Lightning in My Blood by James Endredy

Author:James Endredy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: shaman, shamanism, memoir, paranormal, supernatural, personal stories, true stories, philosophy, shamanic healing, healing, alternative healing, nature, spirituality, spirits, earth religion, earth
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2011-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

The thatched roof of the kaliway loomed high above me, and I could see the flicker of the fire dancing in the shadows. “Welcome back,” I heard a familiar voice say. I tried to sit up, but pain shot through my temples like someone had stuck an arrow in my head. “Take it slow,” Jose Louis said quietly. “You’ve been gone for four days; we thought you might not come back. People who are attacked with Kieri usually either die or come back crazy.”

I rolled to the right so that I could see Jose Louis sitting next to me. “What’s Kieri?” I asked.

“Kieri is the powerful spirit that lives inside a plant with white, funnel-shaped flowers and spiny seed pods.3 The plant grows in steep, rocky cliffs and is very rare. Evil sorcerers like Umberto’s father sometimes make a powder from it to attack their enemies. It can make a person crazy or even kill.”

I thought about what Jose Louis said, but thinking back to the experience I just had with the Kieri, it didn’t really treat me badly, except for the splitting headache I had. I remembered what it was like to live as a wolf, and a smile crossed my face.

“What are you smiling about?” Jose Louis asked.

“I was just remembering the dreams I had. I was a wolf, and it was fantastic.”

“A wolf!” exclaimed Jose Louis. “What color?”

“Well, first I was a white wolf. She ate me after her mate, the black wolf, killed me. Then I was a black-and-white wolf—their son.”

“I must get my father,” Jose Louis replied hurriedly. “Don’t move!”

Yeah, like I was going anywhere. My head still ached tremendously, and my eyes were blurry and sore. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I felt safe in the kaliway; nothing bad would happen to me there.

A few minutes later, Nichu came with a few of the jicareros and a couple of elders. One of the elders I had only seen briefly once before. She was a large woman dressed in a fully embroidered Huichol dress that showed her status as an elder. As she walked into the kaliway, I thought I saw the many animals that were colorfully embroidered into her dress move as if they were alive.

“Glad to have you back,” Nichu said as he knelt down beside me. “This is Marta.”

The elder woman came and knelt beside me, looking into my eyes. “Jose Louis tells us you were dreaming of wolves,” Marta said in a strong and melodious voice that told me right away that she was a singing shaman.

I nodded my head yes in response and then added, “But the dreams seemed more real than any I’ve ever had. It felt like I was a wolf for many weeks, and I can still remember each day and everything I did and felt.”

“Marta knows more about the Kieri than anyone in the Sierra,” Nichu said. “She has been watching over you the whole time you were traveling in the land of Kieri, and she has kept away the wolves.

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