A Vision Quest is a Spiritual Journey taken by someone outside of the familiar and comfortable environment as a right of Passage. A Vision Quest aims to honour a turning point in life.

The purpose of the Vision Quest is one in which a Vision is sought to aid in understanding one’s life and spiritual direction. During the Vision Quest, we were encouraged not to eat, fast for 3 full days but to drink water. Not eating wasn’t compulsory and as I like my food, I didn’t think I’d be able to fast for 3 days.

Surprisingly, after setting up Sacred Space and Prayer, I found I no longer felt hungry. Something much larger than myself was sustaining me during this experience. Somehow, strength seemed to come from the spirit world. Unexpectedly, sudden physical discomfort that wasn’t present before also manifested. It seemed to be some kind of purging process. Being wide open to Spirit and unencumbered helped in receiving a Vision, a Vision of myself and my soul path travelled as well as the near future.

One very sweet incident was initially thought off as potentially harmful. Inside the tent during the heat of the day, I heard a very loud buzzing noise during the first day. It thought it to be a very large insect of sorts. The noise returned on the second day and I didn’t feel like sticking my head out of the tent to see what it was. On the final day and resting on the rock ledge outside the tent, I finally got to see my persistent visitor. It was a bright green little hummingbird. As it flapped its wings, the sweet hummingbird looked into my eyes and paused before flying off.