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“Behind the Scenes”
Sedona Vortex Explorations
October 29-31, 2004
Captions by Dick Sutphen
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The following photos are from the “10-Person Escorted Sedona Psychic Vortex Exploration,” October 29-31, 2004. As I explained in my column (Click to read)
, our ten participants dwindled to four, which was the smallest group we have ever worked with, but the fun certainly made up for it.
Not everyone participating in the adventure wants to climb to the top of the vortex rock formations, so usually Tara remains midway with those who want to work with her, and I guide (I use that word loosely) the more
adventurous and physically fit to the top. In this case, Ericka, Merry and W.L. were my climbing buddies for three days.
 After 40 minutes of hiking and climbing, we’ve
reached a cave-like slot opening in the Boynton Canyon cliff wall. The dark area overhead is from years of cookfires. The partial remains of a Sinagua dwelling (1125 to 1400) still stands.
 Tara at the first level of ruins in Boynton. From
here, four of us will make our way to the rebirthing hole, shimmy through and then climb much higher.
 The dark area in the right-hand corner is a
cave-like slot in the cliff wall shown in the two previous pictures. Kathy is sitting near the edge of an overhang (white spot). Below, I am leading Ericka, W.L. and Merry to the rebirthing hole.
Ericka makes it through the rebirthing hole.
 Merry follows, although the day before she badly
wounded her hand.
 And W.L. follows.
 We have climbed high up the mountain, but will go
much higher. Here we can look down at Tara, Jessie and Kathy enjoying their lunch on a rock overhang at the first ruins.
 Half way up Cathedral Rock.
 This is a very steep section of Cathedral
Rock that Tara affectionately calls the “Butt Crack.”
 Ericka is sitting with her legs over the edge at the top of
Cathedral Rock. The mountain drops off several hundred feet below her.
 After climbing Cathedral, we have lunch together
in Sedona. Jessie, Tara and Merry.
 At Tuzigoot, a Sinagua village built between
1125 and 1400. This is a two-story pueblo that once had 77 rooms. We meditated together to make contact with the spiritual caretaker and used psychometry to perceive the lives of the people who once lived there.
 Tara took this photo of us meditating at a
medicine wheel near Airport Mesa.
 Someone else took this picture of our group on
Airport Mesa just as the sun was setting Sunday evening.
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