The Three Sacred Dragons of Mt. Shasta
Everything in nature has a signature or a symbolic meaning. This is known as the Book of Nature which is written in every flower, tree, rock, and sacred place. The ancients knew how to interpret this book and read wisdom from its pages.
Mt. Shasta is well known as a sacred mountain, referred to as the Himalayas of the western hemisphere. Mt. Shasta is rich in nature's signatures. Through the years Mother Nature has opened her book and taught me the meanings of many sacred places around Mt. Shasta.
I would like to share with you my story of the three dragons of Mt. Shasta. You do not have to have clairvoyant vision to see these dragons. Their bodies are the land itself, although behind the physical form there is also the spirit of the dragon. Feng shui practitioners call this Green Dragon Energy. Green Dragon bodies are the mountains or ridges of the land. The land actually can look like the massive body of a dragon. The tree line begins at their back, creating the fertility in the valleys below. Every dragon is also a guardian of a fresh water spring that is connected with the fertility of the land.
But let me tell you a little history about dragon energy in other lands so you can begin to understand how important our Shasta dragons truly are. Dragons are also known as Nagas in India and Tibet. They are the magical creatures that control earthquakes, waterways, and Mother Earth's treasures such as crystals, veins of gold and natural gems. When the Nagas are not honored we see disasters in the form of earthquakes, floods, or diseases such as cancer and AIDS. Issues of fertility arise. Diseases that involve the imbalance of the water element are Naga diseases. Nagas are very powerful beings and must be approached with respect. In Tibet people believe the breath of a Naga can bring death.
The Nagas of India are associated with the snakes, especially the cobra. There are Naga temples outside the villages where offerings are left to the snakes to bring rain to the land. Women are the priestesses of these temples since a woman's body contains the secrets of fertility. These women would leave offerings of milk, honey and prayers. When the offerings were accepted fertility would come to the fields in the form of rain. The herds would have healthy offspring and women could easily get pregnant.
Christianity created a religious doctrine that separated God from Mother Earth. Deep in the unconsciousness of the western mind is the fear of the serpent energy. The western mind has been brought up with the myth of Adam and Eve and the serpent. Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat the apple of knowledge. She was punished for her sin and women thereafter would suffer the pains of child birth. The forces of nature and fertility strongly pulsate through a woman's body. Women became sexual temptresses to celibate monks, and since monks were writing the Bible, we are left with a negative archetype for women.
However, in the East the same serpent was symbolic of the sleeping kundalini at the base of the spine. When the kundalini is awakened that very same power can generate enlightenment. The kundalini is uncontrollable spiritual power that moves through the central channels of the body. This power can remove both emotional and psychological hindrances but you must have a firm foundation in spiritual practice to endure the intense experiences that come with the awakening of the kundalini; otherwise it can cause both emotional and mental turmoil.
