I imagine an immense sign above my Earthcastle, one that says, Earth, Soil, Clay and Stone! (Or something remotely more eloquent) announcing the magickal, mystical entryway into another world... My World... One where you can only imagine what size the strawberries are that currently grow on the roof... one where the storms can only be seen, but barely heard here, inside the dirt cave... one where I finally feel comfortable, solitudinous, alone, alive, and at home.
There is a crystal cave beneath the castle, one where viscous brews are ever fermenting, and where One could go and commune with the Queen of Fey herself... or explore a view of the Otherworlds via the touch of the loam walls. It is peaceful here, peaceful, quiet, and mine.
This is the journey that I take through the Earthcastle... from the beginning... through the very planning, the dreaming, drawing and the building, and the way in which I will learn to share this amazing magick with the rest of the world, when the time comes. My plans are for the Earthcastle itself, which is my home, where I live with my daughter and our gardens, the elusive wildlife that subtly surrounds us... the playhouse where we will play, the art studio where I will create and escape, the recording studio where I will release and work, the treehouse where we will play and laugh and listen to the rain, the bridge that will take us from one place to the next, the bread oven that will cook our grain, and all of the other things that we decide to build once we learn how to pat mud and earth into cakes that will become our walls.
These walls will not keep things out, but let things in... our inner gardens will be our walls, and we will live more within them than inside them... be a part of them and breathe with them and become a part of the earth mother with them... as the vines crawl up, over, beneath and inside of us, permeating our very being... until the strength of their greenery becomes our bone, and the fragrance of their delicate and potent flowers becomes every bit of who we are.
This is the journey...
May you find a ray of light here and there, and enjoy the journey with us...
Blessings of Love, Light, and Darkness,
Beltana Spellsinger and Bela Czaba
