A Quest for a Beautiful World - Creatively Seeking Meaning

I dreamt in the night that I was overlooking a lake. I was calmly sitting on a verandah with my daughter. Someone pointed out that there was a tornado in the sky. I looked over and watched the tornado approach closer. It became deep blood red and then it hit the lake, forming a deep whirlpool. There were people swimming in the lake who were now being sucked into the whirlpool one by one. I saw one girl and I knew that she was someone’s daughter, and as I watched her being pulled into the whirlpool, I stood up and was about to jump in to save her, but had to stop myself knowing that I’d get pulled in too, and I didn’t want to leave my daughter.

When I woke up, I knew that this was a significant dream, so I wrote it down, not realising the significance or the symbology until later. In fact, I was dreaming ahead in time, which later surprised me when I realised.

We were in Wales, staying on the edge of the Brecon Beacons Natural Park, in a lodge at the edge of a small village. We were surrounded by forest and just a stone’s throw from the cascading river and the waterfalls. 

Our plans were vague with some key intentions: to initiate, to relax the boundaries, to vision about a future state we wanted to achieve and to reintegrate ourselves with dignity into the society after our journey.

We were in the process of writing a vision for a more creative and beautiful world, and to do that we wanted to experiment with a few different ways of altering our states of consciousness, to aid us reach that deep why which will guide us onwards. We also just wanted to have a weekend together of adventure, being in nature and camaraderie.

This is the story about a shared urge, a clue and a journey.

The book starts with the story and is then followed by insights from neuroscience.

Reading time is about one hour and a half.

1. Introduction
2. Preparing the initiation
3. Finding the Spot
4. The initiation
5. Old Man River
6. Camaraderie
7. Preparing the Trip
8. Relaxing the Boundaries
9. Transcending and Rebirth
10. Entering the Elysian Fields
11. The Source and the Construct
12. Reintegration
13. The Circle
14. The Vision
15. Recommended resources