Road of Trials Archives

Encountering the Matron and the Maid

Photo by Javier Saint Jean on Unsplash For All Hallows , I wrote about a series of encounters with the archetypal energy [...]

Encountering the Matron and the Maidadmin2023-11-08T22:35:30+00:00

I asked JacquieLawson.com if I might use Bev Pask-Hughes’ painting for this blog because of three things: the love of adventure in the woman, [...]

White Bear King Valemon and the Road of TrialsLola2022-09-10T22:34:33+00:00

Of all the stories that are gifts from our ancestors I find this one particularly useful right now. Why do the Princesses dance every [...]

12 Dancing Princesses: A Meditation on the Gates of DoomLola2022-09-10T20:24:58+00:00

Here we are at the transformation point, the Nigredo, 180º from Home in the circuit, mid-way through the Ritual Journey of the Road of Trials. [...]

Nigredo: Cocoon of TransformationLola2022-09-10T20:47:04+00:00

In the Hero/Heroine’s Journey series we are at the first half of the Road of Trials. It’s a Ritual Journey, and traveled often with [...]

A Ritual Journey: Road of Trials Part 1Lola2022-09-10T20:47:34+00:00

I know WHY digging bluebells became a decade long project of my life. The Call to the Bluebell Journey was the gardeners’ wish to [...]

Digging BluebellsLola2022-09-10T21:12:03+00:00