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18AJournalofContemporaryShamanismVOLUME7ISSUE2FALL2014realizedthattheKachinaswereaddressingmeagaintoelaborateonthelessonothedaybeoreatPuebloBonitoconcerningtheconsciousnessotheroleanddynamicsotheHolyWind.TeKachinasbegananewlessonatChimayexplainingthattheimagesoChristbehindthealtaralsounctionedasapicto-rialembodimentothisHolyWind.HowisthatIaskedandtheysaidLookathiswounds.AsIdidsoIbegantoseelongbeamsobrightlightshootingromeachoChristswoundsfrstromtheabdomenthentherighthandthenthelethandtheeettogetherandfnallytheringoheadwoundscausedbythecrownothorns.Isuddenlyeltmyselcapturedbyandsuckedintothelightstreamingromtherighthandwound.MyentireenergybodywasitsellitupandenergizedasIwasslowlydrawncloserandclosertothewoundopeningoutromtheeshothehand.IwasthensuddenlysuckedrightthroughthewoundandoutintoanotherdimensionontheothersideoChristshand.Ihadpassedthroughthewoundandintoanotherleveloexistence.Tisdimensionopenedoutontoalandscapeolightwithrichorange-yellowglowsastheatmosphericmedium.IthensawaspiralobrightwhitelightthesamelightthatIhadseenshootingromthewoundsasitwounditselaroundandaroundChristsbodywhichIsawasiIwerestandingjustslightlybehindhisrightarmacingthebackwarddirectionapointromwhichIcouldseeChristsribscurveroundtohisback.TelightspiralormedthesamespiralimagethathassocaughtmyattentioninIrelandandintheU.S.Southwesternin-digenoussacredsites.IcouldseethatinthisdimensionthelightcurvingromonehandwoundintotheotherormingaringolightaroundChristsbodyandmyownnowthatIwasstandingathissidewhereasinournormaleverydaydimensionthelightshootsoutinstraightlines.IwastoldthatthisspiralingenergywastheprimaryenergeticnatureotheKachinaChrist.ForaCelticramingothespiralenergiesseeMacEowen.AtthispointIbelieveIthensawtheraysolightthatwerestreamingromhisheadwoundsastheyormedraysothesolardiskthatisrepresentedinsomuchsacredartthehalocirclingChristsheadasanimageotheSonssunsbrilliance.Tisthenbecameathree-dimensionalsphereointertwiningrayswithChristsheadandmybodyencircledwithinthelightsphere.Wewerewrappeduptogetherbythespiralolight.Christthenbeganyingthroughtheskieswithmestillboundupinhislightrays.IeltthemostbeautiulintenselymovingwarmthshootingthroughmybodyandIrealizedthatintheeverydaydimensionwhereIwasstillsittingintheSantuarioChapelIwascryingtearsstreamingdownmyaceasIsatlook-ingattheChristimageinutterecstasy.LateraswedroppeddownromthemountainsintoRanchodeaoswedecidedtogoseetheamousSanFranciscodeAssMissionChurch.UnexpectedlyIoundmyselsweptawayinvisionaryervoryetagainasIsawtheretablosoChristandtheSaintsandAn-gels.MyKachinaChristvisionkickedbackingearasIwashear-ingarehearsalosomeothethemesromtheoriginalvisioninChimay.Inevercouldhaveimaginedhowsurprisedwewouldbethoughwhenweturnedaroundandstartedwalkingbackoutside.AswewalkedtowardsthemaindoorwesawaboveitamuralothestigmatizationoSt.Francis.ItturnedoutthathisvisionwasalmostidenticaltomineTerewastheyingChristwithbeamsshootingromhiswoundsbutinhiscasethebeamswerebroadcastingthebloodratherthanthespirallightoChrist.Eachbloodraypenetratedthehandseetetc.oSt.Francisasheelltohiskneesinawe.Ihadneverseenorheardothisim-agebeoreinmylieandnowinlessthanthreehoursIhadmyownvisioninChimayandthenitsstigmaticrepetitionhereinRanchodeaos.Istartedcryingonthespotthisbeingabouttheourthorfthtimeortheday.LaterthateveningtheKachinasreturnedtoexplainthatjustasinIrelandtheimageothespiralunctionsintheU.S.Southwestasapowerultalismanandlearningkeyorhumanconsciousnesscapturingonmanylevelsatoncethemultilay-eredandmultidimensionallevelsoexistence.IwejointheSpiralandtheSacredWindwethenhaveatoolorunravelingtheinfnitelayersoexistenceorcognitiveunderstandingandexperientialknowledge.IwastoldthatthetermKachinaasitiscurrentlyusedissimultaneouslyovergeneralizedinthatitcoversawiderangeoentitieswiththespecifcgroupthatfrstidenti-fedthemselvesasKachinalongagonowlumpedinwithallsortsospiritentitiesandyetnotgeneralizedenoughtoincludetherealitythatmanyothercultureshaveencounteredthisoriginalspecifcgroupbutinverydierentterms.Eachothosecultureshasitsownwayoimaginingandrepresentingwhatandwhothesespiritsareorthem.AndonekeyexampleothisistheKachinaChrist.TeprimarypointomyvisionaryexperienceinChimaywastherecognitionthatChristgoesarbeyondChristinwaysverysimilartothoseexaminedbyMatthewFoxinhisworkssuchasTeComingoftheCosmicChrist.InotherwordsthespiritualexperiencereerredtoasChristbymostChristiansandnon-ChristiansalikeisidenticalinpotentialtocertainKachinaexperiences.MyexperienceotheChristyesterdaywasotheChristinitsKachinaaspect.IhadbeenledbyspiritguidesonajourneyoinitiationthroughtheportaloChristswoundstothedimensionbeyondordinaryexperienceandunderstandingwhereIwasgivencertaintruthsconcerningtheuniversallypotentialexperienceothespiralenergiesotheSacredWindsandLightsenergiesthatinaractalwaymaniestthemselvesonmanylayersandinmanydimensionssimultaneously.Teyclarifedtheirearlierpointonthehumanheadasthethekivachamberbyaddingthatthroughthiskiva-headtheSacredWindsbringorththeexperiencecalledKachinatheexperiencecalledChristwhentheChristexperienceisullyunderstoodinitsdepthsbeyondChristianity.AsexpressedearlierChristexceedsChristian-itytheKachinaexceedsindigenousexpressionsoit.Teseculturally-specifcexperiencesweaveinandoutothemselvesandeachotherorminganintricatewebohumanandextra-humanrelationships.TisisthewholepointotheSacredWindKachinaexperiencetoengagetheinfniteWeboExistenceinitsuniversalimmediacy.LikesomeKachinastheChristBeinghasalwaysbeencon-ceivedasanagentoaeonicchangeasanavataroDivineBeing