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FROM CUSCO, PERU

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Back in Cusco, Visit to Senor Huanca

More Evidence of Flooding along the Way

FROM CUSCO, Jan 30 -  By the morning of Jan 30, Elizabeth´s fever was gone.  But she was still feeling weak.  Since the stomach flu tends to last 24-48 hours, as I discovered when I read about it last night in a medical journal, that seemed perfectly normal.  She was okay, she said, to go back to Cusco by bus, as we had planned. It was an express bus, so it required no physical effort on the part of passengers.

With each passing hour of the 6.5-hr bus ride, Elizabeth said she was feeling better. By the time we got to Cusco around 3PM, she looked and felt nearly normal.  So we decided to go on our planned three-hour return car trip to Senor Huanca monastery, formerly an Inca Huaca (sacred site).  More on that in a moment...

Meanwhile, my first revelation to do with my astral mission occurred in the wee hours of the morning.  We were still in Puno, getting ready to go back to Cusco by an express bus. I was in that state between sleep and being awake.  Suddenly, I had a vision.  It was a giant cross spread over our property in Maui, connecting the four lookout points I had selected and marked over the last 10 months.  The center of the cross was right at my Huaca, which was the first thing I built at the Rainbow Shower, some nine months earlier.

The Altomesayok shamans and other close friends who are spiritually enlightened, can find the full details of what happened during my shamanic ceremonies with Don Sebastian and Nicolas in a special private and confidential section of this web site.  You can also read there about what happened afterward, as revelations about my astral mission kept gushing out during the four weeks that followed. Just click on "Shamanic Notes from Peru 2010" (User ID and password required; click here to write to me and request them if you have lost or forgotten them, or you would like to request them now).

Later on, during the bus ride to Cusco,  I spent the first several hours of the seven-hour ride making notes in my journal about my revelation and other observations.  As I said, it was an express bus that wasn't supposed to make any stops.  So it was ideal for meditation and interpretation of dreams and otherworldly ideas.  I even drew a sketch of the cross, along with shamanic interpretations of each point and cardinal direction (right), and shared this revelation and the Chakan cross idea with Elizabeth.

I also told her what I had discerned the message from the Apus was concerning her on this trip.  The Apus hit Elizabeth with two illnesses and one nose bleed in less than a week. She has never been sick like that as long as I have known her.  A lesser woman would have collapsed under such stress.  Elizabeth has been a real trouper in handling the adversity. That´s because her spirit is stronger than her body.  But we need to bring the two in balance.  That´s yin-yang, as you know.

So Elizabeth has had quite an initiation in the mountains.  As one of my early shaman guides put it, "they will chew you up and spit you out if you´re not tough enough. But they will also carry you if you show them love and respect."  Elizabeth has overcome tremendous challenges.  But I´d rather her not have to. Which means she may be coming with me on easier trips away from the Andes, and I will be doing the tougher ones on my own.  That's what I also told her on the bus. She agreed. 

Visit to Senor Huanca

When we checked into our hotel in Cusco, the staff at the front desk greeted us as old friends.  It was our third arrival in Cusco on this trip alone.  We wasted no time at the hotel before hitting the road and heading out to Senor Huanca by a private car.  Since the bridge at Pisaq over the Urubamba river was disabled, we took a back way to the famous cathedral, nestled on the north slopes of the Pachatusan mountain, which the Incas believed was the axis of the world.  The route took us through Oropesa, past the Tipon archeological site which we visited earlier on this trip (see the map - right, and Cusco: An Encore, Plus Tipon, Cuis & Cons, Jan 27).

The clouds had lifted so we were able to see for the first time the snow atop Mt Pachatusan, looking at it from the southerly direction (left).  Along the way, there was lots of evidence of flood damage to home (middle left) or roads from landslides (two middle right shots).  When we stopped near the Senot Huanca monastery to buy some flowers and candles, our car was literally assaulted by a group of street vendor.  The right picture shows the lucky one who made the sale.

Urubamba river valley, view toward Pisaq	Senor Huanca (17th century)	Another view of Urubamba valley		Sunset, as seen from the cathedral
A brighter sunset, as seen from the cathedral		"Spanish Steps" look-alike (like the ones in Rome)		Snowy peaks of Pachatusan, northern view
Side entrance doors			More "Spanish Steps"	Monks' outhouses in a green setting

 

Back in Cusco, we walked up Avenida El Sol to a restaurant at Plaza de Armas, the main Cusco square, where Elizabeth had a normal meal, her first in two days. So another minor crisis is behind us. We are ready to go home in good health as we departed.  Thanks to so many of you who have been praying for her/us.

Later that evening, I send the following message to our family and friends:

Post Nubilla, Phoebus... and Back to Nubilla

(After Clouds, Sunshine... and Back to Clouds - Latin)

Now, here´s something for all of you to ponder, especially my fellow-shamans. You know how I said two days ago that the rain had stopped, the rivers have receded, and that the flooding danger is over?  Well, ít ain´t over till the fat lady sings,´ as they say in America.  It appears that the ´fate lady´ in this case took the form of Apu Kon-Tiki Wirakocha (the Creator), Inti Tatai (Father Sun) and Pachamana (Mother Earth).  They had opened a five-day window of dry and sunny weather during our visits to various sacred sites in Peru.  Not a single drop of rain fell on us during those visits, even though there was widespread flooding everywhere around us.

And then, just as suddenly as they stopped the rain in answer to our prayers five days ago, they resumed it this evening. 

This afternoon, a young man who drove us to Senor Huanca said that this has been fifth consecutive day without rain. Two more clear days are expected.  After that, he said, the rain would return in double the volume.  I presume he was quoting weather forecasts.

Well, it didn´t take that long.  While Elizabeth and I were walking to dinner tonight, a slight drizzle developed out of, what had been, clear skies only an hour or so earlier.  By the time we finished dinner, it was pouring rain.  So we took a taxi back to the hotel.

At the moment (11PM), the rain has stopped.  But please don´t stop your prayers for these unfortunate rain-soaked people here.  They have barely started to recover from one disaster, when another seems to be looming.  Elizabeth and I will leave Cusco tomorrow, God willing, but we will never leave these wonderful Inca people in spirit.  Hope that many of you would want to join us.

Till the next update...

And that's all she wrote from our final day in Cusco.

Also check out...

2009

• The Altomesayok Journey (May-June 2009)

2008

• Communing with Holy Mountains in Peru (June-July 2008)

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