Gate: Nine of Cups I entered the vision gate and found myself in a verdant forest beneath a waning moon. I had only walked a few paces through dense and thorny underbrush when suddenly, ahead in the woods, I heard the sound of a horn blowing mournfully. Arhoooooo, arhooooooo. It drifted through the trees, summoning […]
Read more "Chapter 22: The Cave and Spring of the Elven King"Gate: Ten of Cups I stepped through the vision gate and found myself on a red brick path through a thickly forested wood. On either side of the path, emerald green grass grew in patterned lines between the route I was on and the forest’s edge. The grass felt more than decorative to me because […]
Read more "Chapter 21: Of Progenitor Energy and Angry Oaks"Gate: Ace of Swords I stepped through the vision gate and found myself on a dark, watery surface. Stars shone down into this realm from far above, but they were not reflected in the water as they are in the realm of the Divine Mother. “Where am I?” I mused as I stood upon this […]
Read more "Chapter 20: The Light Congress Arrives"Gate: Two of Swords I passed through the vision gate and found myself standing on a dark ground that absorbed the light. The world’s surface moved slightly as I stepped on it like the outside of a bubble and, as my feet applied pressure to the ground, the darkness of the ground turned to light. […]
Read more "Chapter 19: Remembering a Message of Love from the Underworld and Sky"Gate: Three of Swords I walked through the vision gate and found myself standing on a polished surface like glass. A bright light shone from above and passed through the material, revealing colors that emanated forth from it and swirled in rainbows and patterns beneath my feet. For some time, all I could see was […]
Read more "Chapter 18: The Mirrored Temples of the Divine Mother"Gate: Four of Swords I passed through the vision gate and found myself walking on water in the middle of an ocean. Great waves moved back and forth beneath my feet and made it difficult to stay upright. I laughed as I slipped and slid over the uneven surface. Undines were monitoring my progress over […]
Read more "Chapter 17: Meeting the Mother in the World Tree and Glimpsing the Future"Gate: Five of Swords I stepped through the vision gate and was surrounded by thick black smoke that obscured my sight. Above the bilious clouds, the sky glowed blood red and, with its distant loveliness, welcomed me back to the world of perpetual war. I pushed through the smoke as if parting ephemeral cobwebs, trying […]
Read more "Chapter 16: The Great Warrior King and Children of War"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: Seven of Swords I entered the vision gate and found myself on a path made of pink chalk that stuck to the bottom of my feet. As I moved forward down this path, the chalk shimmered and changed, becoming a natural forest floor with soft green grass. I wiped the chalk from my feet […]
Read more "Chapter 14: Aurora and the Storm Giants"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"
The Light Congress 