2011 - "Return to Eden"
2011
February 6, 2011
“Return to the Shire”
- Peter is back in the Shire with Katana and a “kundalini crew,” presented as a small group scene.
- The page is primarily a sequence of photos without narrative exposition.
- A heading indicates an upcoming beat (“2011-2-14 - Breitenbush”), suggesting the story is moving toward that location/event.
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February 20, 2011
“House of Ho’oponopono”
- Peter is at the House of Human Clay, where he first encounters and learns about the Ho’oponopono technique.
- He frames Ho’oponopono as a transformational practice that will become a major tool in his personal “arsenal.”
- He spends time at Cripple Creek with skilled musicians, being invited to play instruments and learn through direct experience.
- He describes listening to the “wood deva” of instruments and finding what feels most resonant.
- He continues bathing at the Faerie Pools and associates cleansing practices with what will later become Akasha Yoga.
- He consults guidance (“crowns of the Shire”) and references a vision connected to ancient war-times and repeating patterns (swords and mirrors).
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March 3, 2011
“House of Bliss”
- Peter follows signs south toward Los Angeles, which he frames as the “City of Stories.”
- Regan Remy offers him sanctuary, reinforcing the theme of support arriving through his network.
- He contrasts the grey metropolitan sprawl with Regan’s pocket of nature and refuge.
- The chapter introduces his first close encounter with “glamour-merchants,” described as alien and hard for him to comprehend.
- The page uses a small set of images and brief narration to set mood more than plot.
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March 10, 2011
“City of Angels”
- Peter is in the Los Angeles region, with the chapter anchored specifically in Topanga.
- The page is largely photographic, presenting the landscape/scene rather than a detailed narrative.
- A short cast list places North, Regan Remy, and Oliver LeFaye as present/associated with this episode.
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April 17, 2011
“Dreams of the Mother”
- A dated sequence of illustrated pages/visions presents an oneiric “Dreams of the Mother” cycle (April 17, 2011).
- The content is primarily visual, suggesting symbolic dream-imagery rather than narrated events.
- The repetition of related images implies a single dream-thread explored through multiple frames or panels.
- The title positions the dream as communication from the Mother/land/divine feminine rather than personal fantasy.
- The chapter functions as a mythic omen: a message delivered in picture-language to be decoded later in the timeline.
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May 1, 2011
“Queen & King”
- Peter receives news that Noah McLain is handfasting Marla and travels to be present for the ceremony.
- He brings Noah a lyre as a gift, acknowledging losses from Zephyr’s fire and the importance of instruments in their lives.
- The chapter focuses on opening the circle, the ritual moment, and the community celebration around it.
- Peter describes the assembled people as part of a noble pantheon and reads the scene as mythic continuity and kinship.
- The episode includes feasting, social time, and evening scenes, supported by many photos.
- Numerous friends and community members are listed as present (including Noah, Marla, and others from the broader circle).
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May 14, 2011
“Brotherhood of Dragons”
- Peter receives a divination to leave Topanga and go to a party in Malibu.
- He frames the move as another test of the quest’s “physics,” following guidance into a new social environment.
- At the gathering he recognizes and encounters a “dragon” archetype in a person he reads as an avatar of fire.
- The chapter is largely photographic with short interpretive captions (e.g., “Dragon of Fire”).
- The named appearances include Michael Ravenwood and Ariane Labyrinth.
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May 27, 2011
“The Southland Pantheon”
- The chapter documents Lightning in a Bottle through a sequence of photos and brief reflective lines.
- Peter emphasizes the feeling of walking through “electric corridors” and perceiving a blending of worlds through light, leaves, and night scenes.
- The page is primarily visual, moving through day and night atmospheres and crowds.
- A short “avatars of light” section highlights the people and energy of the event.
- The characters listed include Alexander Perrelet and Kevala Bliss.
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June 19, 2011
“Bards of Faerie”
- Peter and Ciardha travel to Faerieworlds again and reconnect with the Mythmaker camp.
- The chapter moves through social scenes like bards gathering at a bar and musicians playing together.
- A “Scarab of Healing” segment suggests a specific moment/object that carries meaning, presented mostly through photos.
- The page includes a brief embedded video/file and additional images of morning scenes.
