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16AJournalofContemporaryShamanismVOLUME7ISSUE2FALL2014serveaseducationaltoolstoaccustomchildrentotheparticularaspectsothespiritworldarethemostcommonpublicexpressionsohumanandKachinaexchanges.ManyothesespiritualexchangesinindigenousceremoniestakeplaceoutopublicandespeciallynonindigenousviewsothetruenatureotheKachinasisgenerallyenvelopedinanairomystery.AkeyparalleltothestoryoPlan-etaryEvolutionbeingoeredtomeisthePuebloanaccountoEmergence.AnextendedpopularaccountotheHopiunderstandingothevariousstagesoEmergenceisFrankWaterssBookoftheHopi.Whenhumanswereoriginallycre-atedintheFirstWorldtheyweregrantedapristinewisdombywhichtheyunder-stoodthattheearthwasalivingentitylikethemselves7.ButgraduallytherewerethosewhoorgotthecommandsoStuknangandtheSpiderWomantorespecttheirCreator.Moreandmoretheyusedthevibratorycenterssolelyorearthlypurposesorgettingthattheirpri-marypurposewastocarryouttheplanoCreation12andasaresultothisandothersignsovisionarydegenerationStuknangdecidedtodestroytheworldandcreateanewoneoncecertainchosenpeoplewereledundergroundtolivewiththeAntPeople15.TeEmergencestoryisalsoakeyelementoDinorNavajocosmology.AccordingtotheDincreationmythseeDinBahanewecurrentlyexistintheFithWorldatertheearthanditsinhabitantsaboveandbelowhadundergoneourpreviousmaniestations.AnimportantadditionalaspectotheDindescriptionocreationandthesubsequentstagesoEmergenceisthatitbeganwiththecreationotheHolyWindanotionIelaborateoninmyvisionaryexperiencesbelow.JamesKaleMcNeleyinHolyWindinNavajoPhi-losophyexplainsthatHolyWindgivesliethoughtspeechandthepoweromotiontoalllivingthingsandservesasthemeansocommunicationbetweenallelementsothelivingworld1.DefnitionsOeredtoMeTesignifcanceomyownKachinaexperiencesIhavecometolearninvolvestherecognitionthatKachinasaswithotherspiritentitiesareheretoguidehumansuniversallydespitetheactthattheyhavehistoricallyonlybeenrec-ognizedbycertainindigenouscultures.Iwishtostressherethatmyownexperi-encedidnotinvolveanydirectconnec-tiontoindigenousceremoniesandthatIknowonootherrecordsoexperiencesotheKachinasintheirChristaspectalthoughIassumethishasoccurredpreviouslyandthatIamsimplyignorantosuchstories.TeparticularKachinasIhavebeenintroducedtorepresentaparticularclassodevahybridswhoseparticulartaskonthisplanetistooverseetheevolutionothePlanetaryBeingintermsotherelationshipsbetweenhighlyconsciousbeingssuchashumansandtheirkinintheirenvironmenttoorchestrateentityenergiesintermsothePlanetaryEvolution.Tisinitselcoversavastareaoexistenceandactivity.ItisimportantorhumanstograspthattheirownroleonthisplanetisoneoaidinginthePlanetaryEvolution.Tisiswhythesoulswhohavetakenhumanormhaveagreedtobehereduringthisperiodthatinhu-mantermscoversvastaeonsotime.OneexistingculturetohavesomesenseothetemporalscopeinvolvedhereistheVedicculture.TetraditionalHopihaveasenseothisaswell.TeseKachinashaveplayedaroleinoverseeingthedevelopmentohumansinparticularastheymakeoneattemptateranothertoadaptthemselvespsychicallyandenergeticallytothetaskbeorethem.TisprocesshasbeenrecordedinHopimythologyorexampleintermsothevariousWorldsohumandevelopmenttheshitsromtheFirstWorldthroughtheFourthWorldandnowontotheFithWorld.FourKachinaEngagements1ChacoCanyonMyconsciousengagementwiththeseKachinaspiritsbeganonAugust252013whenmywieAnnaandIjourneyedtogetherinasecludedroomoPuebloBonitoatChacoCanyon.AsIenteredtheethericdimensionothesiteaspiritidentifedhimorherselasaKachinaandthenledmeonaantasticvisionaryjourneythroughthestructureandunctionsothekiva.Tevisionpri-marilyconcernedrelationshipsbetweeninnerandouterdimensionsandtheim-portanceothecircularkivastructuresinmaintainingthespiralowotheHolyWind.TeelementsothisvisionlaterbecamecrucialormyKachinaChristvisionatChimaydiscussedbelow.WhilevisuallyIexperiencedhalluci-natoryenergeticecstaticowspunctu-atedbyspokenmessagesconceptuallyIexperiencedtheollowingOneotheprimarylessonstaughttotheearlierinhabitantsoChacoinvolvedtheuniver-salsacredormulaorunderstandingtherelationshipsbetweeninterdimensionalrealmsAsAboveSoBelowAsWithinSoWithout.AswiththeancientGreeksandEgyptiansthepeopleswhoinhab-itedtheChacoregionwereinstructedintheseprincipleswhichcametoguidetheirwayolieanditsmaniestationsespeciallytheceremonialstructuresreerredtoaskivas.Tefrststructuralelementotheancientkivatoattendtoisitscircular-ity.TecircleprovidesortheoptimalowoHolyWindandConsciousnessseeMcNeley.TeSacredBreathonemaniestationotheHolyWindentersthecircularchamberthroughtheventthatopensbehindthestonedeector.TedeectordistributestheSacredBreathinclockwiseandcounter-clock-wisedirectionsthroughouttheroom.TisrepresentstheSacredBreathromtheHeavensasitdropsdownromaboveandprovidestheinhabitantsotheroomwithoxygenandothernecessitiesoliemostowhichremainunacknowledgedinwesternculturesconceptualizationsotheunctionobreathing.TefthchakraothehumanthenundergoesatransormativechargeromtheSkyBeingsthroughthiscirculationoHolyWind.