Journey meeting human form of spirit guide in underworld

Journey 5/25/09

Down to the muddy depths with Snake wrapped around me, Fox and Coyote silently at my side and Owl headress on. I journey down through the roots of the tree. This time I see a spiral ladder that I climb down, this turns into a straight down metal ladder. When we get to the cavern snake wants me covered in mud. Mud from the top of my head to the bottoms of my feet. Through the cavern down the tunnel to the house as before. The woman greets us, it is the same woman as in dream time and last journey. She now tells us that she is Gatekeeper. I ask if she is my spirit guide and she says no she is not a spirit guide. This time the door on the other side is a screen door. I go through to underworld. The rocks and boulders are to my leftside. Looking to the center I see a long field with wild grass and wild flowers. To my right is a dirt path. I follow the dirt path. When on the dirt path there is nothing behind me or to each side but mist and fog. As I am following the dirt path I come to a forest. The forest is oak and elm type trees and pine trees. There are dried leaves on the ground. The forest changes as I walk. It changes into a rain forest still with the dry leaves on the ground. I look up and there is a Mayan Shaman looking man coming toward me. He greets me and welcomes me to shaman. This man paints 2 half inch white stripes starting at my waist on the right side around to my back crossing up and over my left shoulder and down through the middle of my breasts to the left side. He paints a white snake head at the end. He does the same to my other side. At this point 7 other men all painted and decorated come over to greet me. One paints yellow dots on my face and another puts white stripes under my eyes. All of them are saying welcome. All of them are murmuring and talking to me but I can't understand anything else they are saying. I get a feeling that I need to move on so I say I have to go now and we (animal guides and myself) continue through the forest.

We see and opening in the forest and go that way. The open area is dirt ground with patchy short weeds and grass. There are several small structures like huts, I can't quite make out what they are made of. There is a small 1 room log building on the far side of the village. We go to this house and enter through a deerskin door. There is an old old woman dressed like and old Indian woman. She has a white bone necklace on. She is sitting at a small wooden table with 2 chairs. I remain standing. I ask " Are you my guide?'' She answers yes.I ask her her name. There is silence for a few minutes. Then she says " You can call me Spirit woman." Then she says "grandmother earth". She then says " Your name is snake woman here". I answer "ok can you show me around down here". She says " You just came to meet your spirit guide". At this point we just are there for awhile not speaking. I then turn around and leave. As we are returning I can not see anything but the dirt path in front of me. Everything else is dark. I come back home. Yhank you spirit guide for letting me meet you and speaking to me. Thankyou spirit animal guides for going with me.