The Shamanic Rites of Munay Ki

To Evolve Into a New Human, Homo Luminous, and Dream Our World Into Being

The term Munay is a term in the Quechua language of the Andean people. Munay means Love and Ki is from the Japanese word for energy, power or life force. Thus it means The Power of Love.

The rites of the Munay Ki are based on initiation practices of the Andean shamans and are being taught, stripped of their outer indigenous culture, by Dr. Alberto Villoldo PhD and Marcela Lobos who have studied with the shamans of Peru for many decades and have been bringing this knowledge to people of western culture with permission from the shamans in order to awaken the heart and become empowered to dream a new world into being. It’s a direct connection to the cosmos, a field of consciousness that connects everything. The Munay Ki catalyzes the transformation to step into a new, evolved human. The new human, homo luminous, can communicate without words, grow a new body, understand the truth beneath all and become a caretaker of the garden, our mother Earth. We are like caterpillars turning into a butterfly. The rites help us realize that we are connected to all that is so we can feel it in our being. It also anchors us in our destiny, our health and wellbeing in the times after the crisis we are going through. In order to receive the Munay Ki rites we need to practice humbleness and gratitude. Being humble for example means we realize we eat from the Earth and we say thank you. We say “I’m sorry” for any mistakes we made. We have compassion with others who are also learning and who may have trespassed against us.  With time we can live in a state of grace and also recognize this in others. Gratitude is essential not just for receiving the Munay Ki rites but for living in a state of higher vibes in general.

I am a certified Munay Ki practitioner since May of 2021. This means I can transmit these rites to others. However, I don’t have the time to offer this as a matter of practice. So far, I have given the rites to friends and family only.

There are 10 rites, which I will describe briefly. They have existed for millenia in traditions around the world. They are energetic transmissions given from teacher to student with the entire lineage of ancient shamans empowering the transmissions.

1.       The Healers Rite – Hampe Karpay

This rite connects us to the lineage of healers. To be a healer of others we must know from experience how to transform our wounds into sources of wisdom and compassion. For many this means they have gone through the dark night of the soul, found and healed many of their shadows. Being a healer is more about being than doing. A healer is honest, present, aware of themselves and others, the environment. It’s someone that encourages others to be themselves. They are in a state of being e.g. joy, peace that transmits to others.

2.       The Bands of Power – Chumpi Karpay

This is the right I have transmitted most often to family and friends as they have very practical applications in daily life. They are five energetic belts around the body that one can expand and contract as needed. We all put up walls after being hurt and have mechanisms to not feel vulnerable. The bands make us feel safe over time so our walls can crumble and this has great impact on our interactions with others. They are tied to the essence of the elements:

The first band is black as the rich soil of the Earth. It’s installed at the level between the first and second Chakra. It helps us ground to the Earth, compost and dispose of energies into the Earth that don’t serve us. And it keeps our intestines moving.

The second band is red as our life blood, our water. It helps digestion of anger that is stored in the liver. It tempers our rage, our fire. It sits at the level of the solar plexus.

The third band is of a golden color and goes around the chest through the heart Chakra. It symbolizes the fire that balances between wet and dry, brings warmth of the sun to the heart to melt cold emotions. It keeps our feelings warm and melts our walls of fear.

The fourth band is of a silver color and goes around our throat Chakra. It is connected to the air element. It helps us express our truth, our passion. It helps us speak.

The fifth band is called the spirit band and has a white luminous color. It goes around our third eye Chakra. It helps keep our minds clear and clean. It helps us at the time of death to reach our rainbow body which is what remains when we die.

After receiving this rite I went shopping in Home Depot where you usually can’t find any employee to help you and if you do see one, they run away before you can approach them. That day, three employees came towards me and asked if I needed help. I expand my bands every time I have to drive somewhere and the red lights are all green in a row, other cars keep their distance and it’s a smooth ride. When I forget to expand them, I hit the red lights and have cars tailgating. Family and friends whom I have given this rite say the same thing.

3.       The Harmony Rite – Ayni Karpay

To be in Ayni means to be in right relation, be it with Earth, other people or the spirit world. It connects us to animal spirits, which in Peruvian shamanic traditions are Serpent, Jaguar, Hummingbird and Eagle. It also connects us to the guardians of the lower, middle and upper world. These are archetypes representing different levels of our being. Serpent represents the physical, warns us of dangers to our physical being and teaches us what is good for us to maintain our integrity. Jaguar represents the level of mind. It sees between the lines, knows who is lying, is not of integrity. It helps us see in the dark and find our shadows. It encourages us to live with courage. Hummingbird represents soul. It let’s us lighten up, drink only of the sweetest nectar of life. It helps us find opportunities in situations. Eagle is the level of spirit. It gives us great perspective in situations, to see the other side of a wall that may block our view. The guardian of the lower world is a guide to see our subconscious, what we hide from ourselves. Shows us our shadows, our blind spots.  The guardian of the middle world is connected to the other two guardians and synchronizes what will help us heal the past and manifest our destiny. It also lets us meet people synchronistically we need to meet. It powers synchronicities. The guardian of the upper world opens the gates for our journey there. It lets us step outside of linear time and recognize and embrace our destiny.

