
approach perceives the spiritual functions that underlie, as a basis, all
resultant mental, emotional and physical states of being. In order to most
fully comprehend the meaning of the term 'spiritual' requires that we
investigate its significance in Shamanic mythology. In order for this to be
accomplished an investigation into the supportive phenomena and principles of
Shamanic reality are called for.
Life Force, in its concentrated and
highly charged state, is what we refer to Shamanically as Power. The operative
principles of Power specify that when there are two fields of Life Force the
one that has the lesser intensity of charge will flow towards the field with a
greater dynamic charge, or intensity. A secondary feature of Power is that it
flows along the path of Attention. When Attention is aligned with Intent,
Power flows along the path of Attention and makes manifest that Intent.
Thirdly, a field of Life Force resonates with the frequencies that it
intercepts. The greater the intensity/charge the field carries, the more
pronounced is the resonate response. The application of these underlying
principles is the basis of effective manifestation, or prayer.
Spirit
requires an embodied presence of Power to be anchored and present here in the
World. As an example, YOU qualify. You are embodied and are endowed with Life
Force, allowing for Spirit to be present in expression. But what is meant by
'Spirit'? Spirit, in Shamanic usage, is frequency. Frequency is that which
moves, vibrates. I am referring here to light. Light is a frequency, sometimes
a waveform and sometimes a particle, depending on the intent of the
participant. When we refer to the Spirit of a particular star, or plant, or
feature of the landscape, we are acknowledging its unique frequency pattern, a
pattern that carries information about that entity.
When Light/Spirit
interacts with a field of Life Force it transmits its frequency pattern to
that field. As we each are resonating at the unique frequency of our own
Spirit, the impaction of another frequency into our field alters our
consciousness, if even only briefly. Should we place our Attention upon that
presence come into our field of consciousness, we establish a connection with
that Spirit. Its Power, or Life Force, then flows into us in an interactive
manner. We have established relationship with the Spirit of that entity,
integrating its frequency into our own.
Some interactions of Spirits
within our field of consciousness produce desirable advances, while others may
be disagreeable. Using the metaphor of color, when we mix blue and red
together a pleasant purple is the result. If, however, we mix together red and
green, a muddy brown results. Whereas we may cherish the beautiful
introduction of purple into our consciousness, it is safe to say that none of
us would wish to spread a muddy brown into our field of awareness. There is no
placement of judgment upon red or green, only the recognition that they don't
mix well together.
The specific spiritual imprint of a culture, carried
forth in genetic resonance through the generations, creates a field of
awareness that is recognizable and distinct to that culture and its members.
Utilizing the color metaphor still, if one particular culture is resonating in
the blue range, the introduction of a spiritual resonance attuned to the red
spectrum will have a beneficial effect. For another culture, resonating in the
metaphoric field of green, the introduction of that same spectral red would be
disastrous. So it is that for one culture the spiritual resonance of another
culture's icons may be highly beneficial, or it may disable the affected
culture like a virus. Examples of this are evident. The introduction of the
Owl Spirit in a European society's mythos, for example, brings with it an
endowment of knowledge. Try bringing that same Owl Spirit into many Native
American cultures and the result is illness and death. To understand this
enables one to release the judgments that it is the Owl itself that is 'good'
or 'bad', or, conversely, that the negatively affected tribal peoples are
somehow just superstitious and fearful while the positively affected peoples
are enlightened. Neither is true. Another example can be seen in different
peoples' reaction to alcohol. For the ancient Greeks wine was a Spirit
worshipped, whereas for the Irish the Alcohol Spirit (hmmm·) is highly
deleterious.
It is important to understand that Spirit is pure, simply
a frequency. There is no such thing as an evil Spirit. All Spirit simply IS.
Soul, however, can be corrupted, as Soul is comprised of a resonate-capable
field of Life Force and this field may become dissonant and disruptive to the
consciousness of the body/mind/emotions with the introduction of a
life-negative impact, such as experienced in trauma and
violation.
Bringing this exploration into the arena of individual
experience, we can now begin to look at the dynamics of spiritual reality as
it applies to our state of being and consciousness. Specifically, how our
relationships with the Spirits are accountable for our state of being and how
the mythos of our consciousness, the topography of our Soul, drives our
thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
Consider that the Soul is our Life
Force field contained within the physical form of the body. In its neutral
non-affected state it resonates simply at the frequency pattern of our own
individual Spirit. The imprint of another's Spirit, such as a parent, spouse
or antagonist, alters that resonance. We now experience ourselves in reference
to that other person. The alteration may be pleasant and supportive or fraught
with agitation and anxiety. When we find that we are in a state of exaltation
when connected with a person, it is a consequence of spiritual interaction and
the resultant mutual transfer of vital force between the two parties that
accounts for the altered state we are experiencing. And, when we experience
agitation in the presence and interaction with another, it is again due to
this transfer of vital force, though the frequency of the soul force of that
person is detrimental to our equilibrium. It is in the understanding of the
nature of Spirit that we can bring to resolution the disruption that is
experienced in relationship with another.
There are non-corporeal
forces, emanations, really, of Light/Spirit that are transcendent of our human
frequency pattern. One we may call Forgiveness, another Compassion, amongst
the many such frequencies available. By placing our Attention upon a
particular emanation we are able then to incorporate its frequency into our
own Soul. When we place our Attention upon the emanation of Forgiveness, for
example, we incorporate forgiveness into our own resonate field. As we then
forgive ourselves the guilt or shame we may hold in reference to another
person, or the archetype which that person represents in our consciousness,
the dissonance is re-tuned, like a guitar string which has become over-taut
brought back into pitch. Compassion, likewise, retunes the frequency, which is
being broadcast by another, as it enters our field so that we are able to
experience the pure frequency of that person's Spirit.
