Introducing the Dawn deck *and some bigger scheme at play
Twenty years ago, my life changed at a Rainbow Gathering. It wasn't a peaceful, postcard moment. It was chaotic. There was a mass mushroom poisoning, and amidst that intensity, I found myself in a city plaza, making a "spectacle" of retribution to try and set things right. In that moment of total upheaval, something snapped into focus. I realized that reality isn't a solid, unchangeable wall. It’s more like a spotlight for a cosmic game. I began to see religion and spirituality not as a list of rules to follow, but as a grand literary adventure. The Long Sleep of "Black Gold" I came home and started writing a novel called Black Gold. It was about a scientist named Adam Douglas who was cast into a coma. I spent years exploring the darkness of that story, trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel. For twenty years, that story lived in the back of my mind. It evolved from a book into a system, and eventually, into the idea for this deck. The Meta-Loop: Who is the Creator? As I work on these cards, I’ve had to face a humbling paradox: I’m not sure if I’m writing the story, or if the story is writing me. In my mind, Adam Douglas—the scientist from my old novel—is the real curator of this deck. He is the one writing the "Field Guide" to these parallel dimensions. I often feel like I am just the medium, a "Tesseract Writer" trying to translate his discoveries into our world. A New Language: From Alchemy to Science Fiction Most tarot decks use the language of the past—early alchemy, steampunk, or ancient elements. But as I’ve sat with this, I’ve realized that the Dawn Deck needs a different language. I am moving away from the "four elements" and toward the Periodic Table of Elements. I want to create a Sci-Fi Operating System for consciousness. Instead of looking backward, I’m looking toward the fundamental frequencies of science to explain the spirit. The Road Ahead (and the Twilight) This is only the beginning. Beyond the light of the Dawn Deck lies the Twilight Deck—a place where I haven't even begun to take you yet. It’s a realm of quantum mechanics, fantasy, and pure paradox. It is the most difficult part of the map to draw.