In the week of 1 Kiej (Mon Sept 29th), here is where the spiritual initiation of the shamans, the medicine people, the bundle carriers begins on this day on this week. It takes us through the story in which the shaman begins his or her sacred work. The middle of this week, 7 Aj (Sun Oct 5th), is asking us to decide what is the bundle, what are the sacred tools that this person, this being, is going to use to manifest their visions? And so it takes us to the next day to the 8 Ix (Mon Oct 6th) - now that you have your bundle, is this the sacred place? The shield of the shamans is the Jaguar, the goddess, the medicine (all representations of Ix), so with this bundle and this relationship to the Nahual, 9 Tz’ikin (Tues Oct 7th) becomes alive. 9 Tz’ikin is to manifest your visions, we teach a lot about that. The shaman must go through initiations to go through the whole process of recoding its whole being so that the new visions, the spiritual visions are born. The journey of this week takes us to 13 Kawok (Sat Oct 11th), where we are now becoming one with the powers of the universe, the lightning and thunder, and then the bundle becomes a sacred place like the sweatlodge, like the sanctuary. It becomes the tipi of the road man and the fireplace that is given, so all that begins on the 1 Kiej goes through the story of what is it that this medicine person finds to hold, carry, and manifest through within the forces of nature…