The Piper’s Call
May 6, 2009
Le Enchanteur is the alter ego of Heather Blakey, webmaster and creator of the Soul Food Cafe. It is le Enchanteur who takes travellers, when the veil is thin and the portals are open, into Lemuria, world of her dreaming.
The call of le Enchanteur, to come and meet with her, to drink from the elixir of creativity, within Lemuria, is irresistible. For over five years members of the Soul Food Cafe have been responding to the call of the Piper, have followed le Enchanteur, mastered the art of blogging and fearlessly trekked the roads and mountain pathways of Lemuria.
I go to make my destiny.
May many another youth be by me inspired to leave the snug safety of his rut,
and follow fortune to other lands.”
“God, how the wild calls to me.
There can be no other life for me but that of the lone wanderer.
It has an irresistible fascination.
The lone trail is the best for me.”
Verse by Everett Ruess
Each night, as the clock strikes twelve in Gilead, someone, upon hearing the call of Le Enchanteur, comes through a portal into the mysterious world of Lemuria, ready to undertake the long and dangerous trek to Rainbow Beach via the famed Serpentine Road.
A Portal To Lemuria
by Heather Blakey
This trek involves traversing rocky mountain peaks, travelling through the Valley of the Bones, visiting the House of Soles and House of the Serpents, catching a barge to Kerith, clambering over the high mountain tops to meet the spirit of the volcano, stopping to drink from the waters of Mnemosyne, visiting places like Mudgimba and finally reaching Rainbow Beach.
During their journey participants reach the cave of the Wild Mother, work with Dream Masters and much more.
A Dream Master on the Serpentine Road
by Heather Blakey
A group of stoic donkey’s wait, in the stable behind the Rose and Swan, a Gilead Tavern, for their companions to arrive. As travellers arrive they will immediately know which donkey is to be their companion. Each donkey has a special saddle bag that has been provided by le Enchanteur, the Mistress of Lemuria.
Each bag contains special talismans which will be essential on this journey. Travellers will find wild seeds, a dream catcher, tiny rock climbing equipment, an anchor, special eye glasses, a tiny orienteering kit and some first aid equipment.
At the stroke of twelve the party will set out towards the mountains, heading out along the Serpentine Road.
A Party of Soul Food Travellers
Embarking on the Serpentine Road
by Heather Blakey
Journey records can be preserved in sketch books and journals and within private, password protected blogs.
This is a write your own adventure! It is your chance to be a comic book hero if that is what you want. It is an opportunity to cast off your everyday life, reinvent yourself and live within the world of Lemuria. You can travel as a fictional character. You might be a wizard, a shape shifter, a botanist, an intrepid Indianna Jones style explorer, from another period in history or, of course, you can be yourself.
Establish your identity for this journey. If you are working online take the time to make an avatar by scanning an image or creating a Voki. Make sure to insert your avatar in the profile section of your blog and Yahoo group page.
Once you have established who you are make a portal through which you enter Lemuria and arrive at the Rose and Swan on the stroke of twelve.
Record your impressions of the bustling scene at twelve at the Rose and Swan in Gilead.
Meet your companion and guide, the donkey who will transport you along the Serpentine Road. Check your saddle bag for your special talismans.
Begin a dialogue with this creature. You will find examples of such dialogue here.
Take some time to learn about the mystery and mythos of Lemuria. Check out the roadways most travelled in this allegorical world. Examine the contents of your bag. Hold the distinctive seeds that E has placed in each bag and meditate for a moment upon what these will become when they are planted in rich Lemurian soil. The harvest from E’s dream seeds is reputed to be quite extraordinary.
Remember that the prompts provided here are a relatively blank canvas. At every turn you will be expected to make decisions and choices, choices which will shape your creativity and help define who you will become.
You have done a wonderful blog here. Your images are beyond fantastic. The image of the portal is so intriguing. I’m just hanging around there for a day or two to drink it all in so-to-speak and to gather my lately scattered, creative thoughts about me.
Vi