Here are a few of my actual Healing Works, with customer comments to follow.
BUDDY, THE WHITE TOY POODLE
4/7/10: A journey taken at a friend's request to check on her dog, Buddy. She wrote simply, "I would like, if you are in agreement, to make (a gift) for you in exchange for your taking a look at Buddy (cream/white toy poodle) for me."
As I began my journey, I flew quickly up my entrance portal (a vibrant beanstalk!) to the 2nd level of the Upper World where my new guide/teacher resides. I went up into the enveloping purple mist and waited. Soon, a very large, white bird with long, thin wings came slowly up from below, from my awareness center. This bird came right to me and picked me up. I asked this bird if it were my guide and it answered, "yes."
We flew along and quickly entered a tunnel of light. There were red spots in the flow of energy here: blood! We then did the spiritual equivalent of a CAT-scan of Buddy's body. In this, we detected scars on Buddy's liver. These may have been the result of being subjected to poor-quality water where elements like chlorine, fluorine, algae, etc, are introduced into Buddy's system.
We also saw an invading cat spirit! We saw this might have resulted from Buddy ingesting cat dander or even cat excrement. Even is this did not happen, there was still this toxic and unnatural cat spirit within Buddy. I was told to recommend the following to Buddy's owner. Place a small trail of catnip on the floor leading from Buddy to a small mirror, also standing on the floor. Pull", that is, intend, the cat spirit out of Buddy's body and along the catnip into the mirror.
Once the spirit is trapped in the mirror, bring it outside to stay in the sun, face up, all day. This will release the cat spirit. They also recommended getting Buddy the finest, purest water possible, preferably natural spring water with minerals in it.
The journey then ended. I gave thanks and returned down the stalk to my room.
Here is the response I got via email. There is a picture included as well. :)
4/13/10: "Hi Ken,
I wanted to let you know that Buddy will be fine. The vet said he most likely had colitis, and he's on antibiotics for that. So that fits in nicely with your algae/bacteria findings. I told my vet about you and your discoveries. He was most intrigued (positively so). Most importantly, Buddy's possession which was causing him to lunge at any cat that came near seems to have vanished.
His sweet disposition has returned. I repeated the exercise yesterday with the mirror, just in case my first lure hadn't worked. I noticed that the mirror had frost on it this morning, and being quite drawn to frost patterns, I went over to se what was there. Imagine my surprise when I found a cat in the frost. The sun had already begun to melt the head area, but I don't think it's my imagination that sees a cat. I've attached the photo. What do you think?"
I think the Image is indeed astonishing! I am used to seeing patterns in clouds, frosts, etc., and this cat image stands out very clearly. The head has melted, as my friend says, and is black on the right edge of the pic. One can clearly see the two ears sticking up, and the right eye of the cat shows up as a white spot. The main body is the bright white band going across the lower portion of the shot. There are clearly legs and paws beneath this.
The rear legs are thick and white and extend to the bottom of the shot. The tail is fully extended and moves up almost vertically from the left edge of the white band, running along the left edge of what seems to be some other spirit riding on the back of the cat as well. In this interpretation, the Tail is the line of darker, less coherent frost. Either that, or the large, second white blob IS the cat's tail, a very bushy one indeed. VERY clearly a cat in the frost...and an obvious sign of success trapping that spirit in the mirror. As the frost melted in the rising sun, the spirit was released. Here is the pic.
LIVE HEALING RITUAL AT A LOCAL PARK
12/9/07: My client's ritual at Prescott Park went so very well! Here is what we were tasked to do via journey: "I then saw the ceremony my client needs to perform to release the dark being. I saw that I was to accompany him to the fence in the near end of Prescott Park, overlooking the river. In my client's hand is a small ceramic bowl, perhaps a smudge bowl, filled with beach sand that I can provide.
In the sand, standing vertically, are a small, white gull feather and a small, black feather, crow or starling. Again, I was to provide the feathers. My client holds the bowl out and calls the dark being into the black feather with due intent, saying, "spirit of lost love, anger, loneliness, defeat, murder...come into this black feather now, please." Once my client feels the feather contains the being, he is to simply toss it into the river, setting both himself and the being free.
I then see the being standing on the bridge seen in the first journey. His lover is waiting for him there. They embrace, heartfelt and long. Then, a cloud of sparkling stars and mist envelops them and they are gone, into their eternal happiness. This will be the result of the feather toss.
I am then in my client's flat. I see a small, purple cloth square I provide him serving as the resting place for the bowl with the sand and white feather, which represents my client in his healed state. I then see other suggestions for getting some "violet" into his life. Purple is the color of the higher spiritualities, and is associated with the Crown Chakra, which informs our entire being with information from the spirit world, experience knowledge beyond intellect, and interface with cosmic energies and pure consciousness. I see a violet ball cap, a violet shirt...but then the best idea presents itself: a plant with purple/violet flowers/bells/etc. This plant will sit next to the bowl, and I also see my client should light a small candle and place it near the bowl from time to time."
We followed the guidance given in my journey for this purpose as closely as we could, in some Instances remarkably so. We had agreed to meet at 10AM. On my way up from home, I was on the alert for any sort of signs that might appear as I went along...and about halfway there I got one. I saw a seagull circling...flying in from my right and then turning to come right over my car! Since seagull is ny client's helper, I KNEW this was a great sign for the work to come. Seagull had come to greet me.
I got there about 5 minutes before my client. This allowed me to check out the best place along the fence at the river to perform the ritual. It seemed as if the corner nearest the bridge was ideal. Lots of water for the feather and nothing man-made directly in view. A crow came into a nearby tree, telling me that things were good to go...crows are messenger birds, and I very often get crow visits to give me the "feel" of what is about to happen, or to make me alert for something important lurking about. My client and I realized a bit later that the spot we had been directed to by the spirits contained a bridge and a river...just like the scene of the distant-past murder, the energy of which had worked its way down to him, in his first journey...so we knew this was right!
When my client and I met, we spoke a few seconds. I had brought some of my home-grown sage leaves with which to smudge my client. I lit a portion and used the smoking leaf to circle around my client to clear away negative energies, sage's main gift. My client then filled his really nice ceramic cup with sand from Rye Beach that I had brought along. We then placed the seagull eather (white, representing my client is his healed state) alongside the blackbird feather (black, representing the dark being needing release and destined for the river, per journey's orders). I gave my client a small piece of purple fabric to place beneath this cup at home. My client carried the cup as we walked to the corner. Pigeons flew in as we made our way to our spot and landed on the fence just feet away...close enough to almost touch.
