Drum Journey: Middle World Desert
I'm walking through a desert with red sand. As I walk, I reach into my pocket and pull out a small container. It's the round wooden box Naima gave me for my birthday, the lid adorned with a carving of two Bears. I take the top off and see some cannabis looking seeds inside.
Under the instruction of our guide, I put a seed under my tongue and put all my intention to be a successful writer into it.
Shortly thereafter, I come up to a river. Our guide says it is the river of time. I take the seed out of my mouth and put it in the river, watch it go with the current. Our guide says that we know our intention has already happened.
Isis appears, in Bat form once more. Then I lie on my back on the surface of the river and float down, the same as the seed. The current takes me along quickly and Isis flaps above me, matching my speed.
After awhile of staring up into the blue sky and streaks of wispy, white clouds, I roll over onto my stomach and make my way to the bank opposite of where I entered.
Climbing out of the water, I see a huge garden. There is a waist-high white picket fence running around it. The gate is open before me.
On the left side of the garden are many fruit trees. On the right side is a hedge made of Bottle Brush. There are many kinds of flowers (mostly purple) and vegetables and Cannabis plants creating an inner border of the garden. Straight ahead and a ways back, I see a well with a gathering bucket and beyond it an adobe style home.
When I look up, I see that there are three huge beings of spirit around the garden and home. To my right, beyond the Bottle Brush hedge, is a Hummingbird. A Bumble Bee looms over the back of the house. A Sphinx Month is settled behind the fruit trees.
I walk through the open gate, noticing how soft the dirt is on my bare feet. I think to myself that I am in Fields of Plenty, or some place akin to it.
I look to my right and see that Isis-Bat is perched upside down in a cherry tree, happily chowing down on the fruit. I frown thoughtfully. These are all my favorite flora, how did a cherry tree get in here? I'm not opposed to cherries but I certainly didn't plant that tree. I shrug to myself, thinking that she must have a fondness for cherries. This is an odd moment for me, as it is the first time I have questioned something in a journey vision.
Kneeling down, I swallow the rest of the seeds in the Bear container. They go into my belly and I reach into the the orange light over my navel with my right index finger and thumb. When I pull the first seed out, the feeling is vivid, but not painful. I see it has a slight glow, blue in color.
Another odd moment occurs. I sense something and look up. A spaceship comes into view. It has a sort of classic cartoonish look, with a dome on top and a plate shaped piece underneath. The spacecraft hovers above the fruit trees and a beam of light, presumably a tractor beam, emits from the lower portion.
Isis-Bat finishes her mouthful of cherries and swoops down, flying purposefully into the beam. She is taken up into the craft and then it jets off into the expanse from whence it came.
I find myself thinking dismissively, "No way."
Focusing once more on the task at hand, I place my hands in the heart position, with the seed nestled between my palms. I put my intention into the seed to finish my novel. Then I dig a little hole, place the seed inside and cover it, making a little mound of dirt.
I repeat this process over and over, planting intentions about creative projects, about discovering clarity, good health, asking for protection for my people, asking for peace for my ancestors, for a healthy planet, etc.
During the planting process a Ladybug lands on the back of my hand. They crawled up past my shoulder and neck, coming to rest over my Crown Chakra.
Ladybug remains as I complete the planting.
I go to the well and draw up some water. An orange Salamander with tiny black dots all over is on the rim of the bucket. They crawl up my hand and arm, sitting on my shoulder. I ask them if they have any lessons for me and they begin to nibble on my nose. Then they crawl up onto my face, their tail resting on the bridge of my nose.
A few moments later, they crawl up onto my head, enclosing the Ladybug with their tail.
The callback starts as I return to the seed rows and begin to water them. When I finish watering the seeds, I leave the garden and return to the river.
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As always, wonderful to have Isis show up for me.
I believe the abundance of pollinator presence was a fair indication that my intentions will be fertilized and that I am cultivating a sweetness in my life.
Ladybug connotes good luck or fortune. In this instance I would say specifically in regard to the intentions I was planting, since this is when they landed on me. It may also be an urging to seek out time to myself, for prayer or otherwise.
I associate Salamanders with Dragon and Earth energies; primal energies of transformation and trust. I keep wondering about them nibbling on my nose and then crawling onto my head. Perhaps a push to be discriminating about something in order to clear my head.