Discovering Soultide

I finally left the cavern with the beautiful and peaceful pool. It would have been so easy to stay within the comfort of that cavern and forget my purpose except for the fact that my dreams at night were becoming more desperate.
I saw images of someone (probably me) wandering lost through long dark passages. Images [...]

It has been so lovely here
And I could stay forever
But I must move on
No matter how much fear grips me
There is a whole mine to explore
Full of treasures yearning to be revealed
But I fear what finding these will reveal about me
I need to move on
No more stalling at the pool
The elixir is waiting
And I must [...]

I press my hand into the handprint which has appeared right in front of me at shoulder height.  The handprint wasn’t there a moment ago, but it was this same door which only moments ago, welcomed my Sloughing Stone and turned it into a sparkling gem to go along with the others decorating the door.   [...]

Beatrix sent me on my way with a hug, a penetrating look and clean spare clothes. Oliver, Mule and I travelled for several days in good company. The landscape seemed to change everyday becoming even more beautiful than the day before. The air was fresh, the foliage green and bright, the animals shy and wary [...]

I wake up in a clean bright room, on clean fragrant sheets and in a clean new dress. Deciding not to think too hard about how I got into a clean dress, I get out of bed and go over to the window. It’s a beautiful day and I wished I could stand here all [...]

With all the pressure to ‘dig deeper’ I decided it was time to leave. I planned on retrieving Mule, setting off back the way I came and finding some way back through the portal. I congratulated myself on getting this far, but who was I kidding thinking I could go into a mine, find what [...]

“Hi Soultide,” says Oliver. I look up at him with surprise because I realise he’s not as old as I first thought. He doesn’t actually have that much grey in his hair and his pleasant expression makes him look even younger. Could Oliver possibly be in his sixties like I imagine Beatrix to be? I [...]

Just as my feet are beginning to really hurt and I’m gasping for a drink, I see the farmhouse that Enchanteur told me about in my dream. I feel both relief and anxiety. I know it is just a pit stop along the way, I know that I’ll be told where to go next and [...]

So I place the spectacles on my nose and smile at Mule who is busy munching on another carrot. I say to her “Wish me luck on my exciting adventure!” I look through the mauve tinted spectacles and wait for something to happen. I imagine seeing my dreams come true in full colour as if [...]

The air is fresh this morning and I wake up bright and energetic. In my dream, le Enchanteur told me that I should travel along Owl Creek Road, across Owl Creek Valley until I see a farm house. What I would find at this farm house, she would not explain but in my dream, I [...]