And they stayed there as we began preparing
very cool! They remained in place, as if in deference to the activities, while I opened sacred space by praying to the 6 directions aloud with my hands clasped (east - light, knowledge; south - life, warmth, growth, joy; west - the spirit world, helpers, guidance; north - strength, endurance, patience; Father Sky - ancestors in the stars, Grandmother Sun and Grandfather Moon, in their dance of energy and light; Mother Earth - creativity, nurturing, our bodies, oneness). It was while I was praying to our Earth Mother, squatted down, hand on ground, eyes closed, that all the pigeons suddenly took off en masse. The clatter of all those wings passing so close to me was absolutely startling.
I got quite the chill, and exclaimed in laughter my surprise. It was quite the message, as it happened while in the Earth Mother connection: not only did the dark being come through his mother, but water (representing emotions, the feminine) plays a big part in my client's spirit path, based on what we have seen so far. Little did I know that this was the first in a coming series of "tightly-scripted" bird events that would grace this ceremony...very powerful signs that the spirits were indeed present and indeed there to gladly assist my client.
After opening sacred space, I asked my client to begin, telling him to continue only when he was ready to really put that dark being into that black feather. He began his prayer, and I almost instantly realized it was verbatim from the journey guidance. I was very impressed he had actually taken the trouble to memorize it, and was thrilled for and proud of him. I knew he was going to heal at that moment. Then, another astonishing event. RIGHT after his last word, a seagull cried for about 20 seconds, ending its song sequence with a long, downward moan.
It was the only noise on this quiet, gray and chilly morning...yet bright and warm with this thrilling and sudden spirit presence. I was astonished as I listened intently, eyes closed, hands clasped in prayer. The spirit helper seagull seemingly "prayed" after my client, and assisted in the "loading" of the spirit into the feather...as if she was calling it in. I knew once the gull went silent that the being was contained.
My client then released the feather. It swooped sideways for a few rounds then turned vertical and circled down counterclockwise onto the water, where it lay still. I held my hand out over it and said the Mongolian shaman phrase, "Hoyor Sagaii Negende!", to seal the ceremony and my client's actions. Then, yet ANOTHER event! The pigeons took off and circled overhead, clockwise to mimic the feather spin in thr river, and landed right back where they started. This not only represents a circle, which stands for closure and perfection, as well as the circular nature of life, but pigeons in flight represent "mission", as in, in this case, mission accomplished. It was like a victory lap, or a military fly-by salute.
Then we noticed yet ANOTHER sign: A single gull sat low on post not 15 feet away, seemingly staring at us from her comfortable perch, as if watching in approval. Again, gull is my client's spirit helper, and it was amazing to see one just sitting there, looking at us. I then took my Ruffed Grouse tail feather fan, gifted to me one day on my mail route, and swept it around my client several times...again to sweep away any remnant energies.
We then went back to the car and I took out my arshaan, the Mongolian equivalent of holy water. I sprinkled some over my client, explaining it was Absolut Citron at one time, but had had a meteorite (symbol of eternity, permanence, birth of the solar system), from the 1941 Siberian Fall, soaked in it and been prayed over to change it into a powerful blessing fluid.
I also had been wearing my shamanic mirror for this ceremony, and I took it off and held it up to my client's heart to pour energy into his Heart Chakra, to add extra power and healing. He even opened his jacket to get a more direct contact. "Oh, yeah" I thought to myself...he knows! While holding the mirror there, I closed my eyes and saw some of my helper spirits circling the mirror's perimeter to give him even more power. I also saw his seagull spirit transform into human form...she is tall, with long hair and very peaceful and loving. I felt great joy for my client.
I also had brought along an extra dove feather, which I now gave to him. I explained how a Mourning Dove's was the very first feather I had ever received when beginning my Native/Nature walk. I placed that feather next to his white one and told him that it represents the fact that I will always be at his side, as long as he needs me.
We then went to get a snack. Our first choice was closed. On our way there, I reminded my client that even though he was cleared of his long-term "guest", its energies were still present in his mental and emotional "bodies", so he would have to work on changing his way of thinking and watch his automatic reactions, to bring about a total cleansing. We walked on and came to an Irish pub, which was open. When my client was walking through it, he made the connection that the card game just prior to the murder in the journey had taken place in an English, Scottish or Irish setting! He beat me to that one! :) He also honored the ceremony by picking up the tab.
After our snack and a lengthy, heartfelt conversation, and under the gun since I had to leave, we gave each other a long and wonderful hug at the end, back at our cars. During this, I was pouring in more healing energy. Then, my client gave me an arrowhead that looks like a fish when on its side...like the fish I saw in the porthole window in the first journey. I told him I would place it on my altar, which I have. This was an unexpected gesture, and I was very humbled by it. I left, but I think my client stayed a few moments to drink in the awesome events of the morning. I was doing likewise as I drove along.
Finally, I saw a hawk fly by from right to left on my way home, flapping along just ahead of me. Birds flying right to left are a sign of danger or required intense alertness...I soon figured out I was still too wrapped up in the ceremony...it was time to come back to the Middle World. Hawk wanted me to concentrate on my driving! My client wrote later and said he too was in an "altered state" as a result ("It is 3:30 pm and I have been in an altered state all day - in a good way" as well as "I am a bit giddy about the future, which looks bright. Thanks again."). And this is true...he is not the same person he was when we met. He is free... And so many perfectly-timed events accompanied our work that I knew the spirits had blessed us! As I told my client, if one wrote this as a story, it would be rejected as being too perfect, too implausible.
SPIRIT SISTER'S GROWTH DISAPPEARS
12/7/04: At the request of my spirit sister, I took a journey this evening to investigate a new physical ailment she herself is suffering from. Her physician has reported a misplaced ovary with a possible growth ("one of my ovaries is way out of place and has something attached to it"), which must be checked via ultrasound a week from this Thursday. My spirit sister asked me to check it out in advance so she'd be better prepared. So I took a quick "hollow bone" journey, as taught a few weeks ago when the bone was first given to me.
I opened sacred space quickly with my rattle and lit the sacred candle after a quick smudging. As I went into the journey, I found myself standing at the entrance of the bone with my barred owl guide, Eagle Claw. As we went in, the interior took on the appearance of a hospital testing room. I saw sister lying down on her back on a hospital bed while a male attendant checked out her lower abdomen. I walked around to look at the TV screen, but was unable to interpret the view.
