owls and following the shamanic process

David Weatherly - Shaman

I just re-listened (and transcribed) a section of the audio interview I did with David Weatherly. I am including it here because I thought it was relevant to the raven posting from August 22nd.

Here is a little preface to the noteworthy back-and-forth dialog we had on the recent podcast.

Since childhood, David has studied Shamanic and magical traditions with elders from numerous cultures including Tibet, Native America, Europe and Africa. During the interview he said he had had a Near Death Expedience in his youth, hearing that a bell went off in my head, and I blurted out, "Wait, are you a shaman?"

Without any hesitation, he answered: “Yes, I am.”

Barred Owl

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Here is a slightly edited excerpt from the audio interview:

Mike: So here's my final question, if I had to ask a shaman any question - this would be the question: What is the meaning of all the owls? I see a lot of owls, I mean, more than other people, and at prescient moments. And I don't think they are UFO screen memories, I think these are real owls.
David: So what you are saying is you do NOT feel like they are a screen memory. 

Mike: No, they are real owls. 

David: When you look at totem animals, you'll find slightly different interpretations depending on the cultural background, but you also find some commonalities. Now, the owl in a lot of north American mythologies is symbolic of death and all the things associated with that, lie the other-wold and the spirit world.

It's a very feminine energy, and it's often associated with people who have psychic or mediumship abilities. It's a night totem, so it's associated with the moon and lunar energy. I'm just talking in generalities, there are differences when you look at more western cultures.

What's your cultural heritage? 

Mike: My father was Scottish, both my grandparents on his side were born in Scotland. And the linage is Scottish as far as we can trace it back. My mother was born in Denmark, and all her ancestry, as far as anyone can figure out is all Danish. 

David: Oh, now that's cool. The owl in shamanic definition is pretty interesting. If you take the owl or the crow, you'll find very similar definitions and interpretations in America and in Europe. The same is true for other animals like the deer.

But the owl is curious, the interpretations are very different on the two continents. Things that are associated with it in North America are a bit more ominous. A lot of native American tribes think it's a bad omen if you see an owl, meaning someone is going to die.

Some of the native mythology, for instance in the south western tribes like the Apache have a whole owl-man monster that exists in their creation myth.

But if you go to Europe and look a the owl it's a bit more noble and it's often associated with the Goddess of wisdom, and it's more associated with the ability to be clairvoyant. And it's often symbolic of being aware of you surroundings. So I would say that with your background the owls would fall into that category for you.

Now you can take all these things that I've said and sit with it and derive your own interpretation with it. But I would certainly say that anytime you see one, you really need to pay attention on multiple levels.

Mike: (laughing) Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh.

David: And Pay attention to what's going on at moment when you spot it, what's happening that day. But also what's going on in your life at the time.

Mike: That's funny you siad that, because you said 'pay attention' and I was litterally getting ready to reply, and I had written down 'pay attention' on this peice of paper in front of me.

 David: (laughs)

Mike: So that's what I've come away with. I don't have a good answer, the only answer I do have is PAY ATTENTION.

Then, I go on to tell of a mystical experience (from 2009) of seeing five owls all at one time. I wrote about it HERE. After listening to my long-winded story, David replied.

David: Those kind of things make it very clear that this is a very defined and connected totem for you ... and that is what you need to look at and be conscious of in those moments. Chronicle those things because they are valuable, you'll see patterns emerge and you'll see greater levels of understanding develop from those experiences.

Mike: When you say chronicle them, that's interesting you say that, because I have been and it's been in the form of this blog. And I really take the blog seriously, it's not hidden away in a diary - I am publicly declaring it - and it gives them a different resonance ... It feels like I am doing an experiment, I have to take this seriously and I am trying to be as honest as I can be on this blog.

David: (Laughing) You are following the shamanic process. It's sort of akin to the shaman sitting down and telling the village stories.

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Part of the reason that I re-listened to this audio interview because I had clearly remembered him saying: "Sounds like a shamanic initiation" but my memory was wrong, what he actually said was: "You are following the shamanic process."

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dream image with a raven

tidy art direction from the 1970's

I had a vivid dream just before I awoke, this happened on the morning of August 18th. I clearly saw a kind of graphic poster. It had a tidy listing of five bulleted points but I can only remember the first thing on the list. I'm pretty sure it stated: "Follow your heart." But it might have said, "Follow your heart chakra."

This beautiful and clean image came after I spent three days and two nights in the Pryor Range of southern Montana. This is a sacred place for the Crow Nation (and that's a raven in this image). I went there because I was drawn by a deep need and a lot of synchronicities. More on that visit soon.

