Barry:          We are at some city gates. The Jester bids us enter with him. The city is thronged with people. There is a large market with many stalls. We are beckoned by brightly dressed people. It is a hot day.

Rob:             The Jester leads us through the crowds to the path. Some of the market stalls sell books. We follow the Jester. Black bound books. He nears a wall with a gate, there is more of the market beyond. The gate has a stone decoration of three crowned heads, one facing forwards, one left and one right. The Jester reminds us that though we go left here, there are also two other paths, nothing is in isolation. The relationship of Hod to Netzach, Malkuth to Hod, and Malkuth to Netzach cannot be considered separate. They form a circuit of though and emotion.

Barry:          We are lead to a small cool and dark room through the gate. We climb a twisting flight of stairs to a small balcony overlooking a garden. Beneath is a small stone platform with a light burning and a censer.

Rob:             Round the edge of the garden are several tiers of benches, as though the platform is a stage. The light begins to stretch and elongate, it stretches up past us we see that it is shaking, vibrating, and a low hum fills the air. We feel this within us. This answering is important. When we vibrate names of power correctly, the resonance produced requires answering.

Barry:          I can see figures swirling around below us. They are draw by the vibration.

Rob:             They have long skirts like whirling dervishes.

Barry:          They are chanting with the resonance.

Rob:             The Jester takes up a violin from his bag, and shows us a vibrating string. He draws his bow across it. The notes compliment that from the light, and are taken up by it. It is now playing more than one note. I can feel vibrations in the air. The violin is playing itself.

Barry:          The shimmering figures around us are attracted and in tune with the vibrations. Our power animal dance was an attempt to attune like this. I see the vibrations from our bodies. They are at the same rate. The vibrations of the dervishes below are completely together. The Jester is apart, his violin is the vibration but he is unaffected. The four violin strings are four separate worlds. If he plucked another string he could transport us through them.

Rob:             I feel drawn to the light and move towards it.

Barry:          I’ve been lifted from my feet, transported around.

Rob:             When I touch the light all vibration ceases. I was vibrating at the same rate, so there is no distinction. I feel filled with space, light, charged. I begin my own dance.

Barry:          I see the vast energy of the sun, dwarfed by a cool radiance. I see seven poles spinning before me. I remember the dance of the Kestrel.

Rob:             I see a large area of marble flooring and pillars. Everything in blue and black. I see myself dancing within this scene. I look like a flickering candle flame. Gradually I contract, back onto the balcony. This is done by a man with a large sun head dress with a kestrel feather staff. I am left looking at the minstrel, who looks at us both and smiles. He leads us to the market and asks if we wish to visit the stalls? I decline.

Barry:          I also. He leads us through the crowd to a door. He smiles again and opens the door open for us. We pass through and are back on the steps.

 

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