The attendant showed no emotion either way while viewing the screen, and so I cannot get a good reading on just how serious the issue is. However, my personal view is that no reaction is a good reaction. I then foresaw a small operation, and saw my sister recuperating at home, apparently in January based on the sunlight and weather..it seemed like January at least in terms of its look.
Then, as Eagle Claw and I were moving back out of the one, thinking we were finished, the interior unexpectedly darkened completely, with only a few scattered wall adornments shining as if lit by a black light. My sister, still lying on the bed, was the only object seemingly lit from above. I then saw a dark being hovering over her, reaching into her lower left abdomen. She has an ntity attached! I was quite surprised. Eagle Claw and I then immediately increased our aural strength to keep out any unwanted imprints from this being.
The being spotted us and checked us out, but we were safe within the rainbow walls of the aural field. I then began my female chant, and saw woman in a grass dress, my Amazonian helper, move over to sit beside sister, up by her left shoulder. The entity then retreated to a rear wall...I could see its eyes staring blankly as its power over sister was checked. She is now safe from any further intrusions, but I must do a full journey to discover the nature of this visitor.
12/8/04: This afternoon I took the follow-on journey for spirit sister. My intent was to discover the identity of and then escort the entity hovering over her back to the spirit camp. I performed a more lengthy rattling to open sacred space, more in keeping with tradition. I then smudged and lit the sacred candle. I then set up a 15-minute drum loop, and breathed shamanically for an extra long time to ensure I was totally relaxed and receptive. I was soon standing on a dirt road leading up to the entrance of the hollow bone, in which I saw sister yesterday.
There were several hundred people lining the road on both sides, right up to the entrance. I saw barred owl and eagle zooming around in circles above the entrance, beckoning me to approach. I was dressed as a Native American warrior, with my crystal resting on my right front thigh in a deerskin sheath. The people were all looking at me...I was apparently their champion. I then raised my arms to the sky and brought down several gigantic lightning bolts onto the top of the bone. I then walked up the dirt road to the entrance.
There I was met by my own spirit guardian, Two Feathers. At this point I was wondering exactly what I was in for...this was quite the unusual crowd, dress, and approach, and I had my three main guides with me for my protection. I had a temporary feeling I was going inside that bone to wrestle with my own dark force, my biggest nemesis to date. Two Feathers blew sage and sweet grass on me as I went inside. The Woman in a Grass Dress was now standing over my friend, and in full human form. As she saw me approach, she left. I looked, and the entity was still standing at the rear wall. He approached me and stared very closely into my eyes.
I then decided to back off and open up sacred space over sister and myself as I moved to her right side. I then lifted the entire bone up through the sky and out into space, among the stars. From there I was quickly transported to a scene from the south, from some time in the recent past. There was a southern-style mansion in the distance, with a large field leading down to a huge tree under which I was standing.
I saw a young boy of 5-7 then appear, and saw that he had just choked to death on what I feel was an acorn he tried to swallow whole. I then was revealed to me that the spirit of this boy then reached through time to take hold of sister when she was living in the south and more spiritually vulnerable. He literally reached through time to get to her now, even though in Earth years we are at least several decades along from his death. He jumped instantaneously into the now, since in the spirit world time is quite the flexible to non-existent property. It seems the boy was totally lacking in any sort of feminine balancing energy, and was seeking this energy from her.
We then were back in the bone cave. I took my crystal wand and absorbed the entity. My wand was then glowing with a flesh color! I took the wand outside and called down a lightning strike to remove the entity's spirit and transmute it to the spirit camp. I barely recall the actual strike, but not the transmutation, though. However, I remember my own body twitching sharply on the bed at this point...a jolt of some magnitude. I then found myself on a river's bank, gently running the tip of the wand across and through the surface, to release the entity into water. This is the preferred method for doing this, so perhaps the lightning strike was a non-effective idea.
I then found myself in an old Mexican courtyard, and saw a religious woman approach me fully dressed in a white and blue habit. She brought me a small, golden box. She opened it to reveal a searingly-white heart shape within. She told me this was part of the heart energy of sister's Power Animal, the White Eagle, and that she should keep this box close to her at all times...in her mind and spirit, obviously. I then saw myself assisting in giving sister injections of papaya juice, directly into her abdomen, surrounding her growth. I remember wondering what properties papaya could possibly have to reverse the course of the growth's Life.
I then saw sister standing, completely surrounded by a healthy aura. I then turned and walked out of the bone. The people who had been lining the road disappeared as I fell to the ground in humility. I got the impression they were with sister in some way, as if she were their Medicine Woman. Now that she was healed, they all went on their way. I thanked all my guides and helpers and soon thereafter the call back drumming sounded. I believe I was shown one more unrelated image or two before the call back, but can't remember it/them. I shall run my actual crystal wand in water to cleanse whatever is left of the entity so it can go home totally in one piece and in one peace.
Here is sister's response later in the same evening of the 8th: "Thank you! A boy! How interesting! There were lots of weak aura times while I was living in the South, so it would not surprise me to have had him attach during that time. Poor kid! Thanks for sending him home. I could tell tonight that a weight was lifted. My energy started returning and my outlook improved and I thought, "I'll bet Ken found the time to do the journey."
Here's a link to the healing properties of papaya. http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news001/papaya.html. [Ed Note: This site is replete with praise for the healing qualities of papaya for many illnesses, including cancer!] Now I'll have to find a place that has them. Apparently there are both Mexican and Hawaiian variants. Since there was a Mexican connection in the journey, I'm assuming I should go for the Mexican papaya if I can find it.
Interesting about the crowd. The number is about the size of the active membership at our hurch, so maybe that's who they were. Another mention of the eagle on the day that my Florida family writes me that the eagles have begun setting on the nest. They had no young last year at all, so that's very good news! Even more so since their old nest got blown down in one of Florida's many hurricanes this summer. They had to start from scratch and build a new one! Guess it paid off! Maybe it will be a white baby!
Thank you again for following your path and helping me to follow mine in health!"
I then reminded sister it was the helpers who passed all this valuable info along, that I was merely the channel. I also mentioned that a White Eaglet would cause quite the stir! Subsequent reading concerning acorns in Ted Andrew's Nature Speak reveals acorn to be the symbol of strong male energy and a source of great strength for spiritual and other activities!!
