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www.shamansociety.org21guidescorrectedmesayingItsnotsimplytheCelticorHopiSpiral.TeSpiralsymbolisuniversalandhasbeengrantedtoculturesoalltimesandplacesTisisinlinewiththemes-sageIhavebeenreceivingsincemyinitialcommunicationwiththeKachinas.AtthetimeoourtravelsintheU.S.SouthwestmentionedaboveIwasstruckbythecoincidenceothepresenceotheSpiralsymboletchedinstonesthereandthoseIhadseeninIrelandjusttwomonthsbeoreinJune.Iwasgettingtheclearsensethatthiswasnotatallaccidentalbutatruecoincidenceintherootsenseoincidentshappeningindirectrelationtooneanotherthingsthatwereco-incident.TelargerpointconcerningtheSpiralthatmyspiritguidewishedtoemphasizebeyondwhattheSpiralsymbolizeswastheactthatvarioushumangroupsatdierenttimesandplaceshavebeenreceivingtheexactsamesymbolicimagesandneitherwasthisacoincidenceinthepopularsense.AnnaandIwerebeingdrawntotheimageitselorveryspecifcreasons.AstheKachinashadmadeclearinAugusttheSpiralrepre-sentsamongotherthingsthecirculationothesacredwindsincludingthebreath.TeceremonialkivasIwastoldareintendedtotakeadvantageoandeventostagetheexpressionothesesacredwinds.Andthissymbolicrelationshipbetweentheconcept-experienceothesacredwindsandtheSpiralim-ageisauniversalexpressionthatgoesbeyondthelimitsoanyspecifcculturalsymbolicsystem.AgaintheKachinasandelveshavestressedthatcertainsymbolictermsandeaturesshouldnotbestrictlyassociatedwithaspecifcculture.Noindividualpersonorculturecanclaimownershipoaparticularimage.Tisactisimportantnotjustintermsouniversaltransculturalaccessbutalsointermsoanexpansivenotionoidentity.Tisexpansivenotionoidentityisrelatedtotheideaouniversalsymbolsinthatweneedtostopimaginingthatoneparticularthingiswhatitisbecauseithassomestableanduniquecoreidentitybasedonspecifcattributes.InactallthingsarearmoremobileandplasticthanwenormallyassumeasBuddhistshavebeencontendingorcenturies.Eachthingisatanymomenttheresultoaspecifcconstellationorequenciesandenergies.Soournotionoidentityshouldbemuchmoremobileandex-ibleinordertotakethisrangeoconstellationsintoaccount.Tereisgreatpowerinnamesandsosuchnamesshouldbeapproachedwithgreatexibility.WhatthesebeingswhocallthemselvesKachinasarecallingonustodonowistolistentotheirmessagesandrespondtotheirenergieswithanopenmindandanopenheart.WorksCitedAllenPaulaGunn.OfftheReservation.BostonMass.Beacon1999.FoxMatthew.TheComingoftheCosmicChristTheHealingofMotherEarthandtheBirthofaGlobalRenaissance.SanFranciscoHarper1988.MacEowenFrank.TheSpiralofMemoryandBelongingACelticPathofSoulandKinship.NovatoCaliorniaNewWorldLibrary2004.McNeleyJamesKale.HolyWindinNavajoPhilosophy.ucsonUoArizonaP1981.WatersFrank.BookoftheHopi.NewYorkPenguin1972.ZolbrodPaulG.DinBahaneTheNavajoCreationStory.AlbuquerqueUoNewMexicoP1984.KivaAkivaisatraditionalceremonialroomcommontothePuebloculturesotheU.S.Southwest.Teprimaryelementinvolvesthealignmentoenergiesromheavenandearththroughthespaceohumaninteractionandbeing.Tisisemphasizedbythestructuresliteralizationoourpositioninrelationtotheworldsaboveandbelow.TeprimaryeaturestonoticearetheventilationshatwhichdrawsairintothecircularspacethroughthetunnelthedeectorwhichdirectsthecirculationoHolyWindromaboveoutalongthewallsinadoublelet-rightspiralashionthesipapuwhichrepresentstheemergencepointromthepreviousWorldaswellastheconstantinuxoHolyWindrombelowintohumanspaceandtheladder-smokeholeinthecenterotheroowhichallowsortheritualizedre-enactmentoemergenceromthesubterraneanrealmsotheAntPeopletotheSuraceWorld.Tekivathusinitsverystructureallowsortheperpetualrepetitionothemomentocreationandrenewal.ABOUTTHEAUTHORGabrielHartleyisashamanicpractitionerandEnglishProfessorinAthensOhiowhereheandhiswifeAnnaOksanenspendagooddealoftimejourneyingwiththenaturespiritsandotherentitiesintheirwoodsandatsacredsitesaroundtheworld.Hartleysblogcanbefoundathttpwww.sacredsitesproject.comwelcome.