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Returning to Putu Cusi

I’m getting ready to go to back to Peru. (Maybe I’ll already be there by the time you read this.) After nine years, I’m finally returning to Putu Cusi.

 

My first trip to Peru was in 1996. I felt called to go, but didn’t know why until I watched a slide show and saw the Andes Mountains. I felt them in my body, and that night I joined a group that would be participating in the Hatun Karpay, or Great Initiation, with Andean priest and mystic, Juan Nunez del Prado. It was a ten-day initiation and three of them would be spent at Machu Picchu.

 

To get up to the magical and mystical ruins of Machu Picchu, you board a bus in the town of Aguas Calientes. The road is windy, full of switchbacks, and all around are the Andes; it’s breathtaking. In the midst of my awe, I found myself almost magnetized to one particular mountain. It was smaller than the rest, yet very discernible to me. Every time the bus turned away from it, I could barely wait until it came into view again. When we finally reached our destination, I asked Juan about it. He pointed to the mountain and said, “Her name is Putu Cusi, Flowering Joy.”

 

Putu Cusi is the only female mountain at Machu Picchu, and I connected deeply with her every day I was there. It was almost out of my control, as if she needed me to know her and take her into my heart and soul. Our relationship was born that August.

 

A few months after my return home, Putu Cusi came to me in a vision. She showed me that 2000 years ago sorcerers had placed a seal of energy at her base to keep the Divine Feminine energy of Pachamama from moving up through her and out into the atmosphere. It was time for the seal to be removed, and she asked me to do it. Without knowing how that would happen, I unhesitatingly agreed.

 

As the mission was incubating within me, I had my initiation into shamanism. While using will I didn’t know I had to remain in my body, on the Earth, Putu Cusi came to me. At that moment I realized the core reason I had to survive was to follow through with my promise to her. I was surprised to experience the depth of our relationship.

 

Within a couple of weeks post-initiation, I was blessed to receive a visit from Juan. I desperately needed context, and he was a wonderful grounding force. During that time we arranged a trip to South America, and in September, 2007, a few friends and myself spent a month in Peru and Bolivia with him. I was in a spiritual preparation for the ceremony with Putu Cusi much of the time.

 

The day finally arrived. That morning we created a despacho (offering) and then walked down the railroad tracks to her base, where Putu Cusi meets Pachamama. After offering the despacho, we walked across the road and stood facing Putu Cusi. Our intention was to remove the seal so the energies could flow freely, as they have always been meant to. We opened our qosqos (spiritual stomachs) and each of us, in our own timing, digested the heavy energy of the seal.

 

It was an amazing experience. Even Juan said he had never encountered and digested such heavy energy before. But something even more extraordinary happened. Apu Putu Cusi entered one of my friends, who then gave each of us a karpay (energy transmission) of the energy. Everyone’s lives were changed.

 

My last visit with Putu Cusi was in 2004 when I brought a group of friends to Peru and assisted Juan in the Hatun Karpay. Our relationship deepened, and I told her I’d return again. Over the past few years I almost did, but the timing never felt quite right. Last December when I asked a friend if she wanted to go to Peru with me and she said yes, I was thrilled. I knew for sure it was finally the right time.

 

Last week, in the early hours of the morning, a loud crash awakened me. It sounded like something shattered. I got up and found myself walking directly to the healing room. On a small rug on the floor, face down, was the picture of Putu Cusi that usually hung on the high wall above. Somehow the picture had detached and fallen neatly on a rug that was way off to the side. The force had lifted a rattle from the basket lying near by, and it was the sound of the rattle hitting the tile floor that awakened me.

 

The scene was surreal. How did the picture come off the wall? The nails were still in. And even if it did fall off naturally, how did it fall to the left and land so perfectly without even a crack in the glass?

 

I got back in bed and called to my teachers, “What just happened?” I was told, “Putu Cusi wants you to know that she knows you’re coming. She wanted to wake you up.”

 

Yes Putu cusi, you did wake me up, on many levels.

 

As of this writing, I’m leaving in about a week; my friend and I are boarding a plane on October sixth and will be in Peru for three weeks. Once again, I feel like I’m being prepared to meet my mountain. I certainly don’t know what’s in store for me, but I do know that Pachamama and everything that’s part of Mother Nature are Alive. As alive as you and I. I’m very grateful for my connection with Putu Cusi and if she asks, am willing to be in service to her again.

 

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10 Comments

  1. Gena

    So beautiful Annie , thank you. I love you and so happy about that. Xxxooo

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  2. Alissa

    Annie, what a powerful story and embrace of this beautiful mountain. I felt compelled to read it even as my “work” day was calling me elsewhere. And am glad I did. I am so glad you are sharing your beautiful divine presence through the written word as well as your workshops, healing, presenting, journeys, My heart goes with you on your journey into the heart of the divine mother. And into the heart of your writing journey. We, I need these stories of deep healing divine connection and deep love and trust of the inner callings. I love this and you, even though we haven’t been in human contact of late. Your integrity and caring always shine through, Annie.

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  3. julianna

    Oh, how I wish I could visit sweet Putucusi with you. She is magnificent. Thank you for sharing your story. It is beautiful and so are you. I will be thinking about you and sending you good thoughts. Enjoy!

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  4. HeartLight

    May the Great Spirit’s Wind lift your wings and grace your travels with light to bring forth healing of the land and love to the wake of your movement, Peace on the Wind!

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  5. lauraroe

    Dear Annie, Blessings on your journey…Thank you for sharing this….Are you able to meet up with Juan as well? I didn’t realize that connection as well….
    I trust she is speaking to you for important reasons, and it will be clear….
    Many blessings on staying deeply rooted and knowing…..
    Con mucho carino, Laura

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  6. Becky Novak

    Annie, I was thrilled to read your story and know that you are returning to your sacred place again. I’ve been thinking about you very strongly lately, and I’ve been wishing I could arrange for you to come to my part of the Sierras for some shamanic workshop trainings with friends who are ready to learn some basic shamanic practices. Now I know why I’ve hesitated in writing to you. I’ll await your return from Peru, fully energized, and ready to take on more challenges here on our homeland. Another one of the sealed vorticies was located on my friend’s farm in Big Oak Flat and was reopened here this summer by some lightworkers who were sent back this way to remove the seal. The feminine goddess energies coming from this vortex are very soothing and healing now. I spent my 5 days evacuation during the tragic Rim Fire in Yosemite and Groveland at this sacred vortex space with my friends who own the 40 acre farm property. It was indeed a blessing for me. Have a wonderful blessed journey….

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  7. Delores

    Love and Light guides you —- a wonderful reunion for you — an exciting and wonderful journey for you —- with love.

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  8. Christine waddell

    Thank you for gifting me with a journey back to those mountains, that land, the ancient PachaMama energy so strong and deep. The Stones there are my Teachers.

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  9. Anne

    I’m glad I stumbled upon this. I had a similar experience with Putucusi in 2009 while visiting on Christmas day. It is the only spiritual experience I’ve ever had in my life, but how you describe her magnetism was very much my experience. The message I translated from her was about the importance of staying grounded. Groundedness. I also left calling her “my mountain”. And my name is also Anne!
    Thank you for sharing.

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    • Annie Fuller

      Thanks for sharing this with me!!!

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