Discovery – A Long Journey

Spiritual sky inside and outside my soul, the world

Wind and rain in my heart and in my mind

Consciousness is everything, and everything else

Yet different, distinct — Diversity within unity

The Great House in the foothills of the mountains

With good farmland, and a castle on top of one of the mountains

Visible from every direction all around

Some of the students who live in the house go up to the castle

From time to time, if they need to consult the library there

Or meet with one of the Wizards of Light, or even an Elder One

A god or demon living on Earth temporarily or permanently

In this magical land halfway between the physical universe

And the World of Faerie, the dimension of old magic close to Earth

The Earth we know in our normal everyday lives, of business and politics

Yet this strange land separate yet connected to Physical Earth

Has its own politics and struggles for power and influence

Over the ancient secrets and knowledge held by the Wizards and Witches

In the magical library, and in the underground city below the mountains

Secrets that in the wrong hands could be disastrous for Earth

And all of the worlds, dimensions, universes connected to Earth and Faery

This mystical land is surrounded by mountains, isolated from the outside

World of material reality — Where subtle and obvious magic shows itself

In everyday life — The mere presence of the ancient beings of great power

Makes time pass differently than in the world of waking reality outside

In the city beneath the mountains are doorways leading many places

Secret tunnels connect with other sites of great power on Earth

Home to all manner of strange and beautiful creatures, artifacts

Of ancient races, futures past — Left by explorers when they traveled

To worlds, dimensions, and universes beyond the known, the physical

Even Faery, other realms connected with Earth — The land of the Sun

Moon and rain and wind — Meeting place for whole galaxies

The Multiverse of universes, timelines — Parallel, alternate, pocket

And beyond — A temperate rainforest of exquisite beauty

Thousands of shades of green in spring and summer, orange and red

In autumn — Surrounding the small town, the great house, the school

For young wizards and witches of light, and the castle above

And its peerless magical library — Intricately linked with the course

Of human history and the future of planet Earth — Though isolated

One of many places of ancient knowledge and wisdom from past and future

Home of the Keepers of Balance, Guardians of the Crossroads — Doors

And windows to perhaps an infinity of dimensions, worlds, universes

All connected to the one we know as our own — Even dreams of all life

Available to those who know the right door, and have the correct key

Worlds of light and darkness — Paradises and nightmares, heavens and hells

All with their particular place in the cosmic hierarchy and circle of life

Fractal spiral organization of spiritual, energetic, and physical realities

Holographic colocation of worlds — Yet separated by great distance

Of thought and energy, space and time, depending on perspective, perception

Knowledge of how to bridge the space between dimensions and worlds

The Wizard City, above and below the earth’s surface, is one nexus

Crossroads for the earth and the Milky Way and local universe

Yet the Wizards and Witches do not let this great power go their heads

They serve at the will of the elder races, the council of gods and demons

In charge of the gateways inside the Earth to and from other worlds

Even the farmers can visit other worlds if they have the inclination

And the permission of the gatekeepers, the various forces of dark and light

As long as the Balance is maintained, both sides remain happy, or at least

Content with compromise, shared power and control of Earth and dimensions

Universes beyond, yet connected to Earth — Into this world of magic

And infinite possibility, isolated yet connected to the rest of Earth

Power and influence over all worlds and people, it is possible for others

Outsiders to enter the hidden city, if they know the ways in and out

People all over the Waking World are called by circumstance, fate

Or destiny, to learn the ways of balance, guarding Earth’s role

In the cosmic drama — Struggles and conflicts undreamed of by most

Yet those who are called must choose a side — Light or Dark — Only

A few rebel and attempt neutrality, go into business for themselves

Playing both sides against each other for moral, ethical, philosophical

Or plain material reasons — Wealth and influence, measured in knowledge

Of the Elder Ones — Ancients — Arbiters of human destiny

And that of the Multiverse connected to Earth — A center

Of life, love stories spanning across galaxies, dimensions

Of Heaven and Hell, good and evil, light and darkness, order and chaos