I received the Munay-Ki Rites in their original form during my shamanic training with the Four Winds.
In April 2007, I was trained in London to pass these rites on. I was lucky enough to receive five days of intensive training with Alberto Villoldo, Don Francesco from Peru, and other Four Winds teachers.
This was a really wonderful experience. Receiving the final, ninth rite from Don Francesco was a real privilege indeed and incredibly powerful – I felt as though my whole energy system had been ‘pipe cleaned’ as his powerful energy blasted the rite into me!
Since then, I have provided the rites to many people in small groups and individually. Each time the experience is different, and it is always magical and enjoyable.
Spirit knows how fast to give the rite to each person and what qualities they need. We become a conduit for this energetic transmission rather than being involved in it. The difference it makes in each person’s life reflects our uniqueness, and yet it also brings the same responsibilities and depth of love for the Earth to us.
Note that the rites are for everyone. For example, a number of Reiki healers have come along for them, with reports of increased intuition and abilities in their work afterwards. Interestingly, it seems spirit helpers are shared during this process, so I have also gained additional support in my shamanic sessions simply by giving the rites to others!
Where the Munay-Ki rites come from
Munay-Ki is a Quechua word that means ‘I love you’ and is also taken to mean ‘Be as Thou Art’. Here, it refers to the nine rites of initiation to become a person of wisdom and power.
Teachers have handed the rites down from generation to generation. They exist in all Shamanic traditions, each with a form and style of expression unique to its culture.
The Munay-Ki I offer come from the great initiations of the Indus Valley brought by the Laika, a group of medicine men and women. According to tradition, they carried the great initiations across the Bering Strait from Siberia to the Americas during the glacial period some 30,000 years ago. They kept the teachings safe for thousands of years because they believed people would come to the initiation when they were ready.
What the Munay-Ki Rites are
The Munay-Ki are energetic transmissions. The tradition says they pass into the luminous energy field and the chakra system, which is made up of seven major energy centres along the spine. The Munay-Ki organisation describes them as a key step in human evolution.
The Four Winds Society, which Alberto Villoldo founded to train Western shamans, has offered the rites across North America and Europe since around 2006. The intention is that people who receive them will go on to pass them to others.
The principles of daily living
The tradition asks everyone who receives the rites to live by five principles: non-violence, truthfulness, integrity, moderation and generosity. These principles lay the foundation for a new world of harmony, love and peace.
The tradition also teaches that a long evolutionary era ended with the planetary alignment of December 2012, and that we have now moved into a new one.
In this short video, Alberto talks about the rites.
Munay-ki Organisation’s website
There are nine rites, split into three categories: Foundation, Lineage, and the Rites of the time to come.
The Munay-Ki Foundation Rites
Rite One: Healer’s Rite
In the tradition, this rite connects you to a lineage of luminous beings from the past, who come to assist you in your personal transformation. It awakens the healing power in your hands. Tremendous spiritual assistance is available, and these luminous ones work in our sleep to heal the wounds of the past and our ancestors.
Rite Two: Bands of Power
Five luminous belts that are woven into the luminous energy field (LEF) for protection. The tradition describes them as filters that transform the energy coming toward you into one of the five elements, which then nourish your luminous energy field.
Rite Three: Harmony Rite
Transmission of the 7 Archetypes into the chakras. First, you receive the serpent, jaguar, hummingbird and eagle; next, you receive three archangels: the Keeper of the Lower World (our unconscious), the Keeper of the Middle World (our waking world), and the Protector of the Upper World (our superconscious).
Rite Four: Seer’s Rite
The rite installs pathways of light, connecting the visual cortex with the third eye and heart chakra. This awakens the inner seer and your ability to perceive the invisible world of energy and Spirit. Angels will touch and bless you.
The Munay-Ki Lineage Rites
The next stage is the rites to connect to lineages of the Daykeeper, Wisdomkeeper and Earthkeeper.
Rite Five: Daykeeper’s Rite
You connect to a lineage of master healers from the past. Daykeepers can call on the ancient altars to heal and bring balance to the earth, call on the sun to rise each day, and bring humans into harmony with Mother Earth. They are the midwives, herbalists and curanderas. This rite helps you begin to heal your inner feminine, step beyond fear, and practice peace.
Rite Six: Wisdomkeeper’s Rite
You connect to a lineage of luminous beings from the past and the future. This rite is associated with the snow-capped mountains, perhaps a distant memory of our ancestors from the Himalayas. This rite helps you to begin to heal your inner masculine, step outside of time, become steeped in the medicine teachings and taste infinity.
Rite Seven: Earthkeeper’s Rite
This rite connects you to the archangels who guard our galaxy and steward all life on Earth. This rite connects you to the stars and to the sun, our local star. It helps you learn the ways of the seer and dream the world into being.
The Munay-Ki Rites of the Time to Come
Rite Eight: Starkeeper’s Rite
In the tradition, this rite is said to anchor you to the time to come.
Rite Nine: Creator Rite
Awakens the Creator-light within and brings forth a sense of stewardship for all creation, from the smallest grain of sand to the largest cluster of galaxies in the universe. Once attained only through direct transmission from Spirit, it is now possible to transmit from one person to another.
As you work with the germination of these rites, you’ll be touched and blessed by angels. You simply need to open yourself to the wisdom of the Earthkeepers, and all will be bestowed upon you.
Receiving the rites
I offer the nine rites individually and in small groups, and each experience is a little different. If you feel drawn to them, you are welcome to read about Munay-Ki Rites mentoring or book a free 15-minute chat to talk it through.