Stars and
planets each have their own frequency pattern, or Spirit. When we hold our
Attention upon that celestial body we receive its imprint into our Soul. Star
groupings, that is, constellations, produce a symphonic response within us.
Experiential references of humanity's relationship with these night sky Beings
have been compiled into the various systems of astrology. Shamanic Astrology
undertakes the experiential investigations of how these relationships with our
starry relatives activate the specific archetypal expressions within the Soul,
both individually and collectively. As the stars and planets wheel about our
sky performing incredibly complex interactive dances between themselves the
resultant symphonic harmonics created are also expressed from within the
deepest sources of our Soul as recognizable impulses, processes and structures
of consciousness. Just as our cultures determine to a large degree the lay of
the land of our inner worlds and so set the field of resonance for each person
of that culture and how any spiritual influence will interact for good or ill,
the seasons of our birth, astrologically referred to as the 'signs', act as an
innate resonance of field which modifies the particular manner of how we
respond to the integration of the frequency of the celestial beings we call
stars and planets. Literally, the topography of our Soul is inscribed and
molded by these celestial forces and events.
Within this realm of the
Soul the further creation of the mythos of consciousness is formulated through
our chosen interactions with the Spirits of the natural world about us. When
we retreat to 'our spot' in the forest, upon the shore or in the desert,
wherever that special place is for us each, we find a comfort and peace which
is not definable simply by the phenomena of environs and place. There is that
'special something' there, and only for us. We have been touched by the Spirit
of that place. Literally. Those of us who are Earth Peoples actively engage
the Spirits of specific trees, springs, rock spires, animals and places. The
mutual relationship established with the Spirits of the Earth brings a
resonant benefit to both the Spirits and us. Remember that we, too, are
Spirit, and that they, the other Spirits, seek relationship with us as well.
We are not apart from nature; rather we are a part of nature. The personal
value of these types of relationships with the Spirits is that their frequency
interacting with our own provides us with unique capabilities, or gifts. When
we have relationship with a particular animal Spirit the resultant frequency
harmonization may activate our ability to 'see' in the deep and dark recesses
of the Soul, thereby enabling us to assist those who are in need of a clear
and unbiased view of what the dynamics within their own psyche are. When we
make relationship with certain mountains that are weather generators we are
able to utilize that relationship to alter weather patterns. The Spirit of an
herb may awaken knowledge within us that had been beyond our ken and reckoning
prior to the weaving of the plant's presence within our own.
Not all
presences of Spirit need be made manifest within our own body. Power can be
stored within ceremonial objects such as drums, rattles, icons and other
implements. By providing a body in the form of the ceremonial item and
empowering it, by holding constant Attention upon the Intent of Power
remaining contained within that item, it is possible then to call a Spirit
into that item. This is not as easy as it may sound in reading, for one must
continually, 24 hours a day for the duration of the icons active life, hold
that Attention! However, when one who is capable of so doing, and does so, the
ceremonial item then becomes alive, the residing place, the home, for the
Spirit that has agreed to so embody.
We all hold natural and innate
relationships with a variety of Spirits. These resonate forces of creation we
may refer to as Luck, Abundance, Kindness, Peace, Integrity, Safety, etc.
Throughout human history we have recognized these elemental forces, given them
names, revered them as deities, housed them in icons, referred to them as
saints, angels and spirits. The archetypal nature of a given animal, element,
object or aspect of creation becomes the resonating chamber for the specific
frequency that is being sung through it by the Force of like nature. Some
examples of this would be the Winds; the East Wind carries with it Knowledge,
the South Wind brings Opportunity, West Wind receives from us our toxic or
discordant emanations while the North Wind sends us Healing. These are but a
few of many.
When a person holds themselves in an open-frequency state,
such as Appreciation, then the Spirit of any given Wind, in this example, is
able to transfer it's charge and frequency into our field. If a person holds
themselves in Arrogance, Opportunity will be unable to integrate within their
presence. Should that person hold a mindset of rigid left-brain scientific
empiricism as being the only model of investigation, Knowledge is disabled
from awakening within them.
In Shamanic diagnosis the practioner looks
to see (or sense, or feel or hear) which Spirit has been driven away by the
client's behavior and beliefs. Assisting the client to release the inhibiting
frequency pattern allows the beneficial frequency, or Spirit, that had been
repulsed, to now inhabit, or integrate, into the field of consciousness of
that person. The consequence is a reestablishment and fulfillment of that
frequency specific expression in their life.
In this manner the
Shamanic paradigm partakes of the spiritual essence of the therapeutic
requirement, that of relinquishing the element that is being held in
obstruction of wholeness. This operation is done purely at the level of
quantum reality rather than within the psychological realm. At the same time,
by bringing a needed Spirit into relationship with the person seeking
assistance, the requirement of the biochemical model to replace what has been
missing is fulfilled. The regenerative function of Shamanic treatment, usually
through ceremony, surges through into the manifest realms of emotive feeling,
mental thoughts and beliefs and physical renewal.
When one has been
struggling for wholeness without apparent success, when one has been doing one
thing without sufficient result, it may be time to change one's approach. The
value of any particular Myth is not our investment in it's being the
one-and-only truth, but simply·. Does it work? If it is no longer working,
change paradigms. I offer these perspectives from a Shamanic viewpoint as an
alternative, an option that has worked on behalf of humanity since the Dawn of
our Emergence. From the Mythos of Consciousness our world will emerge. May
yours be a joyful world!
The offerings
expressed herein are in the spiritual and intellectual caretakership of Jade
Wah'oo Grigori and may not be reproduced in any form without written consent.
Written consent is hereby given to distribute this article, non-commercially,
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Written by Jade Wah'oo Grigori, 9/22/02
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