Matthew Ashdown - Grail Quests

06/25/2026

I really enjoyed this podcast conversation about community, the Venus stream and more!

06/24/2026

This is 5/6th of the core team that is bringing Richard Rudd to Vancouver Island in October. Each person has found their own natural role and is working magic in their own unique way. This was us at a solstice gathering in Victoria this last weekend, we are definitely including the land in our upcoming offering.

From left to right: Amanda Butler, Peter Tongue, Guardian Cole, Jamie Rose and moi. And not in the picture is Kristine Kertson from Seattle. I am so grateful for what each person brings to the team.

In a couple of days Gene Keys will announce our event to the wider community so if you are hoping for a seat nerer the front, you may want to get your tickets sooner rather than later. Another reason is accommodation, it will be a busy weekend in Victoria, so booking sooner rather than later is recommended. Find out more here...

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06/24/2026

To see the totality of someone beyond the role you know them to play, is a gift to you and them.

06/21/2026

Lovely gathering today. Only our second. Many more to come 😊Lots of magical synchronicity. Simply meeting, drinking tea and chatting away about Gene Keys. A few avalonian synchronicities too.

06/20/2026

If you can make it to Cobble Hill, BC this afternoon, today is the day for our meetup. Looking forward to some community connection time.

06/20/2026

We have entered a time where Chiron, the wounded healer, is in the sign of Ta**us, the same sign it was discovered in. It moved into this sign today, in the 3rd Gene Key (Chaos-innovation-Innocence). It will be in it for a short while, before going retrograde through Aries for a bit, and then returning to Ta**us until 2033.

Richard Rudd wrote a particularly poignant piece about Chiron in an article called the Advent of the Centaurs, which is quite timely now, as Chiron returns to the sign in which it was discovered in 1977.

"Chiron’s influence specifically targets human beings who are either manipulating others through the use of knowledge (for good or bad) or those who have an active interest in the world of esoteric knowledge. In other words, if you are reading this, Chiron is bearing down upon you as we speak." - Richard Rudd

Chiron will complete its 51 year return on the 25th June 2027, and will do so in the 27th Gene Key (Selfishness-Altruism-Selflessness). So he calls on us all to turn our attention to altruism in service to the whole, the right use of knowledge and wisdom.

During this time in Ta**us we will have our attention drawn to our disconnection from the living body of the earth, from genuine material sufficiency, and from the felt sense of inherent worth. Only as we return to the ordinary, to the earth, will the wasteland be healed. This is the message of the grail mysteries, which carry a potent Taurean energy.

With Sun, Moon and Chiron in Ta**us I will be holding myself close to the earth.

https://genekeys.com/articles/advent-of-the-centaurs/

06/18/2026

VANCOUVER ISLAND SEA WOLVES

A group of 13 of us gathered for a warm, sunny afternoon at the Blue Caterpillar Emporium in April and as we were closing out our time together, we called upon a creature from the Dream Arc Oracle to offer us some wisdom. The one that stepped forward was the Wolf. Together, we mused about the sea wolves native to the island and what it means to be a keystone animal.

We have reserved the Blue Caterpillar Emporium in Cobble Hill on Saturday, June 20th from 4:30–6:00 pm, for this Gene Keys gathering. This will be during the time the sun is in the 15th Gene Key with its gift of Magnetism, so who knows who we will draw to us.

It will be an informal get-together where people of any level of interest are welcome to come and meet others in the community. You might meet people with similar Gene Keys and receive some unexpected insights. We will definitely have a little fun! This really is about gathering, saying hello to one another and taking time to learn more about members of our shared community.

Moving forward we are asking for a sliding scale donation between $3 - 10 which helps cover the cost of utilizing the space. Incredible teas and delicious snacks can be purchased from the Blue Caterpillar team.

Please share with anyone you know in the area :)

06/17/2026

Richard Rudd is hosting another of his online tea parties in a few minutes on Youtube. I wonder what inspirations he will have to share today...

🫖 The Sage's Tea Party is an online, live series with Richard Rudd,...

06/16/2026

LIVESTREAM TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT EARLY-BIRD PRICING

$55 CAD will give you access to the event on the day (12-4pm). and the replay will be available for 30 days afterwards as well.

https://www.sleepingphoenixproductions.com/

Note: If you have signed up for emails about this event, please be on the lookout for emails from [email protected]. Add it as a safe email. Otherwise you may need to check junk or promotions folders.

06/16/2026

As a projector I can say that surrendering the bitterness we feel about not being recognised in the places we desperately want recognition allows us to align to the places where true recognition and soul tribe awaits.

I lived many years feeling unappreciated for my work, and for me, and when I found gratitude within and surrendered the bitterness (a consistent practice), I found myself stepping into something aligned, a place where me, my passions and offerings are appreciated and valued.

Resentment and bitterness do not serve an abundant life, no matter how much our minds justify them. It takes grace and strength to surrender them, but it changes us from the inside and mirrors on the outside. Those changes may come about gradually, and call for deep patience, but they do.

Forgiveness is freedom. As that need for recognition diminishes a peace comes over us.