Inca Archetypes

The archetypes are called on to open and hold Sacred Space. They help us by lending us their strength.

The Inca start calling in the sacred space from the south. In the Inca tradition, the following four directional archetypes are called:

South – Sachamama, the serpent: to give the lesson of shedding what no longer serves us as the snake sheds its skin.

West – Jaguar: to teach us to face life and death without fear as the jaguar faces the trials of the jungle.

North – Sewar Kenti, the hummingbird: who teaches us that like the hummingbird, we too can make an “impossible journey.” The north is also the place of the “Old Ones,” our lineage of wise elders.

East – Eagle &/or Condor: to teach us to see the big picture from the high perspective and to strive to fly wing to wing with the Great Spirit.

Mother Earth: to hold us safe. We call on all of her people, the finned, the furred, the feathered, the rock people and the plant people, to work with us in Sacred space.

Father Sun, Grandmother Moon, Star Nations and the Great Spirit to shine their light and wisdom on our medicine space.