- Overall, the episode is a photo-forward documentation of the gathering and the bardic/music culture within it.
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June 25, 2011
“The Rainbow Dragon”
- After Faerieworlds, Peter travels with the Mythmaker to Cougar hot springs.
- He frames the trip as following the “path of the dragon” and expecting further signs tied to movement into new realms.
- The chapter is largely a sequence of photos showing day and night scenes, people, and the hot springs environment.
- A “Brighthome” arrival section suggests a notable camp/structure or communal node appearing in the scene.
- The page includes an embedded video/file segment labeled “Loki the Coyote,” followed by more images.
- The cast list includes multiple friends and recurring figures (including Ciardha Vomalitez, Jesse Wynden, Hjeron O’Sidhe, and others).
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July 1, 2011
“Gathering of the Rainbows”
- Peter and Ciardha arrive at their first Rainbow Gathering and set up camp in an outer RV/camper area before walking in.
- They enter the main gathering through forest paths and Peter describes the environment as a distinct “city” and realm.
- He observes the gathering’s culture and connects it to idealism associated with the 1960s.
- The chapter includes scenes of North moving through the forest and Peter reading this as part of the teaching/continuity of the journey.
- He explicitly notes psychedelic energy in the space and references LSD use as part of the atmosphere.
- As they prepare to leave, Peter puts on a “masking” face/identity and frames it as embodying his avatar within the rainbow realm.
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July 8, 2011
“The Country Fair”
- Peter and Ciardha go to the Oregon Country Fair, which he frames as a major marketplace and gathering of makers, singers, and storytellers.
- As he enters, he notices a yin/yang-style glyph and interprets it as a reminder of harmony with the land.
- He wanders the fair’s “loop,” watching performers, crafters, and the general culture of the event as an expression of bardic life.
- The chapter includes multiple photo sequences that emphasize wood, story, costumes, and the fair’s forest setting.
- He describes sneaking along “pirate roads” to access the nighttime fair and continuing to witness the “architecture” of the magical world.
- The episode ends with reflections on people leaving the fair and carrying a sense of freedom back into ordinary life; characters listed include Noah and Marla McLain, Ciardha, Mark McNutt, and Marygold McNutt.
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August 5, 2011
“Circle of Fire”
- The chapter is set at Livingwell and opens with a photo sequence that frames the place as sanctuary.
- Peter documents a communal night of music and drinking (“Music & Mead”).
- The group participates in a fire-walking ritual, shown through photos.
- He describes gathering under a canopy and assembling costumes/ritual elements to “shift into the underlands.”
- The chapter ends by naming the movement as a “journey to the underworld,” again primarily visual.
- Characters listed include Mark and Marygold McNutt, Heather Hutton, Ciardha Vomalitez, and Fern DeFay.
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August 12, 2011
“Baptism at Beloved”
- Peter and Ciardha return to Beloved and Peter senses the energy shifting as they approach, discussing divination and subtle “tones.”
- At the festival, Fateh approaches Peter and gives him a potion, saying he was told to deliver it; Peter drinks it.
- Peter describes being on multiple medicines and perceiving people’s emotions, thoughts, and boundaries as visible qualities.
- The intensity escalates until he feels overwhelmed by noise, diesel, and bass, and he leaves the main area to get away.
- While wandering, he recalls a Promethea scene about descent into the underworld and uses it to frame his own shedding of identity.
- He is guided to water, realizes he needs to undress and enter the current, and treats it as a required purification/baptism.
- Afterward he wanders the fields in a renewed state and describes lending his 50mm lens to Kyer Wiltshire as part of trust and shared witnessing.
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August 28, 2011
“Blackrock – Rites of Passage”
- Peter and Ciardha arrive at Burning Man (“Blackrock”), framed as the City of Dreams, and enter through the gates.
- They join or set up at Tikal, the Djedi Collective, positioning themselves among a cohort of “warriors of light.”
- The chapter documents the camp and early days through photos of structures, people, and the playa.
- Peter highlights “wandering the playa” as a central activity, treating the space as a mythic landscape.
- He features Adam Apollo as a notable figure (“Ambassador Apollo”) within the gathering.
