Gate: A Sugar Cube I stepped through the vision gate and found myself skating on ice with snowflakes falling all around me. I swooped and twirled over the frozen landscape, aware that something large was rising beneath the ice. Then, there was a tremendous crack, the ice broke, and an enormous turtle emerged from the […]
Read more "Chapter 73: Dream’s War with Enduring Heartbreak"Gate: The Magician I stepped through the vision gate and was standing in a world made of stone. A tower was struck by a bolt of lightning and toppled. Immediately, another tower rose from the ground to take its place, was struck by lightning, and collapsed. The ground shook with the energy and power of […]
Read more "Chapter 61: Through the Mirror of Light"Gate: Four of Wands I stepped through the vision gate and found myself standing on a grassy field beneath the bright sun on 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 landscape, the ground […]
Read more "Chapter 37: The Giants of the Inner Realms and Mercury’s Tears"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: Eight of Cups I entered the vision gate and was briefly surrounded by thick, impenetrable mist, but then a breeze moved across my spirit, clearing the air somewhat, and I perceived furious movement all around. Loud booms filled the air as gouts of living flame exploded from the Earth and soared into the sky […]
Read more "Chapter 23: The Warring Factions of Ginnungagap"Gate: Eight of Swords I passed through the vision gate and walked onto a black and white chessboard in a world wreathed in mists. A spirit in the form of a man who was driving a chariot with four horses pulled up beside me so swiftly that I was startled at his appearance. “Ride with […]
Read more "Chapter 13: A Near Escape and the Song of the Undines"Gate: Eight of Pentacles I entered the vision gate and found myself in a cathedral of learning. Books were stacked from the floor and continued upwards to a vast, vaulted glass ceiling through which I could see the blue skies above with a few puffy white clouds. Standing along the walls, scholars pulled tomes from […]
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The Light Congress 