As mentioned in my description of this journal, I met this young women in a restaurant in Sedona who shared with me her 'mysterious' experience in the Boynton Canyon the previous day. She was still in a trance-like state, and my initial thoughts were that she was high on some drug. She explained in detail that she had hiked into Boynton Canyon and had experienced the intense energy of the power vortex which left her feeling euphoric and deeply spiritual.She was heading back to California that day but claimed that the experience changed her life.
After lunch, I found a bookstore in town and asked about this Vortex energy. Here I learned, through conversations and books, that Sedona is one of THE places on earth to experience and feel 'vibrations' of the vortex...which is a site where the earth's unseen lines of power intersect to form a powerful energy field. Page Bryant, an adherent of New Age beliefs, determined through a form of channeling that there were four vortexes around Sedona...one of them in BOYNTON CANYON.
Now, you need to know that I am not an obsessed 'New Ager' who is into vortex belief, angelic healing, past-life regressions, etc. I tend to be a skeptic, believing only those things that I have actually experienced. But I was curious enough to decide to hike into Boynton Canyon to see for myself. What happened was almost beyond belief.
Before hiking into Boynton Canyon, I read that Indians once came to this place to worship and that some people have seen visions of these Indians, long since gone. I also read that the Boynton Canyon Vortex is considered an electromagnetic energy site which has a balance of both masculine and feminine energy.
I decided to begin hiking early in the morning to avoid the intense heat of the day. From the parking lot, I hiked through forest and then into the Canyon. Along the way, there was obvious signs of tourist/hikers who had discarded trash, and there were camping spots along the way. I was fortunate in that I was alone in my journey into this canyon. Three hours later, I reached the end of the canyon and decided to climb up to a very high peak. This took another hour.
Resting on a ledge for a rest stop, I noticed that it was 11 am. What happened next is my mystery, my own unique experience of this special place on earth. I was hungry after hiking almost five hours and decided to open my backpack for food and water. At this point, I had a strange sensation, and could see visions of Indians climbing the canyon walls below...then I apparently fell into a trance...and during this trance I felt like a whole human being for the first time in my life, with a perfect balance of feminine and masculine characteristics. When I came out of it, I noticed that my watch indicated that it was 4 pm in the afternoon. Now, skeptics would suggest that I fell asleep for five hours...my response is that it would almost be impossible for this to happen. First of all, I was sitting on rock, close to the edge of a cliff. There is no way that I have ever slept for five hours on a rock in broad daylight with intense heat. Also, I noticed that I did not touch my food and was not hungry.
Reluctantly, I decided to leave the canyon for my emotional feelings were intense, with joy, happiness, and contentment that I had never experienced before. As I hiked back to my car, I checked with other hikers to confirm the time. My watch was accurate...something had happened to me during that five hours in the Boynton Canyon that left an idelible lasting impression in my heart and soul.