Gate: The Stomach of Jörmungandr I entered the vision gate and found myself at a remote cabin in an ancient forest which was situated in a stark mountain range. Giants made of the night sky and spiders formed of the elements and storms occasionally made their way over the peaks, causing brief periods of disruption […]
Read more "Chapter 99: Gathering Strength at a Mountain Retreat"Gate: Venus of Willendorf As Companion reached out his hand to help me stand from the floor next to Hades’ coffin where I had fallen, my consciousness was pulled into the Venus statue in my hand before I could speak a further word to the ancient lion spirit. Through the statue’s gate, I saw a […]
Read more "Chapter 97: Releasing the Secret Furnace of the Gargantua"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: Hebe’s empty cup The multi-headed dragon, Goodness, and Odin’s wolf pack moved through the furthest reaches of the Jungle of the Mind. Their prey continued to elude them, something none of the hunters were accustomed to. As the jungle became thicker, the skies darkened above them. A few moments later, thunder sounded and fat […]
Read more "Chapter 95: The Death of the Inner Child’s Shadow"Gate: A Wolf’s Howl “This time,” Companion said. “I want you to treat the vision you perceive in Hades’ coffin like a game.” “Oh, I love games,” I said, the Inner Child bubbling to the surface of my mind. “I just don’t like this one.” I felt the energy and exhilaration of my childlike shadow […]
Read more "Chapter 91: The Hunt for the Devourer Begins"Gate: Hades’ Coffin I stepped through Lord Hades’ gate and stood in a world of dust bounded on all sides by darkness. In the skies above this barren place, giants made of stars fought each other with weapons made of madness or wrestled with their bare hands. The sound of their perpetual struggle filled my […]
Read more "Chapter 88: The Continuing Nightmare of the Lord of Death"Gate: Violet Eyes I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing within a cauldron. Its metallic walls rose through the mist within its bowl which was filled with multiple versions of the Horned King. They were milling about until Badger and I entered the space at which point they all froze in place […]
Read more "Chapter 85: The Haunted Eyes of the Gundestrup Cauldron"Gate: A Holly Bush I passed through the vision gate and found myself on the back of a stag, racing through a forest. A pack of bloodhounds nipped and bayed at the stag’s heels. I held tightly to the neck of the stag and felt him shuddering with exhaustion, tiring more with each step. “This […]
Read more "Chapter 84: The Transformative Tears of Cernunnos and the Other"Gate: Gundestrup Cauldron I passed through the vision gate and was nearly run over by a herd of deer. The animals bumped into me as they rushed past into the standing mist. Just as quickly as the creatures had appeared, they were gone. Then, within the fog, a boy with antlers and eyes like two […]
Read more "Chapter 83: Into the Gundestrup Cauldron"Gate: A Turtle Shell I stepped through the vision gate and saw a white rabbit being chased by a pack of ravenous wolves. The rabbit ran until it could go no further then it bolted down a hole that appeared in the ground. The wolves scrabbled and bit at the hole but the rabbit was […]
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The Light Congress 