I went there to get a message of some sort, and while I was there nothing really happened. The only thing I got was this nicely art directed dream image. It had a background of dark yellow and Upper and lower case helvetica in white letters. I am extremely clear on this because it so beautifully captures the art direction style from the 1970's.

I checked out Diana's Animal Spirit site and here is a list of Raven's Wisdom:

• Rebirth without fear
• Ability to tear down what needs to be rebuilt
• Renewal
• Ability to find light in darkness
• Courage of self-reflection
• Introspection
• Comfort with self
• Honoring ancestors
• Connection to the Crone
• Divination
• Change in consciousness
• New occurrences
• Eloquence

The pages in Medicine Cards by Sam's and Carson are even more profound. I got this book a year ago today. The chapter is long, so I'll include it in the comments below.

it sorta looked a little more like this in the dream

More about the image. Each of the other numbed points were equally simple instructions, but I have absolutely no memory of what they were. When I created the graphic image, I found I really liked the way the simplified image looked (the top image) and I am featuring that, even though it doesn't match my memory exactly.

One more thing, whatever it might imply, this essay was posted on my 50th birthday.

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Text added Sept 25th 2013

This post has everything to do with the map, Byron Wyoming and the giant triangle across the middle of the country. It was from this series of experiences all connected with that map that I ended up sleeping out in the Pryor Range, the traditional home of the Little People.

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audio conversation with Jonathan Talat Philips

author and contemporary gnostic

Healer, media activist, and author Jonathan Talat Phillips joins me to discuss his own experiences and his book, The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic. In this interview we talk about to his path from darkness to light.

one-click audio download HERE

one hour and 20 minutes long

In this interview Talat and I talk about the one subject that might get ignored in more main stream resources, we talk about ALIEN influences in his life journey. We jump back and for the between the role of Christ consciousness and the use of psychedelics in the path of the modern shamanic initiate.

Talat is the co-founder of the Evolver Social Movement, and a senior editor at Reality Sandwich, the premier web zine for transformational (counter) culture. In addition, he’s also a Reiki Master, a member of the International Sufi Order, and a promoter of energetic and entheogenic healing.

On its own … spiritual liberation will never be enough. If the new humans are to survive, Jonathan warns, they will also have to be spiritual warriors … capable of standing up to the Western materialism machine, so we can create sustainable societies that care for their citizens, harmonize with the cycles of nature, and receive and honor the vast healing light that quietly connects us all.

What’s great about Jonathan is that he doesn’t just talk the talk. He absolutely walks the walk – whether as an energy healer, as a resolute explorer of non-ordinary realms... and he has a compelling story to tell.


- Graham Hancock, excerpt from the Introduction of The Electric Jesus

Here are two other excellent audio interviews with Greg from Occult of Personality. The first was from last year (HERE) and the follow up was from just a few months ago (HERE). And here's another good one from The Occult Sentinel.

For more info on Jonathan Talot Phillips, you can read a more complete bio HERE.

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tiny german house

Over four years ago I read a weird set of stories in the PARACAST forums and something about them really stuck with me. I just searched them out and re-read the same creepy accounts, and they still had the same enigmatic power.

The stories are linked HERE. I am posting his first two experiences below. I edited the text very slightly.

The author wrote under a pseudonym (Ben), and hasn’t posted anything on that site in over three years. He shares a few more very telling experiences later in that same series of posts.

Below are two post from Ben, both from July 30, 2008.

I had an experience while stationed in Wildflecken Germany in 1989.

My squad was on a recon mission out in the forest - we were at least an hour from any civilization, when we came across a tiny house. It looked just like any other German house in the villages, but it stood about three feet tall. There was moss growing on the stones, and on the tile roof - it had the stucco looking upper walls, with the wood cross beams.

There were about 7 of us in the squad, including our squad leader. A couple of guys walked up to the house, and started to look in the windows, and reached for the front door to open it. Before he could, the squad leader told him to stand-down, and to not touch it.

The house was a real house - not a doll house, or a prop of some sort. It looked lived in. The windows had drapes, and the door had a tiny handle. We walked around the tiny house. I personally looked into a window and saw drapes; I don't remember seeing inside though. None of us touched it because we were told explicitly not to.

We were miles and miles away from even a dirt road. The weirdest part about it all was that after we were told to stand-down, we sat down and ate lunch there - we were about 8 feet from it the whole time we were eating. Then, as if we didn't see anything, we were told to get back into recon mode, and continue the training mission. We went off into the forest, and nobody brought it up again until about a month later when I asked my roommate if he remembered seeing the house, and he said yes, but that was it - no more conversation. To my knowledge, there weren't any photos taken.

