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opes and dreams, was lost. The soldiers took her to the temple to become the high priestess.</p><div id="f557" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-heroine-54b98e108774"> <div> <div> <h2>The Heroine</h2> <div><h3>High priestess of illusion and mystery</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7932"><b>The Attack </b>The magician aided the emperor in his attempt to possess her. Unleashing her power, she slaughtered the emperor. But she was no match for the magician. He cursed her to his fate: eternal, unchanging life.</p><div id="3ff6" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-villains-a73237e96264"> <div> <div> <h2>The Villains</h2> <div><h3>The emperor and the magician attack the high priestess</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8458"><b>The Escape</b> The emperor lay dead at her feet. The magician had hurled his curse at her and vanished. With the help of the hierophant and the consent of the empress, she escaped. The hierophant had told her that, after centuries of waiting and wondering, she would come to a convergence of time and place that would make it possible to lift the curse. But he did not tell her how or when that would happen.</p><div id="5bb2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-escape-d83080b7bcac">

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She had grown weary. Sometimes, for comfort, in the many hours she spent alone in her van, she daydreamed happy endings.</p><div id="0778" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-hero-4ad931957d31"> <div> <div> <h2>The Hero</h2> <div><h3>Will he and the heroine finally meet</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*[email protected])"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><figure id="372a"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*[email protected]"><figcaption>Author’s photo</figcaption></figure><blockquote id="a8d2"><p>The Lovers is the sixth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks…. The Rider Waite Tarot deck changed the scene in this card from its traditional depiction of a couple receiving a blessing from a noble, or cleric, to one of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The Rider Waite card includes the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil with a serpent wrapped around its trunk…. The nudity of the figures show they have nothing to hide from each other. Also, the tree of knowledge is behind the woman, whereas the tree behind the man is bearing 12 trefoil flames, representing the signs of the zodiac….Wikipedia</p></blockquote></article></body>

Illumination | Haiku

The Lovers

We finally meet

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And think not you can direct the course of love, For love, If it finds you worthy, Directs your course.

Khalil Gibran

I laugh at myself

He is just a boy, my love

Tomorrow decides

She has her happiness, but she does not yet know if it will lead to an ending.

The cards have revealed a possible path, but will he follow her? The coming storm is not directed at her, but it may present the convergence she has longed for.

If he will go, they can return to Haven, that strange Appalachian town with its powers and secrets and witchy women.

They can make a home there. They can wait.

Prologue This is the story of an impoverished fortune-teller who has lived for many centuries, barely surviving in modern times. She has sensed a coming storm and has gathered her magical powers to stand against it.

The Beginning This was her beginning. She was a young girl in love. Then that life, with its hopes and dreams, was lost. The soldiers took her to the temple to become the high priestess.

The Attack The magician aided the emperor in his attempt to possess her. Unleashing her power, she slaughtered the emperor. But she was no match for the magician. He cursed her to his fate: eternal, unchanging life.

The Escape The emperor lay dead at her feet. The magician had hurled his curse at her and vanished. With the help of the hierophant and the consent of the empress, she escaped. The hierophant had told her that, after centuries of waiting and wondering, she would come to a convergence of time and place that would make it possible to lift the curse. But he did not tell her how or when that would happen.

Waiting and Wandering She had grown weary. Sometimes, for comfort, in the many hours she spent alone in her van, she daydreamed happy endings.

Author’s photo

The Lovers is the sixth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks…. The Rider Waite Tarot deck changed the scene in this card from its traditional depiction of a couple receiving a blessing from a noble, or cleric, to one of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The Rider Waite card includes the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil with a serpent wrapped around its trunk…. The nudity of the figures show they have nothing to hide from each other. Also, the tree of knowledge is behind the woman, whereas the tree behind the man is bearing 12 trefoil flames, representing the signs of the zodiac….Wikipedia

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