Gallery
The gates, gathered as images.
Visual company for the practice — the weather and the ground the gates open onto. Keep one near your altar if it calls to you.
Gate of first light
The morning you arrive before the day does.
Gate of the long road
The way walked by those who came before you.
Gate of still water
What the water holds when nothing moves.
Gate of fog and forgetting
The names that arrive slowly, then all at once.
Gate of the night sky
Counting what is older than the family line.
Gate of root and soil
Where the practice is kept, quietly, daily.