2010 - "Lands of Enchantment"
2010
January 1, 2010
“The MacArthur Spellbook”
- Peter connects with Elisha MacArthur and is offered sanctuary in an adobe home while traveling toward Santa Fe (“Land of Enchantment”).
- Peter reads a golden violin symbol on the front door as a totem of music/story and sees the household as bardic kin.
- Peter encounters a book about universal laws (“Why your life is the way it is and what you can do to change it”), reinforcing the Quest’s focus.
- Elisha shares that their grandfather, Bruce MacArthur, wrote a book on universal laws and manifestation, which Peter treats as a “spellbook.”
- Peter wonders why Scottish/bardic lineages keep appearing in their path and interprets it as deliberate weaving.
- Peter receives divinatory guidance connected to Vedic/Ayurvedic inquiry (including a line: “The Goddess will be your teacher”).
- Peter performs an elemental balancing ritual: gathering the four elements in awareness, writing distortions onto paper, and burying it.
- The page includes repetition of sections, reinforcing the sanctuary + spellbook discovery as the core events.
- A character line names Elisha and North, anchoring companionship and support.
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March 17, 2010
“Temple of Dance”
- Peter is led to a modern “temple of dance” event titled “Invading the Heart.”
- Peter describes seeking grounding and sacred presence through movement and dance.
- Peter encounters a community associated with “Pomegranate” and a priestess figure, Myra Krein.
- Peter experiences the event as high-intensity and emotionally potent (“the pulse is so strong here”).
- Peter photographs dancers and describes the photographic process as mystical—tracking light, timing, and energy.
- Peter frames Myra as holding ritual space for women’s expression, emphasizing priestess archetype.
- The chapter ends with a brief characters list naming Bonny Moss and Myra Krein.
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April 13, 2010
“The Mythica Glyph”
- In 2010, while living near a dance studio in Santa Fe, Peter encounters the image that becomes the Into the Mythica brand glyph.
- Peter is working intensively on the Mythica project, organizing photos and trying to gain consistent “access” and coherence.
- Peter develops an idea to map the Path through elemental lenses, building on “laws of reflection” confirmed in Scotland.
- Peter visits a comic shop as a ritual “tithe,” using story-lore as mana for the work.
- Bonny Moss introduces Peter to the concept of hiring a designer; Peter meets Richard Muller (3232designs).
- Peter communicates a core design brief: pages turning into leaves (story returning to nature) as the Mythica glyph.
- Peter also envisions a compass-based navigation tool for tracking the subtle path (a golden-compass-like scrying device).
- Peter describes the designer’s delivery as impressive and treats design/programming as real magic.
- Peter sends Richard a copy of the Time Bandits map as a gift and reference.
- Peter reaches out to J.H. Williams III (Promethea) with an ambitious “Promethea Gambit” idea but it does not manifest.
- A character list anchors Bonny, Richard, Myra, and J.H. Williams as part of this phase.
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June 13, 2010
“Path of the Bear”
- Peter notices signs it’s time to leave Santa Fe (“Akashic Alley”), including dust irritating North’s eyes.
- Peter believes local vendors treat North as a deity and repeatedly give him free meat, which Peter reads as tribute.
- Peter encounters “Clan Tynker” and recognizes them as circus allies previously seen during earlier Valhalla/Pennsic-era events.
- Peter expresses joy at re-encountering familiar tribes while continuing to document the Quest with photos.
- Peter and North travel northwest, camping in mountains away from cities and continuing misogi water-cleansing practices.
- Peter describes finding pristine pools and invoking elements before entering the cold water.
- Peter includes several road-and-camp vignettes (return to Red Rocks; finding good mead as a “proof” of magic).
- Peter camps by the Yuba River and is visited by Patience Yanderling; they reminisce about the Scotland Faerie Roads trip.
- The chapter closes with a character list naming Jim Mattos, Patience Yanderling, and North.
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July 16, 2010
“Truth & Glamour”
- Peter arrives at a masquerade-style convergence in Los Angeles, framed as a crossroads of mythic “pantheons.”
- He observes costumed archetypes and “avatars” moving through the venue and describes the atmosphere as a neutral territory where different worlds overlap.
- A repeated image of following a leprechaun through a labyrinth emphasizes pursuit, disorientation, and the elusiveness of what he is trying to catch.
- The chapter is primarily observational, built from impressions and a sequence of photos rather than a linear plot.
- Key people named as present are Aryiel Hartman, Regan Remy, and Shawn Strider.
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July 22, 2010
“The Promethea Inception”
- Peter watches the film Inception and treats it as a signal that the culture is ready for a deeper layer of Mythica.
- He defines the “Promethea Inception” as using story and embodiment to heal and transform consciousness.
- He frames Inception as one expression of a broader collective psychological atmosphere rather than a singular cause.
- He connects the movie’s dream/subconscious premise to his emerging ideas about how beliefs shape reality.
- He positions this as groundwork for the self-development movement’s focus on clearing limiting subconscious patterns.
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July 30, 2010
“Friends of the Faeries”
- Peter returns to Faerieworlds in Cascadia and describes the event as an annual gathering of “tribes.”
- The chapter moves through the opening ceremony and the sense of community/fellowship on site.