4.       The Seers Rite – Kawak Karpay

It provides us with the connections between the visual cortex, the third eye and the heart to gain inner vision of the invisible world of subtle energies with eyes of love and compassion.

5.       The Daykeeper’s Rite – Pampa Mesayok Karpay

It initiates us into a lineage of medicine men and women who bring health and harmony to their community. We realize we are no longer limited to ourselves and our needs. The wellbeing of our community is interlaced with our wellbeing. Pampa is the feminine plane of Earth and the Mesa is the altar. It’s an anchor for the shaman that connects him or her to nature and the teachers of wisdom. It is an empowerment to see what others need and it aids us in manifestation. The day keeper is aware of the cycles of the day and begins the day by activating the altar.  The shaman is grateful for what Earth gives us, is in tune with the seasons. When we activate this rite we may become more aware of the cycles of sunrise, sunset, the birds in nature and more. We become more attuned to the food we eat and embody more health.

6.       The Widomkeeper’s Rite – Alto Mesayok Karpay

The wisdomkeeper is the person that holds power from the high places, receives messages from spirit and is a protector and the inspiration of the village. It’s the masculine aspect and helps us come into balance with the masculine. The Alto Mesayok is close to the mountains, close to the source of high wisdom. With higher vision comes higher responsibility.

7.       The Earthkeeper’s Rite – Kurak Akuyek Karpay

In the Andean tradition these are akin to ascended masters with a perspective of life from the consciousness of the sun and stars with whom they communicate and then deliver this knowledge in a soft, digestible way to their peoples. The rite teaches us to speak to Earth as a being, not just to trees, rivers and jungles. The Kurak Akuyek can speak to Earth and know her needs and cycles. The standpoint of perceptions and intentions from the daykeeper to the widomkeeper and earthkeeper changes to encompass a wider range of vision. The heart of an earthkeeper is full of love and empathy. He or she dreams the world into being, can see far into time and space and recognize opportunities for the people.  They can guide us in our evolution.

8.       The Starkeeper’s Rite – Mosoq Karpay

The rite opens the doorway to lucidly participate in our evolution from homo sapiens to homo luminous. The rite is about the collective destiny of humanity. Originally this rite was a blessing given directly by spirit and then was used only for indigenous people. Now the shamans of the Andes have brought it down from the holy mountain and given it to the world as the time has arrived when it needs spreading. The shamans spoke of the new golden 1000 years that was coming for humanity, after passing through the eye of a storm to arrive on the other side. It’s a rite where we step into multi-dimensional time. To get to the other side of the storm upon us we need to lose our baggage. It’s like passing through the center of a torus into a new time that only let’s our essence pass through.

9.       The Creator Rites – Taitanchis Rantis Karpay

This rite stimulates us to discover our infinite nature, not separated from creative source and all creation. It lets us realize that creating is not only a privilege but also a responsibility. It teaches us to dream the world into being. The egoic center is like living in a box, limited, separated, afraid and selfish. When we commune with all, spaciousness ensues and our burdens, heaviness are lessened.  We can experience life and the universe as the I AM. The wise one knows that she can paint the ocean by dipping her brush in it as she is the sea and the brush and the artist. She’s also the fish, the coral, the children sitting on the beach. To be like the creator, dreaming the world into being is the Taitanchis.

Receiving these rites is like planting seeds. We need to nurture them and grow them to mature and flourish.

10.   The Rite of the Womb- Kisma Karpay

This is a healing and blessing connecting us to the lineage of women who freed themselves from suffering. It’s a rite for women. As women we store a lot of undigested energies of trauma and abuse in our womb. The womb is not a place to store fear or pain, it is to create and give birth to life. It must be a pure vessel as it bears generations to come. Yet many women store fear, pain, sadness in the womb. This rite frees us of these energies.

There are certain ethical principles we should follow as practitioners and receivers of the rites:

-          Non Violence: not reacting with anger and rage. Remember there is nothing we lose, we are all connected brothers and sisters living here and now. When these feelings show up, observe them, don’t go with them. We need to take ourselves less seriously, lighter, become light in the heart and remember the first rite, the healers rite.

-          Truth: Practice and speak truth. Don’t think we own truth. Someone else may also think they have the truth but it’s opposite of our truth. Be receptive, relaxed, less reactive and impulsive. To practice deeper truth, we have to be able to see through the eyes of others.

-          Integrity: To have clear vision we need to get information from all sides. The other is no longer “the other” but part of us. We create a place of stillness, supportive, not toxic so we become an oasis of peace, beauty and harmony.

-          Moderation: We don’t squander our energy, our resources but use them wisely to help others. Beware of rigid ideas e.g. asceticism is not favorable to us, it’s not moderation just like indulging in sugar is not moderation.

-          Generosity: Flow like a river, as things come to us, don’t accumulate them, let them go. The spirit of generosity is not being afraid to share. It gives us spiritual wealth. Generosity has to be with integrity and moderation. Don’t be generous just to be a “rescuer”.

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