Gate: The Well of Memory Companion took my arm as the jaws of the Devourer were about to close over me within the Jungle of Blood. “Come now, Heidi,” said the ancient lion spirit. “Though the path we traversed was a difficult one, we have gone through it. Dry your tears for it was you […]
Read more "Chapter 96: Remembering the All Mother’s Voice"Gate: Prince of Spades or Prince of Swords I stepped through the vision gate and stood upon a plain looking up at an ivory tower set high upon a cliff. Badger appeared beside me and he began digging in the soil so I also knelt down and began shifting aside the dirt with my hands. […]
Read more "Chapter 68: The King of Spades and Starry Ivy"Gate: The High Priestess I stepped through the vision gate into a world that had been devastated by the Eternal War between the light and shadow. The sky was red, emblematic of all of the blood that had been spilled in the war throughout time and stained the ground upon which I stood. Beyond killing […]
Read more "Chapter 60: Discovering the Shadow of Abaddon and Why the Hanging Woman Hangs"Gate: The Emperor I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing on a field of barren, clay-like soil. The sky was dark but a full moon was shining down upon this space, illuminating me like a spotlight. Then, an earthquake began, nearly knocking me off of my feet as the clay split apart […]
Read more "Chapter 58: The Lesson of the Night King’s Mother"Gate: The Lovers I stepped through the vision gate and was standing on a cut log floating down a fast moving stream. I was in the midst of other logs and they bumped and pushed against each other. Then, quite suddenly, the stream turned into a tall waterfall and the imaginary armada and I careened […]
Read more "Chapter 56: Finding the Inner Child and Poseidon’s Jellyfish"Gate: Strength I stepped through the vision gate and was standing on a road made of stones. The road began to crumble and fall apart beneath my feet. The rock of the road and I tumbled and fell into the open mouth of a gigantic serpent made of light. I blinked and found myself sitting […]
Read more "Chapter 54: Gaia’s Abundance and a Blessing for Coyote"Gate: Six of Wands I passed through the vision gate and thought I was floating among a flock of seagulls in a clear, bright sky above an ocean as blue as deep ice within a glacier. But, as the world crystallized around me taking on more form and substance, I realized I was standing within […]
Read more "Chapter 35: Crossing the Rainbow Bridge and the Return to Shambhala"Gate: Six of Cups I stepped through the vision gate into a desert where the sun shone brightly down upon shining golden sand and scrubby desert vegetation. Beneath my feet, a path of cobblestones made of marble rose through the sand, marking a way forward through the endless dunes. I followed this path, moving from […]
Read more "Chapter 25: Osiris’ Maze and the Unforgiving Desert and Seas of Tiphareth"Gate: Six of Swords I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing under a bright sun in a desert world dotted with cactus that had been stunted by the tremendous power that was pouring from the sky. Heat rose from the ground in waves and caused distortions in the air which took the […]
Read more "Chapter 15: Prometheus Unbound and a New Path for Tiger and Badger"Gate: Six of Pentacles I entered the vision gate and found myself walking leisurely down a long, winding path but then I was suddenly being rushed forward by a power outside of my own. I felt like I was moving far too fast to notice the details around me as the scenery flashed by. “I […]
Read more "Chapter 5: Pool of Eternal Flame and the Ashes of a God"
The Light Congress 