The medicine of conscious passage in the modern world.
Sacred passage care for families at the threshold of death. Held in the Andean and warrior lineages of Cristhian Cadenas.
The work is held in three lineages. The Andean cosmovision of Don Oscar Miro Quesada. The Inca shamanism of Alberto Villoldo. The plant medicine path of Jose Luis Herrera. Underneath all three is the warrior lineage of fourteen years of United States Marine Corps and United States Army service. The medicine knows the threshold because the man carrying it has crossed many of them.
Hospice meets the body. The Luminous Crossing meets the soul.
Every lineage that has ever lived has held a script for the threshold. The Andean held the despacho and the mesa work. The Egyptian held the seven gates. The Tibetan held the bardo. The Greek held the obol and the river. Conscious dying is not new. It is the oldest medicine humans have ever practiced. It is the modern world that is the anomaly.
Hospice is medical. The Luminous Crossing is spiritual. Hospice ends at the moment of death. This work extends for months after.
The framework
Three rites form the spine of every container. The Opening, ceremony for the Beloved and the family before the active dying begins. The Vigil, the watch at the threshold. The After Death Blessing, the body, the family, and the lineage all tended within hours of the crossing. The deeper tiers add the family integration framework, the ancestral lineage work, and the after death tending that extends thirty, sixty, or one hundred eighty days.
The Three Sacred Containers
Sacred Vigil
What is held
- Opening ceremony for the Beloved and the family.
- Two nights of vigil at the bedside.
- Blessing of the body when the crossing comes, in its own time, within the vigil or after. The medicine is never rushed.
- Thirty day grief integration call with the family.
- One ceremonial keepsake.
Right if hospice has been called within the past two weeks, active dying is here, and the family needs the rites held this week.
Begin with this containerThe Luminous Crossing Container
What is held
- Weekly bedside presence.
- Ceremonial preparation of the Beloved.
- Family circle ritual.
- Vigil at the threshold.
- After death rites.
- Sixty days of grief tending for the bereaved.
Right if the family has time, there are unfinished words, and there are family members who need a circle to gather inside.
Begin with this containerThe Final Initiation
What is held
- All of the Luminous Crossing Container.
- Ancestral lineage work for seven generations behind the Beloved.
- Private ceremony held in the home.
- Six months of grief tending.
- One private retreat day for the bereaved.
Right if the family senses that the Beloved is the doorway through which a generational pattern is closing.
Begin with this containerHeld alongside any container.
Marine. Soldier. Son. Father.
Cristhian Cadenas. Founder. Witness at the threshold.
I served fourteen years between the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army. The lineage returned through three teachers. Don Oscar Miro Quesada, Alberto Villoldo, Jose Luis Herrera. The largest crossing in the history of this country is happening right now, and most of it is happening alone, in beige rooms, with fluorescent light. The medicine I carry will not allow this to continue.
The questions families carry.
Is this religious.
No. The work is older than religion. It is a cosmovision, a lineage, a sacred presence. The work meets the family where the family is.
Do you replace hospice.
No. Hospice tends the body. The Luminous Crossing tends the soul. The two are partners.
Is this medical care.
No. The work is spiritual care. The family retains full responsibility for medical decisions.
Where is the work held.
In the Beloved home, the hospice facility, or the hospital. The work is held across Southern California, and travel is arranged for the deeper containers.
How quickly can you begin.
Sacred Vigil can open within seven days. The Luminous Crossing Container within fourteen. The Final Initiation within twenty one.
Thirty minutes at the threshold.
Received by Cristhian himself. Not a sales call. A sacred conversation. Choose your time below.