June 17, 2025 - Future Pathways

In Beatrice’s writing about her dreamworld, she takes us on a journey to a mystical castle.

My lucid dream

I became lucid and then I went out of the window, and fall into the boat that was passing by with a person looking at and said ‘come and join me here’. When I looked closer, it was the double of me.

We rowed together across the river to the land for a bit, away from the window. We ended by the land with a castle and knight guarding it. On the facade there was huge banner like golden and a full phoenix-like bird which was protecting the castle and land around it, and all the castle was water and figures made out of stone. They looked like people.

As we both got out the boat, my twin started walk toward it. But I stayed still and unaware and frightened to follow her. She turned around and said to me ‘Come with me and meet the rest of dreamers here at the castle.’

I was unsure about this but followed her anyway as I was fascinated about it all. The few figures around the mound of the castle were scary to me. My twin say, ‘There are people that didn’t follow the guide line here’.

One statue stood out from the rest of them, it was a bird with big wide wings. I said to my twin about it and she said that it is the phoenix that guards the castle when we are here and not here.

But to right of the phoenix statue there was a warrior girl. She was slightly bigger than the bird statue and she was looking up at the bird like she was ready to get on it to ride it. I asked again who the girl warrior girl was. My twin said, ‘She is our lady of the castle here’. I than I said, ‘She has a name that she goes by?’ and my twin said ‘She is queen Iona and her phoenix has a name too which is Susan. They protect the castle and surrounding ground here for us all.’

I looked and I looked at the statue of warrior girl Iona for some time. During this I swear I saw her blink at me just as the phoenix blinked too at the same time to go and meet the others inside the castle here now.

So I went with her slowly and carefully into the castle. And on occasion I looked back at the two statues there. Just before we entered the castle and the door closes, I looked again and the statue began to sparkle and came to life. Then the castle door closed behind us.

Inside the castle hall there was others like us with their twin sitting and waiting on someone to arrive. We were all waiting for a bit then I asked who are we waiting on to come here. My twin said, ‘The lady of the castle, she be here soon’. But I didn’t understand. Then my twin said ‘No one question’ and ‘Be silent here, she coming’. After a little silence, the castle door opened again and the lady Iona and her phoenix come down the aisle to front of the hall and looked at us all sitting there silently.

The phoenix roared a fireball out and she said, ‘Those who are new here come forward to the lady Iona’. So everyone got up except me as I was scared. Then they walked up to lady Iona and the phoenix. Then lady Iona said, ‘There is one person missing from the group’ and that was me.

My twin said, ‘There lady, don’t be frightened, I’ll come with you, ok.’

So we walked up together to them both and then lady said, ‘There you, my child, come here at last. As we been waiting on you to arrive here. Now, since you are all here, let’s begin the welcoming of a new dreamer to the castle and land of untold dreams.’

Then the lady Iona and phoenix started to shine and give out energy and the phoenix also energetic movements to us all. It filled the whole hall, all the dreamers too there. It lasted for a while. Then all of a sudden it went dark and light come back off in the hall again.

Then phoenix is my guardian and the human was my souls in dream world. The lady Iona said, ‘One day you will all be able to do that when the time comes for you to do so.’ I asked a question to the lady Iona: ‘When we will know the time is right for us and will we get us a bird too?’. Lady Iona said, ‘You’ll know as you will shine and sparkle on the inside and outside my child. Each of yous will have a special animal gave to you too. Now let go out and get some food and drinking.’

Once we entered the big dinner hall, there sparkled and shined a circle hanging from the ceiling above the very long table which had every food and drink in the land out. The wall and columns shine brightly. They had paintings on the wall of dreamers that come and gone. They even had everyone who was there at night.

Once the lady Iona and phoenix come in, she said ‘Please all be seated and help yourself to the things on the table.’ So that’s what we all did. Some time went by and it was getting dark in the land of dream. Then Iona said to us all, ‘It is time you leave here and go back the your world. As it will soon be light in your world.’

So, we got up and went toward the castle door, which was already open for us to go through. Susan went, ‘One moment, I have something for you before you go.’ So Susan went to the lady of Iona and said ‘what is my lady?’.

‘Don’t stop dreaming of goals in life. Now hurry, it is almost dark here.’ As I run to where the boat was waiting, I looked back at lady and phoenix and the lady Iona was once more a statue outside the castle.

Discover more

Beatrice has written two books. You can read and download both of them as PDFs at the links below.

Trevor tells us more about why he writes and shares a poem from his latest book.

Trevor covers lots of different topics in his book In My Own Words. He writes about politics, alien life forms, artificial intelligence, world religions and much more. He also includes a selection of
poetry. Trevor always encourages people to think for themselves and have their own ideas. Trevor says:

“As humanity learns more about life, the universe, and the mysteries of existence, I believe we will also learn how to cooperate—to work together for the betterment of all life. History has shown us that enlightened individuals have used their intelligence for the common good. Despite the world’s challenges, there are always good people striving for progress. I trust there always will be.”

The Frustration of the Artist

The yearning to be understood
And not be merely seen as crude
For painting pictures in the nude
Which some folk think is very good

The artist paints, and with each stroke
Of brush, depicts weight of life’s yoke
The pan of ordinary folk
Who live life hard, it is no joke

Some people think his work a waste
And oft condemn it in their haste
But artists, working with life’s “paste”
Have sensed a life that few can taste

The humanness which drives them on
And bides them work from dusk ‘til dawn
Shows mankind’s spirit has not gone
And shows that Joy has not yet flown

We are all artists in our heart
And love is where we make a start.
Some minds would like to break apart
“It’s good,” they say, “but is it Art?”

Order your copy

If you would like a copy of Trevor’s book for free, he is happy to share it over email. You can ask for a copy by emailing Trevor at t.swistchew65@gmail.com or by emailing Future Pathways at
engagement@future-pathways.co.uk.

Please note that the book does mention some instances of abuse.

You can also order a printed copy of the book from Amazon. Search ‘Trevor Swistchew In My Own Words’.