- He emphasizes the experience of “embodied myth,” where people actively perform and inhabit archetypal identities.
- Peter wanders the grounds and the faerie market, using the environment to orient himself in the larger Mythica map.
- He notes the feeling of summer, brightness, and the event’s role as one of his favorite realms.
- A list of friends/figures present is included (e.g., Alexander Perrelet, Ingrid Edstrom, Jeff Behrends, Hjeron O’Sidhe, Malakai Schindel, Valkyrja JS).
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August 13, 2010
“Realms of the Beloved”
- Peter attends Beloved for the first time and frames it as an intentional festival tied to emergent “avatars” and a New Earth ethos.
- He describes arriving into a field of devotion, gentleness, and communal spiritual intensity.
- The chapter sequences through different scenes (dance, gatherings by the river, meetings with people) supported by photos.
- He repeatedly notes sensing “subtle energies” moving through the space and the feeling of a pantheon of people devoted to presence.
- The episode includes named participants, including Alexander Perrelet, Eric Nez, Hjeron O’Sidhe, Jesse Wynden, and members of the McLain family.
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August 18, 2010
“Livingwell”
- After Beloved, Peter drives along the Oregon coast with plans to retrieve North from the kennels near Seattle.
- In Florence, he is pulled to the Alpha-Bit Cafe, where he finds the book Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer and reads it as a direct synchronicity.
- He speaks with a young woman he reads as “elf-like,” tells her about North and his quest, and is directed toward a nearby forest place.
- He is brought to Livingwell/Alpha Farm, a long-running communal/work-trade house, and camps there overnight.
- The next morning he sees a flyer for a “Nature Spirit Sanctuary” festival and recognizes it as the resonance he was actually seeking.
- He later visits the sanctuary with Mark McNutt and others, learning their mapped altars/sacred gridwork and feeling it as proof of his “law of reflection” thesis.
- The chapter ends with a claim that Livingwell becomes a long-term lesson-field, including future themes of trust, sexuality, and right action, and includes a seer/divination scene.
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September 7, 2010
“Singing Alive”
- Peter chooses not to go to Blackrock and instead attends a gathering called Singing Alive as a deliberate shift in elemental focus.
- He frames the choice as moving away from “fire” territory and toward communities he associates with earth and water.
- The chapter is mostly photographic, showing meals, people, and scenes from the event.
- It presents the gathering as another node in the Cascadia fae/pagan network.
- A list of attendees/figures is included (e.g., Baruch Brad Roter, Fern DeFay, Mark and Marygold McNutt, Tre Arrow, Veronica Fernmoss, Victory).
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September 22, 2010
“The Ancient Ways”
- Peter returns to the Yuba River and describes it as a place that renews his sense of purpose and mythic momentum.
- He reflects on the river’s inspiration and the feeling of being on an important quest while also documenting it.
- The chapter includes photos of the river and the landscape.
- He attends a ritual led by Evon Eisenberg, a former classmate from the Academy of the Ancient Arts.
- He notes sensing the deva/energies of Tahoe through the ritual context.
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October 20, 2010
“The Fairy Seer”
- Peter continues traveling through Cascadia with Fern DeFay as a guide into a particular fae community.
- He attends a gathering featuring Orion Foxwood, presented as a “seer of fairy.”
- The page is primarily images from the event rather than detailed narration.
- The chapter frames the meeting as a continuation of Peter’s move into earth-and-water oriented circles.
- The cast list includes Fern DeFay and Orion Foxwood, along with other named people.
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November 4, 2010
“Autumn Dragons”
- Peter meets Ciardha Vomalitez and is introduced to their breathwork/“serumnynjitsu” approach as a dragon-associated practice.
- A later section (dated Nov 10) shifts to the Ashland Shire where Peter continues following synchronicity and “avatars of Avalon.”
- He describes Tor Webster (Jormungander) and Noah McLain arriving in the same place as an inevitable convergence of story-lines.
- The group meets at the Faery Pools; North is present and the moment is framed as calm, autumnal companionship.
- Peter receives a token/message reading “Stories are Gifts to Share,” which he takes as support for his path.
- The chapter reads as two linked encounters that both reinforce the “dragon” thread and the social web of the quest.
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November 15, 2010
“Conjuror Way”
- Peter seeks to learn more about Orion Foxwood and follows an invitation or lead connected to that circle.
- The journey takes him to New Orleans, which he frames as a strange, magical city with a strong relationship to the dead.
- He describes the city’s atmosphere and streets as charged, like an “underwater” realm beneath the sea level.
- Orion speaks about the tradition/style of conjuring and connects it to his childhood landscape and relationship to the otherworld.
- The chapter moves through impressions of the city (streets, music, libraries) supported by photos.
- The named characters present are Fatima Alexandra and Orion Foxwood.
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November 23, 2010
“Silver in Winter”
- The chapter opens with imagery and placeholder text, then shifts into a concrete scene of cold hardship.
- Peter describes being on a ship that is not insulated for winter and struggling to stay warm.
- He sleeps fully clothed, bundled in blankets, relying on North’s body heat for warmth.
- The episode is minimal in plot and mostly sets a physical/emotional atmosphere of endurance in winter conditions.
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