Anyway, Wednesday I visited Paris Drake of Xanadu Metaphysical in Menasha, and felt very comfortable. With everything that's going on (and everything that's been going on), I just wanted some insight as to whether I am on the right path in life, between money and career, love and relationships, and so on. I was fully prepared to answer any questions he had of me before beginning so that whatever details he would give could be more clear. (I'm pretty sure I was visiting more for psychological reassurance of what I'm doing now than in any strong belief in psychic ability; I was a bit skeptical prior to being read in the past, and didn't see any reason to break with tradition.) As it turned out, I didn't have to give out much information at all.

When we began, the first thing out of his mouth was that the reason I was there was because of my spirtual path... that I had spent time with diversions that had thrown me off my path for a while, but that I was indeed not only on the right path now... that I had been in darkness for a very long time, but I was soon to find a clearing, surrounded by feelings of sun and warmth. Paris said the spirits were telling him that I was close to a spiritual revelation that would become clear to me this spring, that he could cry tears of joy because I was so close.

He said that I'm a very centered person, that I should continue to persevere. A vision occurred to him of what he called "A Labyrinth of Color" and didn't know what it meant. When he said those words, the only thing I could think of was one of my projects for school... a game I've been in the process of making for over a month. I mentioned that's what I thought it was, that it was consisted of two game boards, with hexagonal tiles on which players would move. He said it again it was a labyrinth of color, with bright waves of blue and red and yellow. He said the labyrinth of color would bring me a great deal of success, but said the spirits were giving him two warnings... that I should not discriminate against size and that I should use caution with financial support and in protecting the idea... that others would try to take it from me.

The game is intended to be educational in nature and is tentatively called Global Explorer. Students are to make their way around the game boards to each of 16 goal cities, answering questions in different subject areas along the way. The warning against "discriminating against size" has already been addressed in that the question cards the kids are supposed to answer will have four different levels... one for grades 2-4, one for 5-7, one for 8-10, and one for grades 11 and 12. As far as "protecting the idea" is concerned, there I was tossed a conundrum. Jody and Beth are hoping the game could be used to help fund the school, and payment for my effort has yet to truly be discussed. Jody is very excited about the idea, saying it was something about which both she and Beth had discussed. The fact that I was coming up with this on my own was amazing to them, because it's exactly what they had in mind.