I have a friend that just went to Iraq, and while he was in training, a sergeant told his group about seeing a "miniature house" in the middle of the forest while in Germany, that freaked him out pretty bad. I am, looking for an explanation, or anybody else that has seen something like this.

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Shortly after I got out of the Army in 1991, I was staying at my parent's house in the country. There are only 2 houses on the road (1.5 miles long). My best friend lived in a town that was 20 minutes away. We had plans to meet at his house, and then go downtown; it was a Saturday night.

I spoke with my friend at about 8:00 pm, and told him that I was "walking out the door" and would be there in about 20 minutes. He told me to make it quick, because he was ready to leave.

I remember leaving the house and pulling out of the driveway. It was just starting to get a little dark outside. I drove about a half of a mile down the road before I saw a huge whitish-grey owl standing in the middle of the road. It was about three feet tall. I don’t remember hitting it or anything like that – just seeing it standing there in front of the car.

The next thing I remember was pulling into the drive of my friend’s house. It was dark out, and when I went it, my friend was furious. He said, “Where in the ---- have you been? You said you were leaving right away!”

I told him that I did leave right away.

To which he replied, “It’s after 10!”

I started to tell him what happened, but as soon as the words three foot owl came out, I felt like an idiot. I ended up apologizing for being late, and we left.

I was sober up until that point, then I drank to get rid of the uneasy feeling I had in the pit of my stomach.

I remember reading a book that talked about missing time a few years later, and when I saw that it said stuff about whitish-grey owls, rabbit, deer, etc. were normal, I almost threw up.

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audio conversation with Lorin Cutts

Lorin Cutts

Lorin Cutts is an author, a researcher and a radio show host. I was first drawn to Lorin's work when he did an audio program about a life-long contactee, Brigitte Barclay. I was extremely intrigued when I realized that she was talking a lot about synchronicites and owls!

one-click audio download HERE

two hours and 33 minutes long

His radio show is titled HIGH STRANGENESS, and it's on the newly formed Global Radio Alliance. The episode with Ms. Barclay is dated Feb/March 2012. The actual show starts about halfway into the audio file.

He is also working on a book about Ms. Barclay's experiences, and HERE is an article where he touches on some of her experiences.

There was also a point in our interview where Lorin was suddenly overwhelmed by a loud ringing in his ear. I was tempted to edit this out, but chose to leave it in because these things can sometimes be a clue to something even stranger.

Lorin's website, HERE.

Please note: 
I drank a strong cup of coffee before we recorded the conversation, and I ended up being a frenetic chatty-pants. Be forewarned.

Lorin mentions this video with Jacques Vallee during the conversation 

Jacques Vallee speaking to the present day UFO mystery

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coincidences, twilight language and recent news

I am seeing some very odd coincidences relating to the recent wave of mass shootings. I am simply listing them in this post. Please know, I did not attempt to fact check anything in this post. I am simply reflecting on the flood of information on the internet.

Dr. Steven Greer's Documentery

A 40 year old soldier, Michael Page opened fire at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin this past Sunday, killing seven people.This story has intersected with the UFO field.

Dr. Steven Greer is presently in production on a UFO documentary titled Sirius: The Next Bold Step in Disclosure.

This film is purported to documents the UFO cover-up, and features the work and research of Dr. Greer. The director of the project is a young man named Amardeep Kaleka. One of those killed in Wisconsin was Amardeep Kaleka’s father, Satwant Singh Kaleka, he was the Sikh temple president.

Please know, I have very strong opinions on the self-absorbed way Dr. Greer promotes himself, and he has hinted strongly that there is information in this upcoming documentary that is so important that it will force the disclosure of UFO secrecy. During his years in the public eye, Dr. Greer has made plenty of absolutely outrageous claims with absolutely nothing to back them up.

There is a lot of on-line chatter that this was a hit to silence the documentary project. I cannot speak to this, but I can say it is a very odd coincidence.

A promotional video for the upcoming documentary SIRIUS

Greer uses the term "dead man trigger" to fend off the evil men out to get him.

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Odd coincidences with Wade Michael Page

The 40-year old Neo-Nazi who allegedly shot and killed the people in Wisconsin, Wade Michael Page, reportedly lived in Littleton, Colorado from 2000 to 2007. A man bearing the same name was reportedly convicted of DUI in 1999 in Denver. Page was also ticketed for driving without a valid license in 1999. Littleton is where Columbine shooting happened in 1999 (coincidentally, on Hitler's birthday). At present it is unclear if Page was living in (or near) Littleton at the time of the Columbine massacre. Page also had a large 9-11 tattoo.

