Many years ago before I set out from my home in New York for my spiritual quest in New Mexico, I fasted for many days and prayed for a vision. This entailed yoga, meditation, and the intention of communicating with my Spirit Guides and my Higher Self. I laid out a graph of Sacred Geometry in its Divine Feminine form, the Flower of Life, and onto that gri appeared this lovely vision. At the time I had no idea what any of it meant. My Shamanic teacher had to explain some parts of it to me. He at least is traditional enough to be able to interperet the things I never would have known...That my ancestors used to carry water in large squash gourds, that a tortoise shell could serve to hold that gourd like a backpack when woven with cordage, and that it would also serve as a plate or watering trough for the horse. His amazing insights have helped me through the years to understand symbols that appeara in visions which would otherwise remain a mystery.