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“Behind the Scenes”
Ten-Person Escorted
Sedona Vortex Exploration
July 9-11, 2004
Captions by Dick Sutphen
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 Loading up after the orientation at The Inn of Sedona. In addition to the ten
participants, we asked Kathy Watson to help us in support areas, and Irish psychic Patrick Smith to join us to provide his unique metaphysical take on the areas we would explore:
THE PROMOTION COPY for this first-time seminar read:
Dick and Tara will personally train and accompany 10 people into all the Sedona Psychic Vortexes and other special places tourists seldom see. You’ll meet Friday morning for a couple hours at the hotel for an
orientation. Then we’ll climb into four-wheel drive vehicles and go to the vortexes together. The Sutphens will personally take you to the most
interesting and powerful places, and often lead the group in meditation or psychic explorations on the spot. They are perceiving this unique gathering to be like a group of friends sharing a three-day adventure.
Together we’ll explore the vortex areas: Airport Mesa is the site Dick wrote about in 1977, (“Past Lives, Future Loves”), which introduced
the world to the Sedona energy. This site remains the Sutphen’s favorite healing vortex. Bell Rock is a beacon vortex, (the site of continual UFO sightings) best known for stimulating consciousness. The Cathedral
Rock site is ideal for activation of your subconscious mind, stimulating forgotten memories and past-life recall. Boynton Canyon is sacred ground to the Yavapai Indians, who say it is the home of the “Great
Mother,” which they perceive as the creative force. Psychic abilities are greatly enhanced here. We’ll explore the actual canyon and cliff dwellings high on the canyon wall -- the Sutphen’s favorite meditation
place.
Some of the vortex areas are easily accessible, but to get to the Indian caves and other sacred places, participants will need to be capable of walking a couple miles of ascending trails in warm-to-hot weather. The
Sutphens are counting on the Universe to bring together the ideal 10 people to participate in this never-to-be forgotten experience.
 Friday Afternoon: You climb almost to the very
top of Bell Rock, although this certainly isn’t necessary to tap into the intense energy you experience here. Initially, everyone found a place to meditate privately.
 Look closely and you’ll see Patrick standing high on Bell
Rock. At each sight, about half the participants wanted to climb to the top, and half preferred to remain midway upon the vortex areas.
 Here we are gathered on the lip of the
bell, and I have induced an altered state of consciousness and had the participants connect with their spirit guide and obtain personal information. At the end of the session we called in
the guardian of the site. Each person perceived and communicated with the guardian, and we generally agreed upon what he looked like and how he responded.
 In this photo, you are seeing the top of one of the
Boynton Canyon walls. It is a climb to get to the lower portion of the photo, which is a cave-like overhang in the cliff wall. The remains of a Sinagua structure are
found here. The ceiling of the overhang is black from hundreds of years of cooking fires. Toward the top of the photo is another cave-like indentation in the mountain, where you find more Sinagua ruins. The only
way to get to this area is to climb up to the “eye of the needle” -- a tiny slot you can wiggle through to get a shelf beyond the rocks. From here you can climb to the top.
 All of the participants made it up to the first
overlook. Here is a natural ledge a couple hundred feet above the canyon floor. Many of our group remained here to meditate.
Tara and I at the Boynton Canyon overlook. The remains of a Sinagua apartment are just out of view to our left.
Tara, Renee, Bill and Donna in Boynton Canyon overlook.
Five of the group decided to go through the eye of the needle. Here they have reached the place of the canyon wall.
 The eye of the needle is about 24 inches high at
its widest point. Here I am taking a picture through the hole into the shelf on the other side of the canyon wall.
Michael and four others climbed through the eye and ascended to the level of the larger cave opening. Here he is looking down upon the meditating group from the top of the canyon wall.
Brian climbing back to the first overlook ledge after returning through the eye of the needle.
The Boynton climbers return for a group silent meditation.