- The chapter closes with more images of mythic/artistic scenes and a list of characters present (including Ciardha, Hjeron O’Sidhe, Malakai Schindel, Zor Fyregod, Evon Eisenberg, Jillian Love, and Kyer Wiltshire).
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September 14, 2011
“Mjolnir”
- Peter is called by Michael Ravenwood and asked to stand in as a proxy for a photoshoot involving lightning imagery on an LA sound stage.
- He describes entering the sound stage and sensing the creative “deva” of the place as artists build worlds there.
- He puts on modern chainmail armor and is directed to channel the sensation of lightning across the metal.
- Peter experiences the electricity as a physical, musical-like presence and treats it as a maturation of the fire element into lightning.
- Outside he sees a hammer identified as Mjolnir and frames it as a direct mythic reflection in the material world.
- While driving (Santa Monica/PCH), he feels prompted to call Ariane Labyrinth; unusually, Ariane answers and they agree to meet at sunset.
- The chapter lists Adam Steinberg and Ariane Labyrinth as present/appearing.
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October 1, 2011
“The Faery Well”
- Peter hears that a “faery well” is being activated at Livingwell and decides to return to Cascadia from Los Angeles.
- He travels the “sideway highways” back to the Deadwood forest and notes that Livingwell reliably speaks to him through the trees.
- He reflects on the local spellwork style as simpler and more elemental than other magical systems he’s known.
- He attends a gathering/invocation intended to create a faery well, described as an elemental portal tied into Gaia’s ley lines.
- He expects to meet R.J. Stewart there and frames this person as another ambassador to fae consciousness, comparable to Orion Foxwood.
- He describes being in a churn of questions and inner agitation, with Livingwell’s green environment cooling and soothing him.
- A later dated add-on (Oct 9) includes a brief photographic “adventure at the fortress of dreams” with Ciardha and Dream Rockwell listed.
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November 14, 2011
“Return to Eden”
- Peter and Ciardha return to Kauai, framed as a return to “paradise,” while their relationship tension is described as jagged and nearing separation.
- They hitchhike to a tavern in search of mead and arrive during a party.
- Peter meets Laura Love, who can offer lodging and a car rental, which becomes a practical turning point.
- Peter receives an intuition to cut off his hair as an act of sacrifice/rebirth and climbs Sleeping Giant to shave his head in devotion.
- Laura takes Peter to jungle waters and a healing spring; Peter cleanses and prays on the way to fill flasks at the spring.
- Peter encounters Kelvin “the Sherpa,” and with a car they go to Costco to buy supplies for the Kalalau community.
- On the Na Pali trail toward Kalalau, Peter and Ciardha’s conflict breaks into an argument and they separate on the trail; Peter camps alone.
- Peter reaches the valley, helps receive boat-delivered food for a communal feast, and follows an inner pull toward a dark cave/opening by the beach (“Labyrinth of Aina”).
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December 1, 2011
“Aerious”
- After returning from Kauai and separating from Ciardha, Peter takes refuge at Livingwell to recover and make sense of what happened.
- He describes struggling with basic earth-plane logistics like lighting a fire, underscoring his recurring difficulty with “earth physics.”
- He visits specific shrine-like spots at Livingwell, including a water shrine associated with self-love.
- He receives symbolic messages from the land (trees, yew, seasonal landscape) that help him process grief and agitation.
- Mark McNutt offers him sanctuary through the winter hermitage conditions of the Deadwood forest.
- Peter notices McNutt’s limited solar/battery resources and buys new batteries as a practical gift to “bring the sun to the winter.”
- The chapter is heavily photographic and lists North, Fern DeFay, and Mark McNutt as present/appearing.
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December 31, 2011
“Olde World, New World”
- On New Year’s Eve 2011, Peter attends a gathering invited by Fern DeFay, described as involving multiple “feral” fae-aligned people.
- Fern is framed as a “priestess of funk,” and Peter contrasts the event’s energy with older forms of spirituality.
- Peter notices “neon faeries” imagery on a van and expresses longing for a vehicle he could sleep in.
- He moves into what he calls the “City of Portals,” entering a refuge hall and encountering the Onedoorland magicians and other emissaries.
- The chapter includes a few photos and a short character list (Fern DeFay, Elijah Parker, Binah Zing, Amma Li Grace).
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