According to sources in the Army, Page enlisted in April 1992 and later become a psychological operations specialists assigned to a battalion at Fort Bragg, N.C. I am unclear what this might mean.

Dan Michell and his link to the events in Wisconsin

There is an acquaintance of mine who writes about his personal experiences in a blog titled Transmissions from the Imaginal. The author, Dan Mitchell wrote a post about his close connections to the dark event in Wisconsin. Mitchell wrote:

A dark plague has fallen upon this world. Make no mistake about that. This morning I was literally a stone throw away from this event. This is now the second mass shooting I have been near at the exact moment it has taken place.

I recognize that these connections are very bizarre. I don't know what to make of them either. I think sometimes we can get carried away with them, but other times I admit that there is something strange that is undeniable. (I am paraphrasing from Dan Mitchell's post)

Loren Coleman as a modern mystic

Fortien Author Loren Coleman has been blogging a LOT about these events at his blog THE COPYCAT EFFECT.

In the days before the shooting, he had accurately predicted there would be a powerful event relating to the upcoming BATMAN movie, he noted the day it would happened, July 20th.

Coleman had a paranormal experience in the early morning hours of July 20th, he woke out of a sound sleep to hear someone calling his name. This happened within hours of the event in Colorado. 

He has been pointing out synchronicities and oddities involving this event. He (like myself) will sometimes make connections that might not be all that relevant. But, I feel he is trying to define something that is elusive and mysterious. He uses the term, Twilight Language as a way to frame these odd events.

I'll also add that I have had some personal correspondence with Mr. Coleman, and I have come to recognize there is a depth and an insight that he doesn't share in some of his public appearances and interviews. I sense he is much more of a mystic than a scholar.

UFO researcher at the site of the Aurora event

A paranormal author and UFO researcher named Bruce Rux was in the the very same movie complex in one of the other theaters at the very same time that the shooting occurred. He talks about it HERE. He is quite an entertaining speaker and writer on the subject of UFOs. He wrote a book I like (but don't always agree with) called HOLLYWOOD VS THE ALIEN.

The father of the Aurora shooter

Robert Holmes, the father of Aurora shooter James Holmes, was set to testify in the LIBOR banking scandal. This inquiry paints a picture of what might be the largest and most volatile illegal price rigging in history. More curious information linked HERE.

Robert Holmes allegedly was a scientist a computer specialist in the creation of banking software that could track money lost in banking transactions. This parallels a sub-plot in the recent Batman movie.

Please note, these Robert Holmes / LIBOR testimony stories have remained unconfirmed by mainstream sources. Obviously, some on-line sources are dubious. Nonetheless, this is very strange.

synchronisity and premonitions

I wrote a post about the death of Jessica Redfield in Aurora, and her premonitions of a mass shooting in Toronto, and how she was at the scene of that event.

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addendum added after the initial posting:

1. Christopher Knowles created an excellent blog post that includes an interview with Loren Coleman. It is titled: Loren Coleman, The Dark Jokers and The Copycat Effect. This was essay was posted at 3:33 PM.

2. Today is the 19th aniversary of the Kelly Cahill abduction event in 1993. My vote for the most convincing event in the abduction lore. Well documented, compelling abductee and multiple witnesses.

3. One of the vitims of the Aurora shooting was a 22-year old woman named Farrah Soudani. She was seriously wounded and is still in the hospital. She is close friends with Stan and Lisa Romanek, as well as a woman named Victoria. Stan and Victoria are very open and vocal UFO abductees. Lisa is also involved through her marrage to Stan. Lisa is posting updates on Farrah in her blog, linked HERE.

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slow motion footage of lightning

lighting captured at 7,207 images per second

electrical weirdness at 9,000 frames per second

 [ from ZT Research ]
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Owl-rific!

Me and a Great Horned Owl

This picture was taken near my home. A local non-profit had an event for a land conservation organization and for the event there were a series of raptors there from The Teton Raptor Center, this is a small farm where they rehabilitate injured hawks, eagles and owls.

That's a real owl, about a foot tall, about 5 feet away behind the yellow cord - and very much alive.

The owl is about a foot in height. He had an injured wing and can no longer fly. You can see his one wing isn't folded along side of his body. Consequently, he can't be released back into the wild and now he travels around to events like this.

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