The chance to hear Jorge Luis Delgado speak was too good an opportunity to miss and the fact that my friend and fellow shaman, Debbie Tregloan, was hosting the event in Denmark, a country I had long wanted to visit, was the icing on the cake. So, my partner, Dan, & I headed off to Heathrow, in order to fly to Copenhagen, drive to Stege and attend ‘Inca Cosmovision’.
For those who do not know Jorge (pictured above), I highly recommend his book ‘Andean Awakening‘, which details his personal journey of awakening and his own special understanding of his mystical homeland, Peru. Jorge has been called the ‘premier spiritual tour guide’ and, having had the opportunity to travel with him in Peru in 2015 and 2016, I can attest to his considerable skills. He is a fascinating mix of accomplished businessman, caring shaman and skilled raconteur.
It was Jorge who, having first followed dreams and ley lines to the site, eventually drew the world’s attention to the unusual portal, which has become known as the ‘Aramu Muru Doorway’ (see photograph above). It has been named after Aramu Muru, who was said to have brought the golden disc of the Inca to Lake Titicaca, in order to keep it from falling into the hands of the invading conquistadors. Legend has it that the Master then walked through a doorway to an unknown mystical dimension.
On first discovering the strange channels, carved into the rock, Jorge experienced a startling vision of Master Aramu Muru walking through this very stone doorway and he felt that it might be the one from the legend. Expressing this belief to a journalist, the name stuck and even the locals now refer to it as the Aramu Muru Doorway.
I have visited the site myself and I can confirm that there are unusual sensations to be felt when one stands in the twenty feet columns either side of the door and when one places one’s third eye against the indentation in the doorway. In one column, I felt somewhat drained, like I was being ‘scanned’; in the other, I felt empowered, like something positive was being downloaded into my spirit body. In the doorway, I encountered visions of golden connections and intricate tunnels and I can also report that the desire to merge into the rock and to walk magically ‘through’ the solid rock doorway was palpable – although, sadly I have not managed to follow Aramu Muru through the doorway and into another reality. Not yet, anyway, but I’m going to keep trying!
Jorge believes that the sacred sites, such as the doorway, and energy vortexes of the world are all reactivating and offering opportunities for pilgrims to connect with their own spirit. It appears, then, that we are living, in exciting times.
Jorge is also very passionate about the Incan tradition of sun-worshiping and the practices which connect us with both our local star, the Sun, and with what shamans refer to as ‘the Sun beyond the Sun’,or the ‘Divine Presence’. It was these teachings and practices which we had come to Denmark to learn.
Day 1
At 10 o’clock, we met at our host’s home in Stege. As promised, there was coffee, tea and something Danish to nibble! It was lovely to catch up with friends from the Spirit of the Inca ‘medicine wheel’ training courses and, of course, the great shaman himself.
At 11 o’clock, we boarded a coach to King Askers Høj, a 25 minute drive. The Høj is a 10 metre long ‘passage grave’, dating back to 4000BC. It felt quite eerie to descend into the darkness of the hill and to take a moment to be held in the earth womb before emerging, reborn, into the light. My partner, Dan, had an unnerving vision of being buried alive, linked perhaps to a shared past life in Egypt (see my previous blog ‘Ayahuasca’)?
At 12.25 we boarded the coach to depart for Lisalund Ny Slot, a 40 minute drive, for a picnic lunch. It was a beautiful spot by a lake and gave us ample opportunity to reconnect with nature.
At 2 o’clock, we were on the coach again, this time to Busemarke Langdysse, a short 10 minute drive. Here, there is a Long Barrow, dated 5,500 years ago. On top of the mound, we intoned a sacred blessing to Pachamama and connected with the sacred stones, spaced around the mound.
At 15.30 there was a short coach trip to Møn Is. Debbie promised us that the farm was home to the best ice cream in Denmark and we soon discovered that she had not been lying!
At 16.20 we headed back to our host’s home for some final words from Jorge. I remember that he said to us, ‘If a hummingbird tries to get nectar from you, you have become a Master of Love’. May we all attain such sweetness!
Day 2
It was a slightly earlier start, 9.30am, in order to board a coach to Dodekalitten for the day. Before we did that, however, there was the chance to connect with the Sun.
Jorge explained that, ‘In the Inca tradition, all human beings are Children of the Sun. Every day we enjoy the light and warmth of the physical Father Sun. Behind our Father Sun we also have the ‘Sun behind the Sun’, or the ‘Divine Presence’, who sends the life force energy through (to)…our spiritual body, from which it flows to our physical body. In the spiritual body we can find the essence of the authentic self, for each of us is a unique ray from the same Sun. When we do not connect with this part of ourselves, we feel emptiness’ (AA, page 2).
He then led us in the practice of bringing light into our hearts (see ‘Solar Practices’ blog entry for further details of how to perform this and other processes from the weekend).
We discovered that, in Lolland, on a beautiful hill overlooking the sea, a new monument is being created which sings to the pilgrims who visit, both through the wind which cuts through carved ridges in the stones and via the haunting, electro acoustic music by Gunner Pedersen, which is emitted from subtle speakers. Eventually, the new monument, or ‘Dodecalith’ (Greek for ‘Twelve Stones’), will consist of 12 singing menhirs, each 7-8 metres high, with the uppermost 2 metres carved into a stone head by Thomas Kadziola.
Legends, stories and songs of the Lolers, a people who came to this land long ago and who gave it its name, form the background for a highly contemporary story of cooperation between different arts and the local community. The monument seeks to show us that the Lolers’ and our own background is a democratic community, whose original form was dialogue. Just as being together was once powerfully expressed in song, so this need is answered by this new ‘singing’ monument. There is an awareness here of times gone by and a healthy respect for our ancestors but also a distinct nod to the future and the creation of a new sacred space for those yet to come.
Jorge spoke to us here for a few moments, before we embarked upon our own personal journey around the stones, some stopping to touch and connect with both completed and unfinished menhirs. It felt quite exciting to be present so early in the evolution of this project – you could not help imagining how it must have felt to witness the construction of Stonehenge.
Some of the Lolers settled on the island which is now called Lolland and there is evidence of the rich culture they left behind. Along the coast from Ravnsholt to Ravnsby alone, over 70 burial mounds have survived, several of which are passage graves. Around the farm Ellevehøj (‘Eleven Mounds’) there are four mounds left, the passage grave, Glentehøj (‘Kite Mound’ – in the photograph below), and three tumuli.
At 12.30pm we ate our picnic lunch, then climbed to the top of Kite Mound, where Jorge Luis began to create an ‘Aymara buffet’ – an offering ceremony to thank the Mother Earth, the Apus (the spirits of the mountains) and the Master teachers for the lives of our relatives and friends. I have seen many similar ‘despachos’ created but there is always something special about coming together as a community to join together in making an offering. Once completed, the buffet was wrapped in paper and we would burn it in a fire ceremony the following night.
At 15.45pm we departed for home and, once there, we had the chance to experience some further solar practices (please see my separate blog, ‘Solar Practices’, for details).
Day 3
During the day, Jorge saw people for individual healing sessions and also taught some individuals the use of chumpi stones for healing.
For Dan & I, it was the chance to kayak out on the beautiful lake, which our hotel overlooked.
In the evening, we returned to our host’s home for a Full Moon Fire Ceremony. This was led by Chris Waters, the course leader of my ‘medicine wheel’ training.
The Aymara buffet was placed on to the fire and, as is traditional, we all turned our backs on the offering, as it carried our dreams for the world in smoke upon the wind.
A fitting end to our journey.