12/16: Here are the results of the ultrasound (it appears the Helpers did a REALLY good job!): "She said it appeared that there had been a small cyst on one ovary that had burst during my last cycle. She didn't see why the woman who did my exam thought there was an enlargement of the uterus, as everything else looked normal..."
SHAMANIC SHAPE-SHIFTING FOR HEALING ATTEMPT
3/4/05: A journey to investigate the dark area in a woman's aura I spotted during our restoration ceremony of Feb 25. This area corresponds roughly to an area where she has a physical manifestation of this energy field. So, I smudged the room, lit the sacred candle and rattled sacred space into place. Wearing my mirror for energy and protection, I was off.
Most interestingly, I was met right off the bat by Angshwa, my White Owl guide. He was the guide I met when I performed my very first journey for my client. This guide seems to have a personal interest in the woman's well-being, for while I did not even have him in mind for this particular journey, nonetheless he had volunteered. And here he was, swooping down right in front of me as we both occupied the space at the top of a bunch of close and tall, snow covered pine trees. We looked below, and way down there, in the middle of a small clearing, I could see a well-lit cabin.
It was quite dark there, for the yellow lights in the windows really stood out. As we descended toward this cabin, however, it turned into a large fire. When we got to the surface, I saw four dark beings sitting around this fire. It appeared as if they were trying to warm themselves, but I saw one place his hand directly in the fire with absolutely no result. No burning, no pain. I then realized these beings were totally cut off from the fire of life, but were still seeking it. Owl and I stood off to the side, watched and waited. I wasn't sure whether to intervene with these beings or not, and decided waiting was indeed the best thing.
Suddenly, a large wolf emerged from the woods. He was quite unhappy and was snarling at the fire and the beings around it. He moved up to and slowly paced round the fire, as if sensing the beings there but unable to see them. He did, however, spot Angshwa and I and came over to visit with us. He became friendly with us and especially my guardian, Gray Wolf, and they sort of hit it off. Angshwa and I then looked right, and saw an opening in the woods through which a snow-covered road led. This road went over a small, frozen creek via a small bridge with minimal height and wooden rails on either side.
I then saw a body float up and press against the clear ice covering the creek. I sensed there were more bodies beneath this one, and that the beings at the fire were spirits of these bodies. They had obviously died unnaturally. Most remarkably, I then saw the two sisters leaning against the rails and looking out across the creek. I then sensed that a bit of the dark energy from these beings crept into the twins, unaware of the invasion.
Hence, they were not hit with a full entity invasion, but "imprints" were left. It almost appeared to have happened by chance...they just happened to be there as that energy drifted by. At this point, there was a pause in the journey. Perhaps Angshwa went back for guidance. In any case, when we both were back together, I was shown the woman has had a rainbow colored wreath of energy placed around her head. This will be there for the next two weeks. My duty is to place spiritual sage into the rainbow wreath from here on a daily basis, to keep it fresh. This wreath will gradually absorb the dark Imprint in the woman's aura. I shall gladly do this. At this point, the journey was over.
Client's Response 4/8/05:Hi,
Hope you all had a nice Easter, we had a house full.
I have been so busy, that's why I didn't email sooner, but I wanted to get your thoughts on a "dream" I had near the end of the sage placement you did for me. It wasn't a dream as I would normally call it, but more like a vision. As I was sleeping, and I saw a pair of eyes so close to my face looking at me, but they weren't human eyes, they were eyes of a bird, I thought a eagle or hawk, and right behind the him, was an owl, and the owls eyes were coming closer to my face along side the eagle / hawk. I was so startled by this that I woke up, I looked at the clock and I was about 7 am. It took me a few days to realize, but I must have been thinking of you and your helper. Do you think I could have had a vision of you, Hawk and your helper, Angshwa ??
There is no rush on this, I just thought you would find this interesting, and then it might have been just a thought in the back of my mind.
Well, you guys have a great weekend, we plan on going hiking with the dog tomorrow and enjoy the outdoors, Talk soon,
My Reply: Your vision is nothing short of thrilling, for I performed your final 6 or 7 visits [to work on the growth by your ear] as a Hawk in the early morning, around 5 AM. I would shape shift into a hawk, fly over to your house, circle around you and chant while placing the sage, and then fly back. There can be little doubt but that you actually saw me as hawk in your vision. As far as owl goes, it's also truly amazing, for I would run into owl on some of my flights over there. There was one morning in particular where we flew together for a while. Could very well have been Angshwa, or else Eagle Claw, my Upper World guide. Thanks for telling me this, for it makes sense for you now..and gives me more confidence in my shape-shifting skills.
Follow-on response from client 4/27/06:
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know that I had a good report from the Drs. Yesterday. The tumor has shrunk in size again and I don't have to have another MRI until May 2008JJ
Many thanks for all you've done! You really know your stuff!!!
THREAT OF RENEWED CANCER REMOVED BY THE HELPERS AND SEEKER
(This series of emails tracks the initial contact right through when the doctor declares this episode, in which the lack of a tumor puts the lie to tests showing a cancer threat, a "fluke." M and I know better.)
6/9/06: Hello Four Hawks,
My Name is M and I am in The US.
I came across your blog while trying to find
shamanic practitioners in my area and low and behold here
you are. I am contacting you because well, I need help. I was diagnosed
with thyroid cancer in Oct. and treated in Jan.
Recently the doctors have found cause for concern and I have to
go through some tests in July to make sure the cancer has not come back.
I am experiencing a lot of the symptoms that I did before treatment
and they are getting increasingly worse.
The reason that I have to wait till July for these tests is to make sure that
the radioactive iodine from Jan. is completely out of my system for them to be accurate. Although thyroid cancer is usually very easy to treat, if its not being treated easily then that's not good.
I really need to get at the cause of all of this, I need to understand and concur it.
And I need help.
I have been researching shamanism since my first encounter
with a shaman about a year ago. I had a healing done and a lot of beautiful
things were revealed to me. The process is something that I truly connect with.
So, if you are free and able to work with me I would be truly truly grateful!
My financial situation is not what it could be at the moment and I would not be able to repay you with a cash exchange at this time. On your site I know that you said that this would not be a problem but, I would need to repay you in some way. Hopefully we can work something out, that is if you can help me.
Hope to here from you soon.
