My five highlights of Arizona
Sedona, the mission of San Xavier del Bac, Organ Pipe National Monument, Ajo and St Kateri Tekakwitha — five reasons Arizona matters. (6 min read)
I recently spent about a week in Arizona and in this post I’m going to share the journey and a couple of the highlights.
Phoenix
Phoenix was the first stop and what a strange place it is!
A large city but with very few people on the street. As UFOs are prolific in Arizona, I wondered if ETs have teleported the Phoenicians to another place.
There are some excellent museums in Phoneix. The Heard Museum does a beautiful, if somewhat patchy, job of displaying and interpreting Native American culture. The patchiness is in respect of the contemporary situation, but the artefacts are superbly exhibited. The Phoenix Art Museum is also good, with breadth and depth. PAM also provided the best coffee I have had on this trip.
Sedona
As soon as we hit Sedona the spirit work started in earnest, with deep cleansing in several locations. On this trip I have been leaving energised crystals from the Casa Dom Inacio to uplift the environment and strengthen connections with the entities of the Casa. The highlights of Sedona would have to be the beautiful and highly energised Stupa sending prayers of love and compassion to the world, and the Chapel of the Holy Cross set amongst the most awesome rock formations. In popular consciousness, Sedona is all about the energy vortex and while we didnt meet “Mr Sedona”, we both agreed that his book was sound and that the elevated energy of the area is not confined to particular locations. As you can see from the photographs, we had some awesome sunsets, including the iconic sunset on Cathedral Rock reflecting in the water.
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon was my quintessential American experience, staying in lodge accommodation on the rim of the canyon with snow all around. We made the most of our time here and walked the rim in both directions, as well as down into the canyon on one hike in the snow. We did great work here which, in short, involved doing a small part in helping the good spirits to move on many disincarnates. The landscape and the sunset is sublime but, as for the food, we wished we were back in Sedona.
Ajo & Organ Pipe National Monument
Ajo was creation as a utopian community for miners and their families. But the mine closed and many people left. It is in the midst of a regeneration phase and there is a desire to create an artist community that will attract tourists. But for now the main reason to go there is the ready access to the Sonoran desert, particularly Organ Pipe National Monument. This is a rich ecosystem that is unique and very picturesque.
Tuscon, Patagonia & the mission towns
My visit coincided with the Jewellery and Gem Show in Tucson. My friend had some business there and we piggybacked the visit with lunch at Gabriel Cousens’ “Tree of Life” retreat centre in Patagonia, and with visits to former Spanish missions in Tumacacori and St Xavier del Bac.
The “Tree of Life” is vegan heaven! As it is in the St Rita Mountains, we left a casa crystal here and also called on her help on our visits to the missions, both of which benefited greatly from the work of the good spirits.
It was beautiful to see the love for Dom Inacio and Xavier in this area, but the highlight was being introduced to the first Native American saint, Kateri TeKaKwitha (1656-1680), who was canonised last year. This was a great gift for me because the theme of the work has been about inviting the Indigenous spirits of high degree to connect with the entities of the Casa Dom Inacio.
Namaste.
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