Coming Full Circle

I have arrived back at Riversleigh Manor guided by the mighty grip of Enchanteur, and I am pausing to reflect on my journey.

I started my Lemurian adventure last April when I settled in Riversleigh hoping to find a creative hide-away. However, from the beginning I found no rest. My Inner Critic, Arvilla, found me, and when I banished her, I felt free to emerge from Riversleigh and explore all of Lemuria.

I set off with a band of gupsies through the Land of Standing Stones and stopped over at the Hermitage for a while. There I met Sweet Albert, my faithful steed who helped me in mapping my heart along the Serpentine Road. Upon arriving at the House of the Rainbow Serpent, I thought I found another refuge. I was wrong. Arvilla found me and nearly broke me. I was saved by the Rainbow Serpent herself and with gratitude I presented the Gorgon of the House a gift. Shortly afterwards I received word from Enchanteur that I was to proceed to the Old Abbey by pirate ship. So I bid a bon voyage to Albert and boarded the Calabar Felonway and met the infamous Captain Ebony Wilder.

The Captain led us on a number of adventures including a visit with the Queen of the Bog People. It was a challenge to stay aboard the Calabar. I felt myself compelled to set myself free by flinging myself off the back of the ship in my underwear. However, this foolish act resulted in my being abandoned by Captain Wilder and having to find my way to the Old Abbey on my own.

When I finally reached the Old Abbey, once again I made myself at what I thought would be my home, but once again I eventually found myself breaking loose and ascending to yet another creative level. I rode the back of a Thunderbird to Duwamish Bay where I took a ferry ride to the Isle of the Ancestors and met the Matriarchs of my family. Later I took an exhiliarating night ride into my unconscious and challenged the Baba Yaga for possession of my imagination. I was victorious and brought my creativity into the full light of day.

Being an urbanite in the Real World, I felt the need to visit Cyberia, the City of Ladies. I quickly established myself inthe Il Taverna di Muse. Cyberia proved to be a wonderous place where one could meet all manner of interesting people.

However, as the pattern seemed to dictate, I was whisked off again with Enchanteur personally guiding a group of us to the New Abbey. Along the way I produced a number of secret documents which will be posted in due time. When we finally reached the New Abbey, I found it to be a place of extreme beauty and peacefulness.

Finally, now, Enchanteur has brought me back to the beginning, to my home in Riversleigh Manor. When I look back at all that I have written and the art I created I can see how I have grown. Enchanteur is a cagey gal. She knew what she was doing. But knowing her, I had better not get too comfortable. Another adventure, I am sure, is just around the bend.

L.Gloyd (c) 2006