Gate: Four of Wands I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing on a grassy field beneath the bright sun on what felt like a day in late summer. In the distance, a medieval castle with turreted towers and crenulated walls rested on the side of a mountain. As I gazed at the […]
Read more "Chapter 37: The Giants of the Inner Realms and Mercury’s Tears"Gate: Five of Wands I stepped through the vision gate into a blasted landscape. The world was a barren wasteland composed of dust and waiting shadows. Suddenly, across this empty realm, there was a rumbling sound like thunder and energy swept across me in a rush. I looked towards the source of the sound and […]
Read more "Chapter 36: When Love went to War with Her Shadow"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: Eight of Wands I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing on black, shining stone like polished obsidian. Crystals of the same type of rock were falling all around me. When they hit the ground, they pulverized with a sound like glass breaking. At first, I put my arms over my head […]
Read more "Chapter 33: Narcissus and the Doom of Echo"Gate: Nine of Wands I passed through the vision gate and found myself on a path under the full moon. To my right, there was a pack of wolves, howling and running near to the path, but not touching it. Their snarls and growls echoed in the darkness and observing shadows. To my left, I […]
Read more "Chapter 32: Treasure House of the Imagination and Meeting Hecate"Gate: Ten of Wands I entered the vision gate and found myself standing in a mighty forest. The ground shook with rhythmic bangs underneath my feet and the trees swayed back and forth in the percussive blasts of energy. Then, in a particularly loud explosion, a giant burst into existence from the forest growth and […]
Read more "Chapter 31: The Visionary Forest of the Creator of All"Gate: Ace of Cups I entered the vision gate and stars were falling from the sky. I caught one as it fell and it turned into a crying baby and back to a twinkling star. I released it and watched as the sky seemed to fall to earth and everything turned the color of ash. […]
Read more "Chapter 30: Amor Omnia Vincit- Love Conquers All Things"Gate: Two of Cups I entered the vision gate and found myself on a pebbled path that ran along a dark ocean. Ahead, a lighthouse made of shining stone rose high into the cloudy sky. Its light flashed forth, shining an illuminating beam on the otherwise darkened landscape. Behind me, shadows moved both upon the […]
Read more "Chapter 29: When a Spirit of Alexandria went to War with the Shadow"Gate: Three of Cups I stepped through the vision gate onto a black, shiny surface like rock made of polished glass. I attempted to walk forward to explore the realm but my feet were held to the ground by a power I could not see and I began to sink through the shadowy substance. Pulled […]
Read more "Chapter 28: The Divine Mother’s Gift of Form to the Formless"Gate: Four of Cups I entered the vision gate and was floating on my back down a fast-moving stream of water that was so clear I could easily see the river rocks on the stream bed as I struggled to sit up. Trees passed by on either side, their branches reaching towards me in the […]
Read more "Chapter 27: Awakening the Sleeping King and the Blessing of the North Wind"
The Light Congress 