I have known Colette van Praag for over ten years and her journey through life has enabled her to integrate the dark and light and her illuminated manuscript, GATEWAYS OF THE DIVINE: An Illuminated Manuscript for the Modern Age is an extraordinary, one of  a kind publishing miracle. Watch and listen to Colette as she shares highlights of her life and the birth process of her book, coaching and performance work. And, if you are moved to explore her work more deeply which means you are ready to explore your life more deeply, she is making the remaining copies of her book available at what can only be described as a gift to us all.

In recent weeks, I have been contemplating the essential role of Love as an alchemical awakener, the way if forges and purifies us, continually dissolving us into a deeper union with one another, and thus with the Divine. But rather than saying more, I will heed the Alchemical axion to keep silent, and instead offer an image, and an invocation, in honor of this day of Love.

Many blessings,
Colette

INVOCATION OF LOVE
and the ALCHEMICAL COMMUNION

You are invited to journey with me into the heart of hearts,
plunge yourself wildly into the depths of the Earth,
encounter the elemental forces of power and potency,
destruction and resurrection.

THE ALCHEMICAL COMMUNION
is not for the faint of heart.
It requires a willingness to be continually dismantled, dismembered, cooked in the fiery cauldron and
reduced to ash, swallowed by the waters of our dissolution,
purified and cleansed and reconnected with all of Creation,
only to be killed again by the call of Incarnation,
the gravity well of the Earth, the ground of limitation
which becomes our ground of manifestation.

Only then can we rise on the spacious air, free, unencumbered, with the transcendent view that all is
One in this magnificent, chaotic dance of Creation.

A precious child is born from this elemental dance,
the Divine Child of our purified and awakened selves,
innocent and knowing, magical and joyous,
exuberant with Life and possibility,
boundlessly giving itself in service to the world.
This is the Alchemical Gold, The Philosopher’s stone,
the treasure that is always within us and the treasure we seek.

Beloved Ones,
Come with me on this alchemical journey
of Love’s annihilation and liberation…

-Colette

“The Alchemical Communion,” 4×6 collage on paper, and Invocation from
ALCHEMY OF THE DIVINE
All text and images ©2009 by Colette de Gagnier

Offerings of the Heart
from Colette and Epiphanies Press

Imagine entering a world
of Mystery and Transformation…

The Temple of Mystery Sacrifice and Bliss Heading for Home

Gateways of the Divine: An Illuminated Manuscript for the Modern Age

This inspired creation has moved me beyond words…
Colette has created a portal of the Divine which is unique, exquisite and masterful.

-GARY REMAL MALKIN
Emmy-Award winning composer

GATEWAYS OF THE DIVINE is a visionary and poetic initiation
into the light and shadow of the Divine, a tool of wisdom unlike any other.
You are invited to a journey of awakening through 44 Gateway divination cards created by Colette; each Gateway is then illuminated by an inspiring collection of poetry and mystical writings from the wise ones who have gone before us. Featuring Rumi, Kabir, Tagore, Rilke, as well as the modern poets David Whyte, Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz. GATEWAYS OF THE DIVINE offers timeless wisdom on the path to wholeness.

Enter the world of GATEWAYS OF THE DIVINE,
and allow yourself to be touched and transformed…

Published by Epiphanies Press in a Limited Artist’s Edition of 1000 Copies

This stunning case bound book features:
326 pages, with over 250 passages of mystical writings from the world’s wisdom traditions
44- 4×6″ four-color laminated divination cards, each in a vellum pouch with a gold seal
6-color cover, with a double spine
Fold-out flap, snap closure, and 133 tip-ins
Dimensions: 12x9x2 1/2″ / Weight: 7lbs.
Custom box with gold lettering
Signed and numbered by the Artist

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