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: 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 Mountain Stream I stepped through the vision gate and found myself falling through the air. Far beneath me, I saw a mountain stream, burbling down the slopes from the heights above and I was on a trajectory to land upon it. Within the stream, a gray wolf and a badger waited patiently for […]
Read more "Chapter 82: Loki’s Trespass and Further Mysteries"Gate: The Animus I stepped through the vision gate and was running with a herd of buffalo- panicked and fleeing before a pack of wolves. Badger pushed his way through the herd and we ran together beneath a moon-lighted sky. “We’ve been running from the enemy a lot lately,” I observed, wiping a drop of […]
Read more "Chapter 70: The Wolves and the Devourer in the Garden of the Mind"Gate: The Hierophant I stepped through the vision gate and found myself on the back of a giant, black raven. She was flying high and fast through the mists and I clung to the bird’s back. “Heidi,” she croaked. “You’re here. He has been waiting.” “Who has been waiting?” I asked. The raven didn’t answer, […]
Read more "Chapter 57: A Lord’s Game and Reclaiming the Dice of Impossibility"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: Justice I stepped through the vision gate and saw white boulders rolling down a steep hill. I pulled my vision back from this scene and saw these weren’t boulders at all, but giant, white pearls which dangled from the headdress of a veiled woman in silky, Saudi Arabian-style robes. The veiled spirit was sitting […]
Read more "Chapter 51: Balancing the Desert Scales and a Tear of the Sphinx"Gate: Death I stepped through the vision gate and saw an enormous serpent made of light, spinning in space, chasing his own tail. The serpent spun closer and abruptly swallowed me. I opened my eyes and was standing in a graveyard. A giant moved among the graves, placing flowers by the headstones. Suddenly, a small […]
Read more "Chapter 49: The Animus of Dark Ivy and Lighted Thorns"Gate: The Tower I stepped through the vision gate into a world at war. Planes soared overhead, filling all below them upon the earth with terror as mothers grabbed their babies from their cribs, holding them close to their hearts in a desperate attempt to keep them safe from harm. Young men sacrificed themselves upon […]
Read more "Chapter 46: Breaking The Gumdrop King’s Enchantment and Joining the Elephants"Gate: The Sun I stepped through the vision gate into a packed arena where charioteers raced in a circle. Their horses were made of flame and as they rushed by, the light sparkled and reflected off of the cheering audience. The charioteers went around and around in a hypnotic pattern as I began to levitate […]
Read more "Chapter 43: Battle for the Woodland Gate and the Divine Mother’s Gift"
The Light Congress 