W04

Water Temple

Wednesday 8th March 1995 (9:40 pm)

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Barry: There are a number of sounds in the temple. Behind us are two poles with shells attached to long cords. These are blowing in the wind. The waterfall is not flowing so swiftly today. I can hear the faint strains of a flute. The face from which the waterfall flows is watching us with feline eyes. The eyes glint. The waterfall is flowing from the mouth of the face.

Rob: Nearby are robes, sandals and staffs. I put them on.

Barry: The toad sits squarely on the altar.

Rob: I take a drink.

Barry: I pick up a cup. The water is slightly fizzy and ice cold. I can feel the tingling.

Rob: �What is your purpose?�

�To learn�

�To what end? You must translate force to form. If you give no form to what you learn, you may just have well not have learnt it. Consider previous lessons and take action. Your rivers are silted, their flow sluggish. This is not your fault, everyone�s life has these stages. You must change now, clear away the silt, as winter changes to spring.�

Barry: I can see the river which is the journey through water.

Rob: Consider the silt, Earth and Water.

Barry: The river also contains rocks and pit falls, and a raft can get lodged, I feel confused. The river is wider than expected, should I flow with it or go against the flow back to the source.

Rob: What do you feel?

Barry: I fell at this stage I should make the long journey to the open sea. The source has already been left.

Rob: Consider the sea as the source, its evaporated water finds its way back to inland again as rain.

Barry: I can see that the woman who guides the raft down the river Is the green eyed girl of the Earth Temple. She can see the pitfalls through the water, but will only go as far as the sea. She is robed in black. The silt is a malignant danger.

Rob: Nooo! It can be.

Barry: Its danger lies in a gradual build up unless it is cleared.

Rob: The silt goes down the river to where it meets the sea, and can create a place of great fertility, bringing about fruition from what has been picked up. (Tree metaphor)

Barry: The giant can help release the raft from these areas of inertia. His positive aspects of drive acting on pure emotion help pull the raft along, with the girl acting as guide. I feel that I ought not to be passive on the raft, must help the giant and girl to push and steer.

Rob: Stand before the girl and look into her eyes. Green and unblinking, her gaze fixes yours. She will tell you why she is steering the raft.

Barry: She is the guiding principle who will stay with me throughout these magical journeys. She is an aspect of myself. She is strong and independent.

Rob: She must be integrated, you must share her strength.

Barry: Her gaze is heavy.

Rob: Break the gaze now.

Barry: She seems to have aspects of Hod and Netzach. I feel strengthened from gazing into her eyes.

The raft travels more easily now. The width of the river still amazes me.

Rob: I dive off the raft, and make no sound as I hit the water, and vanish beneath it. I move easily and feel strong. I move with the flow. Become as the river. Flow towards your goal. Flow round, under or over all obstacles. This is only one aspect of the journey for water is a passive element, blindly seeking the sea. Always taking the path of least resistance. We too blindly seek union with the whole.

Ohh! I am become a great power in this water. As water is my element, so is my strength rooted here. It is also my weakness.

I surface and look back to the raft. I see the boat, the woman as having gypsy black hair. Her skin is tanned, her body strong. The giant shambles behind the raft wading through the water. I reach a jetty and haul myself up and wait.

Barry: She wears an oval amulet of darkest green round her neck. Water is my weakest element, it draws and repulses like a magnet.

She can only be my guide as far as the sea. I cannot stay on the raft.

Rob: Grab my hand.

Barry: I am up to my waist in the river.

Rob: I pass you my strength.

Barry: I use your hand and the staff to climb on the jetty. I feel invigorated by the water, and realise that I have the amulet of the girl.

Rob: The jetty leads back to the temple, and the toad, who asks, �How will you use what you have learnt?� I take the cup and drink.

Barry: I also. This water entering my body cements the lessons. I turn over the amulet of the girl and see the name �Jelahin� is inscribed on the back.
I find this an odd temple.