 Late Saturday afternoon, after a sandwich
lunch at Boynton Canyon, we traveled to Tuzigoot pueblo, a Hohokam/Sinagua site that thrived for four centuries, but was abandoned around 1400. After exploring the pueblo, we
gathered in the remains of one of the kivas, and I led a meditation in which we explored pyschometry to perceive images of the people who once lived here. In this photo our group is
gathered on top of the highest kiva, which has been reconstructed by the Forest Service.
 Donna and Bill on the Tuzigoot pueblo
rooftop. The village follows the contours of a 100-foot-high ridge overlooking the Verde River. The people who lived here feared being attacked, for by the time the pueblo was
abandoned around 1425, there was just one outside doorway for 77 ground-floor rooms.
 Patrick and Peter at Tuzigoot. While hiking in
Boynton Canyon, Patrick psychically perceived the source of a long-time problem that had been troubling Peter.
 Renee and Brian at Tuzigoot. They are
recuperating from the Boynton Canyon exploration.
 Here I am with Kathy Watson who lives in
Sedona and provided support on this exploration. Kathy helps me organize and run the regular Sedona seminars, and has been incredible support since back in the days Tara
and I toured the country in a Silver Eagle rock and roll bus.
 Susan and George at Tuzigoot. Susan was
especially interested in the connections between us as a group. In the group meditation, which I conducted with my eyes shut, I saw the guardian of the site lift his arms and say, “You are the people of these
peoples.” I also hear one loud word from another source: “Teotihuacan” (the subject of my book, “Earthly Purpose” from Simon & Schuster
Pocket Books). In that volume I talk about 25,000 people relating to this Mayan period who purposely reincarnate together every 700 years.
 Saturday night, Tara and I decided to drive 25
miles to Camp Verde where an All-Tribe Pow Wow was taking place. On our way, we snapped this picture in which Bell Rock appeared to be sucking the clouds down out of the sky and into the top of the bell. It was
much more obvious in person than it appears in this photo. I’ve been visiting Sedona regularly for most of my adult life, but I have never seen anything like this before.
 Tara at the Pow Wow. We were in culinary
heaven eating the food (green chilies, corn and mutton on squaw bread). Over 90-percent of those attending were Native Americans. The people are always aware of Tara’s lineage and
often comment upon it (one-quarter Blackfoot).
 Several of those in our group are so wired by
the Sedona energy and the experiences of the last two days, they did not go to sleep Saturday night. I’m amazed that this fact has not slowed them down. Here we are just beginning to ascend Cathedral Rock Vortex.
It is an easy hike to this point on Cathedral Rock. At the half-way point, Tara splits off with about half the group to lead a meditation. The other half begins to climb higher.
 Tara and Donna on Cathedral Rock. In the
background, behind Donna, is Courthouse Rock, several miles away.
 Climbing to the top of this vortex is my favorite
Sedona climb, but living at sea level, I was winded and forced to stop and catch my breath several times ... and wasn’t alone. The trail climbs 760 feet in less than a mile.
 This is the view from a ridge stretched
between two peaks near the top of Cathedral Rock.
 This is just about as high as you can go on
Cathedral without mountain climbing gear. Kristin was the only woman that ascended with Patrick and me, and two of the male participants.
 After a lunch in Uptown Sedona, we traveled
to Airport Mesa Vortex--a powerful healing site. What the Forest Service has indicated to be this vortex is a bit off the mark. The energy is extremely concentrated here, so we hiked to
the source. Here I am just about to begin a group healing session, when a hawk and two ravens flew right over our heads. Obviously the birds upstaged me. We ended this session with a
group-focus, hands-on healing with two of the participants in need of physical healing
 Following the healing, everyone was to
meditate on their own for awhile. Here Tara meditates in a medicine wheel overlooking the valley. Note Bell Rock small in the background about five miles away.
We ended our day in Oak Creek in the shadows of Cathedral Rock.
Susan decided the water was too inviting and plunged into Oak Creek.
 Patrick and me at Oak Creek. I think he had
as much fun as I did over the three days of vortex explorations. Shortly after this shot, he slipped and fell into the creek.
Tara shot this of me at Oak Creek with Cathedral Rock in the background.
The vortex exploration over, Tara is ready to ride home.
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