A collage photograph of Meghan and Lizzie with the words "Mining the Mysterious Cultivating your Inner Yin.

For hundreds and hundreds of years our world has been shaped by the forces of Yang energy. At this point in our “civilized” world we are feeling the effects of this Yang energy, unbalanced by its counterpoint Yin, and we are unconsciously drenched in toxic masculinity inside our individual selves and outside in our world. The evolution of our planet is moving to correct this imbalance and we are seeing respect slowly returning for those Yin qualities that had to go underground for so long. As part of that movement towards inner balance, Lizzie and I want to drench you in the Divine Feminine here in this small space within this huge web of the internet.

An AI generated watercolor painting of a laughing monk and nun sitting in a coffee shop. On one side of the image are the words Yin and descriptors like intuitive heart, flexibility and openness and the other side Yang, sharp intellect, determination and resolve.
Yin, Yang descriptors by Richard Rudd for Gene Key 37

In our offerings here in Mining the Mysterious we want to bring more of the Divine Feminine energy into your life and your contemplations. The feminine within each of us, male and female, speaks in archetype not linear thought, she speaks in image and feeling, not language and logic, she speaks in silence and depth, story and unity. Our articles here will be filled with art and poetry, nature and music, story, myth and play.

You must dive into the emerald waters of your own silent pool, and there you must find the golden love letter that awaits you, dropped across the path to your heart. 
Richard Rudd
An ai generated watercolor painting of an old man and old woman laughing at a table. On either side of the image are descriptions of the masculine side of the brain that divides in order to understand, and the feminine side that grasps the fundamental unity that is always present.
Wisdom comes from the realm of the Divine Feminine and is all powerful.

Wisdom is knowledge handled with love, for the service of the totality.

Richard Rudd

What can you look forward to here in this space?

  • Adventures with the Dream Arc, Richard Rudd’s most feminine offering. The Dream Arc is a journey with guidance from 192 animals from the realms of the underworld (spiders & snakes & the like), the middle world (mammals) and the visionary world (birds).
  • Fictional stories of our own devising and possibly poetry (ours or ones we love).
  • Art, music and sound to inspire and transport.
  • Articles about our own journeys into our deep feminine.
  • Deep pauses to bring you back into alignment with your own Divine Feminine within.
  • And of course ways to balance the feminine and masculine within. After all, our website was birthed during the Gene Key Pulse of 50, Equilibrium!
Let life live itself beautifully through your life.

Richard Rudd, GK 50

An art journal spread with images of puffins with lots of quotes, including "begin again".

Playful Puffin Adventures

As I journey on the Sage's Golden Path Retreat this year, I am beginning what I hope will be a ...
An AI generated image of a raccoon and a golden oriole in a sunlit forest. The raccoon wears a party hat. There is a birthday cake with one candle.

Why Is Our Baby’s Birthday Equilibrium?

Why we chose to launch A Cauldron of Crones on the 24th of October 2025 ... it's all about balance, ...
Three AI generated images. The first is of a beaver in a wizard's outfit holding a torch. The second is an older woman with an emu. The third is a magpie writing on a chalkboard ... steal your empowerment back.

Bringing 12 Dream Arc Animals into 2026

I had so much fun traveling with 12 animals, one from each category, during my 40 Day Spiritual Journey I ...
Learning to Orient Myself in my Everyday Life

Learning to Orient Myself in my Everyday Life

I have just completed a full year of journeying through the Gene Keys Golden Path with a small group of ...
My 40 Day Journey is at an End

My 40 Day Journey is at an End

My 40 Day Spiritual Journey came to an end on Christmas Day. Honestly, I still feel very caterpillar-like ... quite ...
40 Days and 12 Dream Arc Animals

40 Days and 12 Dream Arc Animals

I began a 40 day spiritual journey when I was in my Culture GK in Devoted (late October/November). The Robin ...
A photograph of a wildflower meadow and a bright blue sky.

Why Trust is So Important on This Inner Journey

The deeper I go on this inner journey, the more trust I am finding within myself, even when I find ...
An AI generated image of a many-turreted, magical castle. The castle sits upon a hill. The slopes of the hill are wooded, there are paths, spirals and gardens. All around the image are pictures of the Dream Arc Animals that Meghan is travelling with.

The Robin Invites Me Into My Interior Castle

I have been called by the Dream Arc bird, the Robin, to take a spiritual journey imagining myself as a ...
An AI generated image of Meghan's mystical castle. In the grounds of the castle is a medieval fair, with stalls and bunting. The trees are golden and a harvest of pumpkins can be seen.

Meghan’s 40 Day Journey Creative Center

This is where you can find all things relating to the 40 Day Journey I am taking with Teresa of ...
A photograph of one of the footpaths that runs by the side of the River Avon in Wiltshire, near to Tidworth. The photo was rendered using a DxO Film Pack 5 Ektachrome 100 VS rendering, so all of the trees and the foliage look a striking red gold.

The Pathway of Initiative … When Fire is Feminine

I am working with the Pathway of Initiative at the moment. My friend and guide, Hayley Curtis, talks about how ...
an AI generated image of a campfire on a path through a fairytale forest. The words - ... the beginning of a new chapter in your life as your higher purpose begins a new cycle of manifestation in your life

The Practicalities of Walking the Pathway of Initiative

"The Pathway of Initiative challenges you to do something with all the transformational insight you are gaining from your journey ...
AI Generated images side by side. One has a little girl crying, with her parents in the background. The other has a little girl under the sea, with an oyster and a humpback whale.

Getting Playful with Our Inner Work

Getting playful with our Gene Keys, we both wrote children's stories to illustrate one of keys in our charts. Meghan ...
A photograph of hawthorn blossom in Marridge Wood. The photograph was taken in April 2024 above Churston Cove in Devon. You can see the blue sea in the background.

Unlocking The Deep Essence of Our Core Wound

In the article, we look into the heart of each Gift in our charts and see the Gift of our ...
An art journal spread featuring AI generated images of cranes, one with an older woman with long silver hair, wearing a diaphanous cloak. There is also a pictue of two cranes. Words: Divine relaxation. Presence is clarity in stillness. Life is a mystery in which chance and love are dancing together. Is life my friend or my enemy today?

My Celestial Journey with Crane

In late April, 2025, I began traveling with Crane as one of my Dream Arc quests. Crane, representing the Vision ...
A banner image with AI generated image of a turquoise Kintsugi bowl with a small pygmy nuthatch perched on it. It sits on a table in a wildflower meadow.

Visual Spell Casting

I am not much of a journaler, but I am an artist. I process inner transformation through my eyes, hands ...
An art journal spread with colorful images of bees and pink and purple flowers, a ginger cat and textured fabric swatches. The words are Whom Do I Serve, Love.

Whom Do I Serve?

From a bee sting and a beautiful illustration by Elisabeth Elvira Alba (on Patreon) I, Meghan, put together this page ...
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I Celebrate

Meghan here with an art process video from a year or so ago. With the full moon in Aquarius yesterday ...