I love talking with different shamanic healers, and comparing notes on how we interact with Spirits.
There are different philosophies and training systems regarding Spirit Communication, and
Ivo Dominguez, jr has a wonderful tome that addresses some of them (
Spirit Speak is the title).
In my own interactions with the different worlds, I've learned that the greater amount of "base vocabulary, concepts, ideas, etc." that I have in my head, the greater I can "translate" what Spirits are trying to say.
For example, I have studied human and animal psychology, emotional intelligence, and mental health for at least 15 years. So any time that a Spirit, Ancestor, God, or the like wants to communicate an emotional message to a client, it seems to get through very clearly. However, I have only a very basic understanding of physical/body functions, and so sometimes messages get garbled... I can see the blockages surrounding an area, and will suggest that a client ask a medical professional about it, but I usually can't go much farther than that (My dear friend
Rune is excellent at this, and his work with Spirits have really helped many clients!).
Of course, this means that I have quite a bit of work to do to increase my "medical vocabulary" (which is why shamans
never stop learning). I purchased a kid's "Guide to Human Anatomy" book the other day, and although I have grasped some of the concepts on a surface level, I have much work to do.
In summary,
the greater the vocabulary already within a shaman's brain, the greater range of communication between the Spirits and the shaman (and on to the client).
I write this introduction to demonstrate that sometimes, messages from Spirit that are directly to the shaman (for his/her own healing), are very difficult to translate!
I read over my notes from a shamanic journey that I took a few months ago, and
Hummingbird was the featured Spirit (along with
Artemis and others).
 |
Hummingbird of Love |
These are my notes:
Hummingbird is full of fire and energy and continually refills itself; Refill myself with energy; Artemis is inducing a longing in me because I long for the wild solitude of the forest; eat an anti-inflammatory diet to reduce excess heat/fire inside me; take time for silence to release excess stuff; let the Universe fill the Void with energy; red quartz is both grounding and energizing which is perfect for me; concentrate on my self-work.
So, yeah, reading this now just looks like a whole bunch of crazy run-on sentences! And this is how most note-taking happens when in Trance, but the symbols and the "buzzwords" are there.
In evaluating my notes over the many weeks, I noticed that if I didn't prime my brain with the "symbol sets" then I couldn't translate what Spirits were trying to communicate.
Has this ever happened to you? How do you re-interpret Spirit Speak?