REDWOOD
My
Mayan guide calls himself Redwood as his original Mayan name is a closely
guarded secret and the name he took when he became King is unpronounceable by
most Western people. 'Redwood' is also a
little joke: the Redwood tree is older by far than the Silver Birch and he says
he is older than the great Spiritualist guide, Silver Birch! His psychic portraits are used throughout
this book, each portray him at some stage of his life
but nothing can truly capture the brilliance and the radiance that this beloved
man brings to my life.
He is my
main guide, the one who has been with me and walked with me throughout this
incarnation. He and I have shared
countless lifetimes, usually with Redwood on the other side of life, working
with and through me on this side of life, as we are now. His level of learning is amazing and I know
other guides are in awe of his knowledge. He is a gentle presence, never
pressuring, always loving and always full of amazing wisdom and insight.
In his psychic portraits he reveals a little about
himself, the different hairstyles he wore, the type of clothes he had and now,
in this book, he reveals a Mayan secret: the casting of stones.
HISTORY
Many
thousands of years ago, Mayan priests forecast or sought answers to questions
by studying the fall and placement of different stones on a specially prepared
piece of land.
They kept separate and apart a square of earth, smoothed
out to be perfectly flat , edged with flat stones. Two
lines were drawn across the square, creating three sections. These represented
Past, Present and Future. Fifty stones
were thrown into the square, each depicting some part of life and their
placement and relationship to one another was carefully studied to provide what
we would now call a 'reading.'
This method of divination has been channelled from the
spirit side of life and is now presented for modern day people to find their
own answers to questions. The preparation is not quick, the stones must be
found and each must match - in the mind of those finding them - the concept
they will represent in the divination process.
But once found, the divination process can begin and, because the stones
are from the very ground we walk on, the reading will be honest, basic and very
down to earth.
Redwood gave me this 'new' way of divination after we had
been together for some time.
It is Redwood's wish, as well as mine, that you will find
a closeness to nature and our earth in working with
this method of divination. Certainly I found the work revealing and fascinating
as I slowly and carefully made my choice of stones, as I was given the
categories and the descriptive pieces to go with each one. The 'meanings' of
the stones came from Redwood and they, together with the items required and the
method, are as faithful a recording of this ancient ritual as it is possible
for a modern day person to transcribe and set before you.
I wish you much pleasure in finding and naming your
stones and, when the collecting is done, in using them to 'read' your life and
that of friends and others who may ask for your wisdom. It will soon be
realised that this is a very different way of reading, one that is
exceptionally subtle and yet revealing and you will find great comfort in
working with something that comes directly from the very earth that supports
each and every one of us in life and in 'death'.