Blessings to you and yours,
6/14: My first journey:
As I entered the spirit world, I saw a little girl eating peanut butter or something similar, straight from a jar. She was really into it! I knew it was M as a child. While she was standing there, a big, black cloud formed nearby. I went over to check it out, and found that it had lines of blood running through it. Then, the spirit of my brass Mongolian Shaman figurine (which in this world rests on my chest when I journey) came toward me. In each hand he was lugging a square block of light. One was sky blue, the other earth green. He gave these to me, and when I put them down in front of me, they quickly shape-shifted into two round "mirrors", still blue and green, just large enough for my feet to fit upon.
I instinctively stepped onto the mirrors and found myself being lifted up into the cloud. Once inside, I was standing inside an old-fashioned, large house. It was afternoon, but the walls and furnishings were thus that the house still had a dark pall over it. The surroundings also indicated the people here lived quite comfortably in terms of wealth. The house had a least two stories, and I was very near a large staircase. In the hallway next to the stairs and leading into what was probably the kitchen/dining area, I suddenly saw a large tombstone sticking out of the floor.
Instead of having a name on it, it had the single word, "anger." I then saw a skirmish take place at the top of thestaircase. A drunken older man suddenly pushed a little girl down the staircase, killing her. I watched as the spirit of the girl hopped out of her body and ran up to begin beating on the man with all her might. She then placed a curse on his future offspring and theirs. I sensed that M was a recipient of this curse from the past.
I was suddenly brought back to the little girl eating peanut butter, and saw that there is a small, donut-shaped cloud circling M's thyroid gland. It is black and lined with blood, just like the one I had just investigated. M has the curse! I then asked if this curse can be removed. I was shown that as a first step toward healing, M must procure (if she doesn't have one already), a turquoise and coral necklace. She must wear this for three consecutive weeks, taking it off nightly to wash in cold water. I know from prior shamanic experience that this ritual will help remove most if not all of the curse energy. I was then shown that she must burn a lavender candle for a total of four hours to appease the anger of the little girl who was killed on the stairway.
The scene then shifted several times. First, I saw a funeral procession moving slowly along on a very dark and gray day. The box with the killed girl's body in it was being taken to burial among mist and drizzle in a horse-drawn wagon. Again I could see the spirit of the girl in total anger, throwing dirt and sticks at the procession. Then, I saw the little girl playing with a very friendly and compassionate dog. This scene must have been from when she was alive. Then I saw myself on the veranda of a very well-appointed house.
A black woman on her 30s came over to me. She was pointing out a heavy-set boy with reddish hair, wearing glasses. She wanted me to listen as he went inside to play "Fur Elise". I was then shown that to appease the angry spirit, M should combine all these elements into a single presentation on her bureau: the lavender candle, a replica or picture of a piano, also that of a dog, also that of a young boy with reddish hair, and should play that symphony while burning the candle surrounded by the other Items. This should take care of the destructive energy surrounding her thyroid. After that energy is gone, any healing treatments will be far more effective in removing any damage done to date. The journey was then complete.
6/18: M's REPLY:
So, one of the first things that jumped out at me and I just had to laugh was my child eating peanut butter. I have been eating peanut butter non-stop for like a month now. And actually in the healing that I mentioned in my first letter the spirits signaled me by making reference to the apple binge that I was on. This is possibly because in the last few years I have become more conscious of the way I eat.
As far as your Brass Mongolian Shaman Figurine bringing to you the blocks of green and blue light, I was just the other day thinking about those very same colors and there presence in my life. How they make me feel in a way that is beyond words (psychically, I guess), emotionally, where in my body ,ect... I noticed that while I have always had an affinity for blue, it's "airy" and clear texture and quality, I have an unconscious urge to surround myself with the color green, my bedroom, my clothes, and the little things all around.
I have been aware and picking up on the messages to balance my male and female energies for some time now and I've got to say that this seems to be somewhat of a difficult task for me. Just when I think that I've got a grasp on what exactly that means the concept totally eludes me. Maybe it's not an intellectual pursuit, maybe I am making it more difficult then it needs to be, maybe it is the influence of a patriarchal society which makes it difficult for me to balance those tipped scales.
Honestly, I wasn't sure what to make of what you saw with the little girl. I was certainly surprised at the revelation. It is probably the last thing that I would have imagined that you would have found. You said that I am to get a turquoise and coral necklace. The very same day that you made this journey, I was reading a book and it mentioned that turquoise and coral were common combinations in Native American jewelry. I never really knew that and for some reason it jumped out at me.
A couple of weeks ago I asked the spirits to lead me to the necklace that I was supposed to be wearing, I knew instinctively a necklace would help, I just didn't know what kind. After reading your message I searched on-line and found it on e-bay for a price that I could afford. Question: At night when I take it off to wash it, am I to put it right back on or wait till morning?
Also the day that you made the journey I was cleaning and I had the urge to completely rearrange my alter, my alter that I keep on my bureau. I found a small lavender candle that I had bought a while back. And I became some what fixated on the alter and I felt that something needed to be done. I took out a deck of tarot type cards and I drew a card that said "make music". I had no idea what it meant but, I figured I would find out, so put it on my altar. I have gotten I recording of "Fur Elise" and as soon as I find the pictures needed I will go through the ritual prescribed. Questions: am I to only play the song once and just let the candle burn for 4 hours? Have you any idea who this redheaded boy was? Is there any certain type of dog that I should look for in a picture?
You said that this ritual would appease the spirit of the dead girl. Could you explain to me a little more what that means? Is she somehow "released" or is it somewhat like soul retrieval for her? In that, something will be returned to her so that she can become whole and move on? Or is it more like, through me repaying the karmic debt of my ancestor things are in balance again? Where is she? Is it her entire spirit that is there or just a piece or an imprint? Do you continue to help her? Is this curse going to continue to effect others in my family???
Hope that I'm not asking too many questions...
6/21: LATER ON, M WROTE:
You are certainly right about it taking time to absorb all of the metaphors!
I am allowing all of these messages to integrate and watching them develop.
I have gathered all that I need for the candle ritual and I began yesterday.
For what ever reason, I felt guided to play the song twice at the beginning and
twice at the end of the candle burning.
