Foundation Maps
Gather around the fire. Before diving into lost civilizations, ancient traditions, and unanswered questions, let's take a moment to explore the landscape.
These Foundation Maps reveal the people, places, symbols and recurring patterns we'll encounter throughout this Mystery School.
These will help us connect the dots as we go...
Foundation Map 1: The World Before Us
An Atlas of Ancient Civilizations & Legendary Lands
Long before modern borders, the world was mapped through rivers, mountains, stars, trade routes, and stories. This map introduces the civilizations, legendary places, and cultural landscapes that have inspired generations to ask where we came from and what came before us.
Foundation Map 2: The People, Places & Legacies That Shaped History
An Atlas of Ancient Civilizations & Legendary Lands
Every civilization leaves behind more than ruins. It leaves stories, discoveries, beliefs, and questions. This map introduces the great civilizations, cultures, and legendary traditions whose ideas, innovations and stories continue to echo through history.
Foundation Map 3: The Keepers of Wisdom
The Teachers, Texts, & Traditions That Shaped Human Thought
Gather around the fire as we meet the teachers, sages, storytellers and wisdom keepers who have shaped humanity's search for meaning. This map is your introduction to the voices, traditions, and texts that continue to inspire curiosity, reflection, and exploration across cultures and generations.
Foundation Map 4: The Great Library
The Texts, Tablets, & Manuscripts That Shaped Human Thought
Explore the books, scrolls, tablets, and manuscripts that have preserved ideas, challenged beliefs, and inspired generations of seekers. Every text carries stories, wisdom, questions and discoveries across generations. Follow the thread that sparks your curiosity and see where it leads...
Foundation Map 5: The Language of Symbols
The Sacred Patterns That Connect Cultures
Gather around the fire as we explore the symbols that have connected cultures across time and space. From sacred geometry and celestial signs to plants, animals, and mythic imagery, this map invites you to follow their evolution, and discover the connections that invite deeper exploration.
Foundation Map 6: The Patterns of Reality
The Cycles, Rhythms & Structures That Shape Our World
From spirals and cycles to branching rivers and fractal forests, certain patterns appear again and again throughout nature, culture, mathematics, and the cosmos. This map invites you to notice the connections, ask more questions, and discover the patterns present in the world around us. Sometimes the greatest discoveries begin by simply noticing what repeats.
Foundation Map 7: Sacred Earth
The Landscapes, Monuments & Natural Wonders That Inspired Humanity
Across continents and centuries, people have climbed mountains, followed rivers, entered caves, built monuments, and returned to landscapes that inspired awe, ceremony and discovery.
Foundation Map 8: The Cosmos & Consciousness
How Humanity Has Imagined, Measured & Connected With the Universe
Gather around the fire and look up. Across cultures and throughout history, people have turned to the heavens for guidance, inspiration, wonder, and meaning. From ancient observations and creation stories to constellations, calendars, and cosmologies, this map invites you to explore humanity's relationship with the universe and the questions that continue to inspire us.