Priest's Tale (Part Seven)

Stories of the Intimate Way

Jasmine decided before returning to the monastery she wanted to mark the power of these days of retreat above the Dead City by circling it once, offering incense, and giving thanks.

She was well aware she’d been told not to proceed further south than the city. She’d been warned it was simply too dangerous. But the urge to celebrate the moment of insight, this deepest of connections with all of what is was overwhelming. And she recalled being told to not cling to the letter of the rules, but to learn to dance. That there was some danger to it seemed even more right. A dance it was.