Yesterday just after the ritual I was sitting down on the coach and their was a TIME magazine sitting right in front of me. Almost unconsciously I reached for the magazine and started thumbing through and I open up to an ad with one whole full page of just a piano. I gave a little smile, but didn't think too much of it. Then I went out to run errands, I went to this one store that I always go to. As long as I have been going there I have never seen this man working there but, the man that waited on me had red hair and glasses! He had a young boyish face but a steady, gentle demeanor, he was very friendly and it seemed that something about him was begging for my attention. Being somewhat slow to catch on at times it didn't hit me completely until I got in my car and I remembered seeing the piano in the magazine...and then the light went on. Since then it seems everywhere I go there is a red head somewhere in the vicinity.
So, there have been many connections and synchronicities outwardly as well as inwardly. This I hope and believe a is a sign that things are changing, moving, healing... or beginning to anyway.
I have not received the necklace yet but, any day now.
Thank You! for the tip about the color green. I have actually read that about cancer and the color green years ago but, you hear so many different things and what has always stuck with me is green as a healing color. But thanks for reinforcing that idea, it does make sense doesn't it? Although, I am noticing the color everywhere I go and today I was at my therapists and I saw her aura loud and clear as a vibrant green color. I don't see auras all of the time and usually not that vibrantly, so I assume that this has some reason. Or maybe I just picked up on it because I'm thinking of it now? I stopped wearing green and I will try to shift my attention to one of the other colors that you had mention would be good.
I will be very curious to see who my power animal is. In the 1st healing I had Lion was brought back for me and I know that I have a strong connection to Raven, I have for a long time even before I knew anything of power animals. It is my understanding that we have one or a few steady animal spirits that are with us throughout our lifetime and then others who come and go and are with us until we no longer need them. Is this so?
I am so excited to have your help and the help of the spirits. It has given me hope that all of this can be sorted out (in what ever way that is). I'm still scared at times but for the first time in a while I feel like I can let go and without expectations, allow things to be what and how they are and no matter what things will be O.K...so I guess that the healing has begun.
Let the chain of anger end here.
Blessings to you,
(7/11) TWO ADDITONAL JOURNEYS FOR M:
Hi, M. Here are the two Journeys I promised you
I did some explaining, but you may have more to offer..
7/7/06: A journey taken at M's request to check on some lights she has been seeing when heading up her staircase at home. These are small balls of light, indicating in her peripheral vision. I initially told her I see these also, for they are little glimpses of the soul parts that run up and down the axis of the human energy field through the Chakras. I felt there was no need to go further, until she told me she was now seeing white AND green orbs. This changed my approach, and hence this journey to determine what is up.
As I entered the Spirit World, I found myself at a picnic table. My protectors, Two Feathers and Gray Wolf, were there, as well as my Mirror Spirit, Utawa. They were all eating fresh corn off the cob. I then saw my Upper World guide, Eagle Claw, heading toward us with a large apron full of more corn! An abundance if ever I saw one! So I sat and began eating, too. Then, in the center of the table, I saw a green and white box form. The colors were swirling and morphing around the box, and evermoreso with time. As I kept on eating my corn, the scene shifted. Now there were two, tall towers of energy, one Green and one White. Faces formed at the top of each Column, and they were identical.
Suddenly I and the two light beings dropped through the ground into a forest. There was a dirt path there, which I began walking along. I soon came to a clearing with a large fountain of light. The two light beings knelt at the fountain. Two additional colors now formed over the fountain, blue and yellow. All four beings, aside from there color, now looked alike. They all got together and began to circle the fountain at ever-higher speed. Soon, there was a white/blue ring of energy surrounding the fountain, made up of these four beings. They had merged. I caught this energy with my mirror. I then watched as the scene shifted back to the picnic table. My guides there told me that this all meant that M's soul is trying to fragment, thereby pulling her in all different directions, in all ways. I was told she needs to reunify her energies.
To do this, they gave me another candle exercise for M. This is very important, for fire is the center of existence, and any ceremony with it included is therefore very powerful. M is to find four candles: blue, white, yellow and green. She is to burn them together, and if possible (without setting her house on fire) get the energies to merge, at least for a short time. The call back drumming then sounded and I returned to the room. As I lay there coming back, a brief scene displayed in which I saw a doctor, seemingly acting in a positive manner, but I have no other details.
NOTES:
CORN: It is time to merge the sacred with the mundane; new life and abundance. Corn reminds us to be practical and pragmatic while still holding onto our dreams. It also reminds us to be grateful for what we are and have.
GREEN reflects calming, balancing, growth. It increases compassion. It soothes the nervous system. Green awakens friendliness, hope, faith and peace. It stimulates growth. It cancels out red's effects. Never use green around cancerous growths, though (unless so directed by Spirit Helpers, of course).
BLUE means relaxation, antiseptic, cooling. It awakens intuition and eases loneliness. It awakens artistic expression and creativity, and is very effective when mixed with the warm colors. Orange represents joy, wisdom and creativity It stimulates feelings of socialness. It is tied to our emotional health and the muscular system.
WHITE This symbolizes great Spirit Power of very high order. White light can be used to wash the Aura and Spirit clean through both physical and imaginational use. "
7/7/06: A Journey taken at M's Request to check on the breaking of her coral and turquoise healing necklace. She was concerned this would have a detrimental effect on her healing, and although I felt it would not, I decided I would make sure. A very interesting journey ensued:
As I entered the Spirit World, I found that the little girl who had died in the first journey for M was the little "imp" who had playfully unhooked the necklace. I asked and sensed that the spirit who had initially invaded M has been appeased by her earlier ritual with candles, etc., as tasked in journey 1. I asked the little girl, "Why did you do that? You are scaring M who is trying to heal from an invasion of dark energy. Let's go for a Walk."
So I took her by the hand to lead her away from M and we soon found ourselves walking along the top ledge of an incredible high wall. The ledge was hardly 6 inches wide, and it was an extraordinary feat of balance that we did not teeter off in either irection. Suddenly, ahead of us, we saw a threatening tiger, who appeared lit from within, signaling he was a spirit being. As he made for us, we walked bravely on and he passed right through us.
I remember telling the little girl is was an impression, not reality. Then, we saw a huge flying elephant heading down to us from above. By now the top of the wall had shape-shifted into a log, and so balancing was even more challenging. The trunk swung right through us, and I said to the girl, "Same thing!"
