This multi-level story was originally published in the Gateways of Glastonbury magazine by Douglas, under the pen name of Brother Leonard. It was written to form a bridge between the Dungeons and Dragons players and the real source of their fascination with the game…the fact that they were playing as a game what the divine within them was doing all the time. This was often used as an introduction to meditation students for those with no ideas about it or their inner selves. Students of the occult and alchemy recognized the symbolism too.

There were still about five minutes to go before my visitor was due to arrive and I glanced again at the note that had been delivered to me that morning: