Call this Sunday. A new beginning for School of Magic. Plus three dreams.
School of Magic was a kind of door. I didn’t know where it would lead. I only had to trust and step through it.
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I’m moving all of my workshops to my other blog (details below)
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When I lead people on imaginal journeys we travel through uncharted lands where, sometimes, in the middle of a desert or forest or the center of our own heart, we find ourselves standing before a mysterious door. A portal leading to a new room, a new adventure, a new part of the self we didn’t know was there.
For me, the decision to open a School of Magic was that kind of door. I didn’t know where it would lead. I only had to trust and step through it.
Last month, during a month of deep illness when I couldn’t write, couldn’t speak. I could only float - I dreamed. At first, the dreams were amniotic jumbles of fever and feeling. As I began to recover, three dreams came in a row, all guiding me into some changes in the way that I offer my work.
In the first dream,
I was traveling by train with a small group of companions. We arrived at the station and disembarked, dragging our luggage behind us. As we made our way to connect with the next train, which waited on a parallel track, a conductor emerged from a little blue house, blocking my way.
“Please come with me,” he said, taking my belongings from me. “You must wait in the holding area.” I watched my fellow travelers board the new train without me. It was then that I realized, I am not alone. A female companion had stayed with me. She is always with me now, I thought as I woke up.
This dream was, of course, about changing course. It was about letting others move on in their journey as I await clarity about my own.
As I woke from this dream, I knew that it was time to close the weekly coaching circle I’d been leading for more than two years. It was a sudden ending, leaving no time for preamble. I told the group that very day. It was hard but also, it was right. Our small group needed to end so that new circles could form, new journeys begin.
A few days later, I had the second dream.
I live in a big bright house full of laughter and play, with everyone chattering and laughing, singing and dancing all at the same time. As young people gather around a seating area - cushy sofas, round coffee table — a ‘mother’ walks from room to room, speaking with invisible guides. Suddenly, a stack of index cards, scribbled with notes from ‘daily readings’ is knocked over. Cards scatter across the table and everyone laughs.
“Don’t worry. They have an order of their own,” someone says. I wake up.
Waking from this dream, my doubts were gone. I felt completely free and I understood: It was time to integrate the School of Magic workshops into my other, bigger blog, Becoming Real. Like the decision to end Journey, there was no waffling. This choice was effortless, seamless - and felt just right.
Then, a third dream came.
I am walking in the city when I come upon a high school friend at the bottom of an escalator. As she talks on her cell phone, our eyes meet. She does not recognize me and turns away. How strange, I think.
I turn and there is another friend from that time in my life.
She looks right through me and again, I think, How strange. But then I realize: I can see right through her, as well. She is almost transparent. Perhaps, so am I.I step onto the escalator and as I am flowing away from my friends, I wake up.
This dream is about visibility. No one can see me on this lower level. The past is over. It’s time to ascend and allow my life to change. I wake up thinking: Oh, I have to tell everyone! I am fizzing with excitement.
Starting in May, all of my School of Magic workshops will be offered at my main blog: Becoming Real. Our monthly Zoom calls will stay here, along with my (new) audio illuminations.
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