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Who defends you, before the greater powers?
October 22, 2026
I am sitting on a rush mat in a small room that smells of chicken blood. In front of me is an African divination priest, a babalawo of Ifa, the sacred and poetic oracle of the Yoruba. His job description means, “Father of the Mysteries”. He casts a set of bronze medallions, hung on a chain, and records the patterns that emerge in a binary code, one vertical stroke or two. In his tradition, the odu – the patterns he will proceed to read – are not random, not just the effect of the flick of his wrist. They are an agreed vehicle through which the orishas, gods of West Africa, and the ancestors, will communicate with us.
The divination priest poses a big question to his gods: “Who defends Robert, in front of the orishas?”
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DREAM DRAWINGS
Dream-inspired art by Robert Moss
Dreams require action, to bring their creative, guiding and healing energies into the everyday world. My journals are filled with drawings I make from dreams and shamanic journeys, very often shared experiences in my playshops and trainings, where a whole flight of 30 or more dreamers may travel together through an agreed portal on an agreed assignment. Here is a selection of drawings inspired in this way, from my journals and sketchbooks. All pictures are (c) Robert Moss and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. In this age of AI or data generated images, I will note that nothing here is produced that way. Very occasionally I may use some digital help with adding color and effects to an original piece. That will be noted.
I love it when my dreams demand that I pick up pencils and colors. I made this sketch from a mysterious dream in which renowned European magicians have come to a kampong - a village on the water, often with stilt houses - in Malaysia. I dreamed again last night of occult activities in a kampong. This time I was engaged with scholarly occultists in editing and publishing a hitherto unknown Hermetic text about how divine knowledge becomes available to humans.
Beyond drawing from these dreams, it seems I am being drawn into them. For now, i will simply indulge myself by posting the picture I made from my original kampong dream in the spring with my raw journal report.
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