Destroyer- Council Suit

I made this card completely intuitively this summer while working with some friends who were new to the SoulCollage process.  I was mainly drawn to this fierce golden dragon.  I don't know if you can see it, but his scaled and jeweled back turns into a paved brick road which leads to a castle, and that fascinated me.

It wasn't until I started letting him speak with the I Am The One Who... exercise that it became clear to me that he is my Destroyer Archetype.

I am the one who has burst out of a narrow doorway.  I am the one with fierce gnashing teeth.  I am the one with jeweled scales on my back.

I am the one whose tail turns into a castle.  I am the one who is the keeper of your Journey.  I am the one who destroys anything that gets in your way. 

I am the one who leaves the old black and white world behind.  I am the one who comes away from that old, stale, shadowy world.

I am the one who fires up your life.  I am the Destroyer.  I cut away anything that doesn't belong to your true authentic self.  I am dangerous to anything on the pathway of your Journey that doesn't belong to you. 

You used to hide me in the shadows, in the misty dark, behind a narrow opening... but my energy is growing now.  I am getting stronger and more powerful because you can now see me as an ally instead of a danger.  I AM HERE!!!  And I am here for YOU.

Now is the time to access my Energy, Fierceness, Power, and Strength... and make it work for you. 

My message for you today is this:  I can help you with the remainder of your food issues.  Tap into my Energy.  I know that extra food is not welcome on your Journey.  I can help you to destroy those cravings.  Tap into my fierce ability to destroy EVERYTHING that isn't necessary for your Journey.

Comments

[Debrah]

Hi

The card is great and so is your "I am the one who...". I think your dragon is oriental and the "paved brick road" may actually be the Great Wall of China!

Regards
Debrah

[lisa]

Oh how I love the IAOW statements!! What a wonderful way to look at the Destroyer!! Love it!

[Dia]

Powerful card! I love it every time I see it! & your statements tap that power for growth & cutting away! Interesting justaposition - Michael slaying dragons with his sword of truth - this dragon destroying what stands in your way!!

[Lee Prouten]

funny thing...I grabbed this same dragon image from the pile that Seena and Kylea offered at the Soul Collage Facilitator's training in June (at Land of Medicine Buddha)...It still sits in among my own collection of images, waiting for me to work with it...

You have created a wonderful card here Annemarie...

[Dot Everhart]

Anne Marie--
Debra is correct-- the dragon blends into the Great Wall of China and the "castle" you see is one of the castle-like structures built into the Wall to protect warriors when fighting off invaders and travelers when they are traveling. I am told by friends (and also the "Today" Show commentators who walked the Wall together while at the Olympics)that these castles are cool in summer time and warmer in winter and used as shelters because of that. I, too, have clipped this image and see it as a metaphor for how those dragons we fear are not always what they seem to be at first glance-- the dragon (fear)becomes the Wall-- built to protect and define.