We then stepped off the log and walked along a short rocky area. Ahead was a place I had been to before when trying to help a person who was dying of cancer. I went into this place back then to try to stop the disease, and was barely able to get out alive myself. So for lack of a better term, let's call this place the "castle of dying." I told the Girl, "I've been here before." She answered, "So have I" My prior visit had been brief, and after I fell down the stairs, I ran out, it was so dark and scary in there!
I went right up to the building and peeked into the window before me. Right next to it, to my left, I suddenly saw a face and nothing more, outlined in light. I knew by its look it was an adversary, so I grabbed my mirror and went to hold it up against this being. Simultaneously, it grabbed my arm, and we were suddenly locked in a stand-off, neither side advancing. Suddenly, my Upper World Guide came in from the right, charging the being.
This distracted it, and then my Mirror Spirit Utawa popped out of the mirror itself and began oppressing the being. "Sorry, Utawa," it said as it fled. The three of us then walked around the nearly pitch-black rooms. There was just enough light on a wall I was approaching to see a small brass nameplate with "M---" on it. I began fretting that this might mean that M was doomed to come here, when the little girl came up and said, "Oh, that was my name plate. I'm a M--- also." I could see now the plate was older and dirty.
LITTLE M then began running around the rooms as if it were broad daylight (so much for "dark and scary" now). Suddenly LITTLE M chased a large, lit toad out of a room and the two went running by us, LITTLE M laughing in joy. I turned to Utawa when they had left and all was dark and quiet and said, "It really IS peaceful in here, isn't it?!" Utawa replied, "It's a big difference from the last time you were in here," smiling.
I then saw that in the room just over to our right now had flames in it. We went in to find all in the room on fire. Soon, it became a forest on fire. We followed the burn right to the edge of a lake. Out over the water, I saw grown M kneeling, praying fervently. Two beings of light were on either side of her. One was black, the other white. "She must choose one or the other, OR balance them," said Utawa. I watched as she merged the two beings into herself.
Having balanced these beings, M's aura became normal. I then saw her face staring out at the surrounding universe, laid out in splendor before her, and she had a look of joyful awe about her. I then saw a heavy, older man walking out of M and turn into a young boy. Then, M disappeared. We were then back at the castle. We walked by it instead of into it. I could still here the toad running around within. LITTLE M, Utawa and I then headed out for the transit log. Suddenly, I caught a spear, similar to the one that had almost killed me the first time I was in this castle, with my right hand, without even looking behind to see it coming. This showed I had conquered this place and its occasional illness spirits.
We crossed back to where we started, and found numerous, gorgeous purple flowers. Then, there were yellows. Finally, red-orange colors. This looked as if we were walking top to bottom through an aura. The final glimpse I had was that these flowers were in a prestigious college-like setting. The call back drumming hen sounded.
NOTES: This seems to show that M will conquer whatever symptoms result from the initial Invasion. She chooses to Balance the "Black and White" versus choosing one over the other (and this is a decidedly Shamanic Stance), and this theme of Balance repeats itself often in the Journey. She balances herself over the Lake (emotions, femininity) to behold the world in joy again. The transformation of old man to boy shows she must use her left-brain, male side in a childlike manner
analysis for learning and fun, not for serious business.
(7/16) M'S RESPONSE TO THE NEW JOURNEYS:
O.k. so here goes...there was so much in these wonderful journeys that it feels a little overwhelming to try to respond..
In the first Journey the mention of corn definitely stuck out. I made this pasta salad with corn in it and every time that I ate it these past couple days or so I would comment on how it needed more corn. And also, on the day that my Father went into Boston with me we were talking about food and his eating more healthfully and he said that corn had no nutritional value. This struck me as odd and I said " It's corn, it's got to have something to it". I just couldn't except that . So, I looked it up and I found that it does have nutritional value, not as much as some other vegetables, but it definitely did have some (protein, fiber, vit A, C, and B1 and B5, also phytonutrients which prevent cancer) and it is also beneficial for what it doesn't have or has little of (cholesterol, sodium).
Then, the explanation that you gave for the meaning of corn matches exactly with the explanation of turquoise and coral that I had read in the book that I had mentioned when you had preformed the first Journey. It said "turquoise represents spirituality (it's health, well-being, within an individual) and coral represents the "life" of spirituality" and together they bring about the grounding of the spiritual in everyday life. This, I know is Huge for me.
That my soul is trying to fragment was something that took me by surprise at first (Is this something that shamans come across often? Have you ever seen this before? why would this happen?) But, now that I think of it, it makes perfect sense. That is exactly how I feel. Very scattered, not able to draw my energy together, and hesitant and unsure of which direction to move in because there are so many things that I could do or see or be.
I preformed the candle ritual today. (Is it common for you to give tasks with candles when working with people?) When I first lit them I laid down to meditate and there was a bird outside in my back yard squawking insistently. There are ALWAYS birds in the back yard, we have bird feeders all over. But this bird felt like it wanted my attention so I sat up and looked out the window. It was a blue jay.
As soon as I looked out he stopped his call and went about his business.
before I began the ritual I had to decide between two blue candles (one light, the other dark) . I felt like I should use the light one. When I saw the blue jay, who was the exact shade of blue as the candle I used I was confident that it was the right one.
After the ritual I looked up Blue Jay in Animal Speak and it said that Blue Jay stood for "proper use of power". It said that "it has the ability to link the heavens and the earth", this of course parallels the message you received in the 1st journey that you performed for me. Also, there is mention of scattered energy and being a "dabbler". I completely identify with this and have been thinking a lot about it lately.
Also, as I was meditating I saw many things but, I kept seeing the image of a crown repeatedly. In the description of the Jay there is mention of the crest as a crown and also mention of royalty. In the other Journey you saw the flying Elephant which also stands for royalty (among other things). I am taking this to mean a coming into one's own power. Is that also how you see it? Am I missing any of the meaning behind this or do you have any insight that might help me to grasp this better?
When I preformed the ritual the blue candle burned twice as quickly as the rest (they were all the same candle different colors). So blue went out first, then white, then yellow, and then green. At the end I was left with a puddle of mostly green candle wax and blue (no trace of white or yellow).
I was reading a book today called "Legacy of Luna" by Julia Butterfly Hill. ( she is this amazing heroic woman who lived up in a Redwood tree for over 2 years! to bring attention to saving the old growth forests). And well, the short passage that I read today was about this really terrible storm that she had to survive up at the top of this 180 ft tree on a 5' by 7' plank covered only by a piece of blue tarp.
