The Sacred-Ritual Walks

By Fernando Davalos

Agustín and Paloma and their group of applied and practical spiritual ecology "New Way" formed by a vigorous and seasoned group of disciplined walkers, decide to create an enormous energetic circle walking ritually through the northwest of the city of Guadalajara. Their work took them to connect ancient sacred routes and to establish new routes in order to energetically connect several sacred places existent in the city.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fernando Davalos
• Release date: Dec 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9780986491849

Fernando Davalos

Fernando Davalos PhD is an Architect, Homeopath, and Holistic Educator who had fortunate contacts and work experiences with elders of the indigenous traditions of México and the American continent that were a definite influence on his actual path. For the last years he has worked in different capacities at Mount Royal University, and the University of Calgary where he obtained a Doctorate degree in Education.

Book preview

Chapter 1: Masculine Walk: Metropolitan Cathedral – Zapopan Basílica

Chapter 2: Feminine Walk: Zapopan Basílica – Metropolitan Cathedral

Chapter 3: Feminine Walk: Metropolitan Cathedral-Virgin of the Eagle’s

Chapter 4: Masculine Walk: Virgin of the Eagle’s – The Eye of the Eagle

Chapter 5: Masculine Walk: The Eye of the Eagle – The Ixtépete

Chapter 6: Feminine Walk: The Ixtépete – Zapopan Basilica

Chapter 1

Masculine Walk: Metropolitan Cathedral – Zapopan Basílica

(21st Day of the month)

Four sonorous strokes of a bell announced the early hour of the dawn in a deserted and silent avenue 16 de Septiembre in the city of Guadalajara. A compact group of New Way gathered in the centenary walls of its Metropolitan Cathedral to start a sacred-ritual walk. At the site were present Félix, Alicia, Natalia, Tomás, Krista, and Agustín. Trembling due to the cold morning and the lightness of our white cotton attires, we placed our foreheads in devotion and respect on the cold walls of the Cathedral and listened in expectation to the warm and emotional prayer that Krista dedicated to the Virgin of Zapopan asking for her help and protection in our imminent journey.

It was the 21st day of the month, and we were starting another sacred-ritual walk that should take us through the masculine route that goes from the Metropolitan Cathedral to the beautiful Zapopan Basilica; a journey we estimated of around 10 or 12 kilometres long, and that shouldn’t take us more than two and a half hours.

Félix accepted to lead our group that day and Tomás was closing the compact formation. The very early hour of the day obeyed among other reasons to the need to perform this walk in complete silence and total concentration because we were still struggling to find the original sacred route used by warriors of ancient times. We hoped to avoid night pedestrians or intoxicated walkers, even though there were no guarantees for this, in a walk on these characteristics.

-Is everybody ready? - Félix asked.

-Ready! - Was the answer coming from our group, and without further ado, our guide started with enthusiasm a silent walk. Faithful to my custom, as soon as we turned to the right from avenida 16 de Septiembre to take avenida Juárez, I sent a mental salute to our spiritual guide to inform him we were starting another ceremonial walk.

Juarez Avenue looked at that early hour deserted and silent because the newspaper carriers were not at the sidewalks yet and to our own fortune, there were not active pedestrians. Our group was walking in a compact formation looking for the best pace and following the vigorous walk that our guide impressed in our path since the beginning.

As a good and seasoned walker, Félix knew that we had to advance as much as we could during the early hours of our journey to be able to achieve the necessary degree of inner silence we needed because as dawn approached, the city noises will irremediably increase considerably.

There were in this Masculine route several segments or portals that we had to surpass by walking in total silence, and these should take us little by little from one to another subtle but effective higher state of consciousness. If we managed to achieve this, it will be possible to find a little more about the secrets of this route and to clean it more effectively.

The few aspects that my awareness could perceive were telling me that the first segment of the walk is constituted by