And life continues ...

Another day for those of us who live in this world ...

As I begin to contemplate what activity I will be doing today, I received a phone call from a friend ... a member of their family had passed away.

This is the card that had literally jumped out of the deck as I was shuffling, before I received that call ...

Coffin “I am the painful change and transition. You will feel me through your body, your mind, and certainly your wallet. Depression, loss, and bankruptcy are my specialties. I am sickness and bed rest. I am all endings and sometimes death.”

The Coffin of the Reverie deck harks back to the Ancient Egyptian period. Although traditionally seen as an ending, or finality, this is also symbolic of an initiation that brings a final reckoning of our life purpose. It is often when we are faced with life-changing events or illness that we evaluate the important aspects of our life.

Here in the Reverie world we see the coffin in the form of a sarcophagus, flanked by the imposing figure of Anubis, the God of embalming and protector of the dead. One of his roles is to assist with weighing the heart to ascertain the worthiness of the person to enter the afterlife. The significance of this card an be the actual ending of something as we know it.

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I'm taken back to the times in the last two years where I've experienced the death of both my parents ...

We are but mortal Beings of Soul, living here in our chosen body and chosen time.