At this point she had been up there for almost 100 days and she was feeling really worn down and scared and overwhelmed at the thought of having to bear the brunt of this storm. At first she was really scared and she latched on to one of the tree's branches and clung with every inch of her might, fighting against the wind. Then she heard Luna (the tree) speak to her and she said "Think of the trees in the storm. Learn the power of the trees. Let it flow. Let it go. That is the way you are going to make it through the storm. And that is that way you will make it through the storms of life." Of course she does just this, and with the passing of the storm a peace that could not be felt fully without going through the storm comes to her, and she is transformed.
I'm not sure if you can relate any of this to what you are going through right now. But, I really felt like I should send it along and I figured if it helps then, beautiful! if it doesn't then nothing lost. But, I really hope it does.
Sorry that it has taken a while to get back. I heard from the Dr. yesterday. The official word is not in yet. My iodine scan came back negative, which would be great except that my PET scan did not. My thyroglobulin levels are elevated and she says that it is in all likelihood positive.
My doctor is supposed to call me tomorrow with their official determination. So...I am trying to remain calm and centered but, in all truthfulness that is probably the last thing that I am. Such a strange feeling, I feel everything at once, or maybe it is just moving so quickly from one spectrum to the other that the lines are blurred. All is one. The light is dark and the dark light. Everything seems very surreal, like being in a car accident...how it happens in a split second yet feels like slow-mo. Everything feels so quiet and still, eerie. which makes me feel completely present, yet not....the eye of the storm.
I have faith though...although it seems to be on the outer orbits of my existence, some where circling in this frenzy. I can sense it. It's there.
Just need to let go and realize that gravity is holding me...I won't be hurled out into space to tumble endlessly further and further out. I've got to Trust...
and I will, I mean, I do. Deeply, It's just removed at the moment.
So, needless to say I will have to get back about the 2nd journey. Focusing is not really in the cards at the moment.
I did hear back from my Dr. today and the feedback that she had for me today was so much more positive than what she had said on Wednesday. That is, they have not deemed the test positive, or negative. Yes, if it had been determined positive this would mean that there would be another tumor. (actually 2 in this case, as there are 2 spots lighting up).
There would have been a huge difference in this diagnosis from in the last tumor though. The treatment that is typically used to treat thyroid cancer is radioactive iodine, and this is usually very effective as a treatment because it completely destroys thyroid tissue (and only thyroid tissue). But if a thyroid cancer is not taking up iodine, (as in the negative iodine scan might suggest) this effective treatment is rendered obsolete. Other treatments (chemo and radiation) can be used but are often, but not always, unsuccessful.
There is also the fact that my thyroglobulin levels are elevated. Thyroglobulin is usually used after RAI (Radioactive Iodine) treatment to track any reoccurrence of tumor. But, a very small percentage of people produce antibodies, which can cause interference with the thy-glob levels. I happen to be one of those people. So, basically what this means is that while these elevated levels are suspicious, they can not be relied upon.
The next steps are to retest these levels at a few different labs, including one in CA that specializes in these tests, and see if there are any differences in the #'s. If there are then it can most likely be concluded that these have no bearing on what these small spots are.
Also I have to go in for an MRI so that they can compare scans.
Hi, M. I performed a divination for you today and it was a very positive one. Like rain falling onto the flowers, it said. Good things are coming your way! Things are to get better. You will have a long period of happiness. But once again they are asking you to burn 13 sticks of incense in thanks for this good fortune. So what you are going through now is temporary. :)
Thank You Ken...
I already feel better. Actually I started to feel more up yesterday so I burnt some incense before I received your message, offering the smoke to the spirits to enjoy as you had said to do before.
I think that shall count for #1 and the rest I will do one a day for 12 more days.
"Like rain falling down onto the flowers" ..that is beautiful!!!
I heard from my doctor today and the MRI came back clear, that is they found nothing unusual or suspicious. My doctors have never seen anything like this before...
but they seem fairly certain that it is just some fluke thing.
Yes, this certainly does deserve a big "Thank You"! and I truly am very thankful. I have felt much closer to spirit lately. Like my intentions and prayers have been connecting much more... Much closer. I can feel them around me, and I thank you for being there for me and helping me get to this point.
WIFE'S TUMMY
8/9/04: A Journey to help my wife with her tummy and throat problems. These popped up the morning after we took my mom out to eat for her birthday last Thursday night, and had made it almost impossible for her to eat over the weekend, including a big family party we had Sunday. I figured food poisoning, but didn't get the chance to journey until Monday. I prepared as always, and went in for a 10-minute drum loop.
I found myself sitting on my azurite stone on a bookshelf in some house, next to a sunny window. I was so tiny that the stone (all of an inch long) appeared as a huge rocky hill, and I could see my reflection in its shiny facets...in this life all of one-quarter mm or less in width. Owl then came to the window, paused briefly on the sill, then shrank down himself to my size. He himself manufactured our journey tunnel this time, by creating a spray of his own feathers that grew higher and higher, out the window and up to the sky.
We flew up through this circling-feather cylinder and emerged onto a platform of a glass-like flooring, with real clouds, but thin and blue, serving as the walls. Suddenly before me was a very large scallop, with red lines (red tide bacteria?) coursing through various parts of its surface. So it WAS the scallops! Two herb names then floated by me: mullein and peppermint. (These were to help my wife heal, no doubt. We have peppermint tea, so I gave her some to take to work the next day.)
I checked to see if her Power Animal raccoon could help, but even though present in a far corner of this "room", he was occupied with other of my wife's issues. So Hummingbird, her other PA, arrived..and did the most remarkable thing. She came right up to me eyes and stuck her long beak into each pupil, filling them with mana, or spirit essence. I then found myself inside my wife's upper tract and tummy. I ran my hands in circles across her throat and stomach lining for several minutes, pouring yellow healing light through my hands into her tissues.
I was also physically moving my hands through the air above my bed at the same time..recall we are still partially in the conscious world during journeys. Owl and I then traveled back through the feather tunnel, and I ended up at my wife's work, and saw her working at her desk. I delivered some of that healing energy to her directly. At this point, the work was done, for my mind began racing toward the installation of Ma's new computer. At this point, the call back drumming sounded, and I thanked my Helpers and was back.
Cool to report: My Wife came home from work the same evening and told me she started feeling much better in the early afternoon, the time of this journey...in fact, she relates that she actually felt the massaging going on in her tummy area at the time.
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