W09

Water Temple

Friday 26th May 1995 (9:40pm)

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Rob: A mist is rising near the pool.

Barry: I can hear the wind chimes behind. Ahead the flute mingling with the spray. The fog bridge forms.

Rob: As we step on, the fog thickens cutting us off from the temple. I can sense the mighty beings forming a tunnel.

Barry: Inside the fog there are swirling colours. Above our heads we hear thunder and see flashes of lightening. An ever changing environment, much less static than the earth temple. We are lead through different aspects.

Rob: Thinning fog reveals the causeway. The journey takes less time. Water is still clearing, I can see buildings below. A bell chimes three notes beneath the surface. The causeway is now clear. We set forth across it.

Barry: We are soon at the edge of the causeway. There is a low beach ahead and a small trumpet on a rock plinth. I step off and blow the trumpet. I can hear the sound of horses appearing from the sea. They are white with deep maroon bridles.

Rob: I see glimpses of warriors; they look Asian perhaps, riding these horses. They wear funny hats.

Barry: I mount one of the horses. It leads me deeper into the sea. I can see lights and buildings beneath the surface. The water is beginning to spiral.

Rob: I too mount a horse and follow you down.

Barry: Ahead of the spiralling water is a large serpent.

Rob: I see the image of a bright silver moon. A sky brilliantly light.

Barry: The serpent is unaware of us and ploughs a course of its own. The horse stops before a double door of a large white temple, covered in seaweed and life. A crescent moon is carved in the door lintel.

Rob: The area in which we come is fast. Jelly fishes float around. I approach the doors.

Barry: They swing open. I can see a tiled floor and an open domed roof. The moon shines through.

Set into the floor are twelve squat silver rocks or spheres. In the middle is a shallow dish about three foot in diameter full of reflected light from around the marbled ceiling.

I can also see us at Penmaenmawr on the plain. There is a sea breeze and a bright moon. We are carrying a cauldron filled with water. Back inside the temple, the silver rocks are joined by a circle. The circle is a channel about two inches deep. It joins the stones and radiates into the middle. The shape of a blue serpent is coiled around this channel. A large bell stands above the plate. There is a small bell at each quarter.

Rob: I stand before a curtain of white silk. I step through into a small circular chamber, all around is white silk. On the floor the tiles are silver. They are very small and form a mosaic of a moon face. I see myself standing in Wood Bank before an Autumn moon, bathing in its light.

Barry: I�m standing in the circle I have rung a bell, and taken a silver sickle that hung from the main door. A large stream of water has entered made up of many figures who join up to form a circle round me; which spins. Each small bell rings in turn. Each sounds different. The moon expands to fill the sky, the light is blinding.

Rob: Through the curtains step twelve people, six man and six women. They are dressed in loose robes, with bare arms and shoulders. They form a circle around me and link arms, with one arm inward. They move around clockwise. As they begin to move faster I am aware of a single note increasing in volume. All are blond with light skin.

When they stop from within me come twelve thin threads which they take into their hands. They move anticlockwise and move away from me, moving out. They are no longer linked, moving out.

Barry: I am standing in a massive wave made of the entities that entered the temple. The sound of bells ahs become that of a trumpet. I see the Judgement card, and the Moon Goddess. I feel dead, but am now bathed in moonlight. Light and sound become one. Every cell of my body bathed, cleansed by the light, and becomes more fluid.

Rob: The circling dance has stopped. One of the women approaches and places a thin silver band on my forehead, kisses me on both cheeks and withdraws. All come and kiss me and leave, till I am alone. Twelve streams of light flicker and vanish within me. I am back on the causeway, but still have the band of silver.

Barry: Inside my body is a large silver egg. It clicks open, (because of the moonlight), to reveal an image of a dragon interlinked with spheres. Emotions leaked out.

The Goddess appears dressed in blue. She has long dark hair kissed by the moon. She gives me a ring of silver.

Now I am back on the causeway. I give you my hand.

Rob: I clasp it. I feel the flow of silver.

Barry: It is between us in the figure of eight eternity symbol.

Rob: The band on my head is cold.

Barry: The ring is warm. We re-enter the tunnel of fog, and are back in the temple.

Rob: I still have the band.

Barry: I still have the ring. I drink from the spring.

Rob: As I bend forward I see the moon�s reflection again, lighting up the sky.