Matthew Ashdown - Grail Quests

06/03/2026

Seeing this many peacocks right after visiting the location of our Return of the Triple Merlin event felt like a very positive omen. She is a Dreamer in The Dream Arc and they remind me to dream with detachment and an enjoyment of the journey.

As you can see we are dreaming quite big with this event at an old style theater in Victoria, BC. At least bigger than I have facilitated before. On day 1 alone nearly 100 seats were claimed without releasing it to the public at large so we look forward to the momentum building. It's all being supported by Merlin.

I love that this is also being launched during the Pulse of the 35th Gene Key, which asks us to be open to the boundless. Not that it is about the material manifestations along the way, but the relationships and other mind expanding experiences that remind us of the great adventure of love. 35 is my IQ Sphere and it allows for miracles when we have the clarity of fire and the groundedness of the earth. It also happens to be Richard's Radiance and Attraction Spheres.

We have a great local team supporting this venture and I look forward to introducing them over the next few weeks.

As a reminder this is a third party event, not one organised by Richard or Team 64. Although we hope many of them will be present.

'How far can you stretch the dream of your heart? Doubtless you will be resisted by many, and perhaps you too will even be persecuted. But these will be trifles to you – you who have embraced the path of illumination.' - Peacock

06/03/2026

When Alison and I conceived of the idea for our Venus Retreat Adjunct offering, the event with Richard Rudd in Victoria had not been finalised and no topic had been chosen. So it feels pretty aligned for me, that as Alison and I will be journeying with Merlin, Morgan and many others throughout the Venus Retreat, many of us will also be meeting in Victoria BC and sharing some Merlin magic as a community.

So you can begin working with Merlin as early as this week if you feel the call to join us.

Our sessions will be on Fridays at 5 pm UTC. All information can be found here...

https://www.matthewashdown.ca/grail-stream.html

We have a great group of people joining us, and there is still time to register.

$50 US to join us for a guided journey once a month into the heart of the grail mysteries with Merlin, Morgan, Arhur, Guinevere and other archetypes and their polarities.

$200 US gives you all of the journeys and you can join me and Alison in community circles with a group of up to 12 people.

06/02/2026

For your eyes only....

You may have heard whisperings, and if so, I can confirm they are true. Richard Rudd will be coming to Vancouver Island on October 10th, and we have the pleasure of hosting him for an afternoon event, the very new and fresh 'Return of the Triple Merlin' at the McPherson Playhouse, Victoria, British Columbia. There will also be other events over that weekend, yet to be announced.

I am sharing here first to prevent incorrect or confusing info being leaked, and so that it is clear that this event is organised by a third party, myself and Jamie Rose Gibbs, as Sleeping Phoenix Productions. Please don't contact Gene Keys support because they are not responsible for any part of this, other than making sure Richard gets to Victoria :).

You are welcome to email it to people as long as you are clear that they go to the website below, and not direct to the theatre's page. At this time please don't share on any Gene Keys Team 64 groups, we need to make sure they are properly equipped when the questions come in.

You can find all information about the event here...

https://www.sleepingphoenixproductions.com/

And you can reach out to us at hello@SleepingPhoenixProductions.com

Tickets for the in-person event are on sale now. Tickets for the livestream will go on sale June 16th. Sign up for emails on our website to make sure you don't miss any information as it becomes available.

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

A GUIDED JOURNEY

Try it for free

Friday, June 5th, 10 am PST - 10:45 am PST

Two springs, red and white, carry alchemical symbolism that have guided journeyers for milennia.

If you are in the Venus Retreat and are curious about how a journey to the red and white springs of Glastonbury might support the blossoming of your Purpose, you are welcome to join our first session on Friday and journey with us. From there you can decide if you would like to join us for each of the remaining spheres of the Venus Sequence.

Email me at matthewmashdown@gmail.com and I will send you the zoom link we meet at. If you write 'Pm'd you' in a comment below I will know to look out for your email and send you the details. I won't add you to my email list unless you explicitly ask me to.

See here to find out more about the future offerings.

https://www.matthewashdown.ca/grail-stream.html

05/31/2026

The wait it is over, the draw has been done and I can announce that it is Anita Inverarity who will be receiving a ticket to Venus. Her name was one of 53 drawn out of a hat, Superabundance if we look at Gene Key Siddhis.

Anita has 55.1 as her Purpose and I love this for her and us. As many of you know Richard introduced Romance as a new word for the 55th Gene Key Gift and/or Siddhi (interchangeable with Freedom, not replacing it). So here we find the foundational line of 55, Anita grounding it into the bones of humanity as we prepare for 2027.

When pulling out the winner I asked for a win that would best serve the whole (my dog Gracie was not interested in pulling a winner this time, said it was for me to do). So I trust that this does best serve the whole and that we all wish Anita the best on her journey.

Thank you to everyone who entered. I love hearing that the question about your purpose caused many of you to pause, reflect and even in certain cases bring you closer to that deeper sense of purpose. And even though I have no more tickets to give, know that you are part of this Venus field and will receive the transmission through the ethers if you are open to the possibility.

In gratitude,

Matthew

05/31/2026

THE ANTLERED ONE

I supported my wife at her event last night at The Blue Caterpillar Emporium and was responsible for taking a few photos of her in her element. She didn't move all night so every photo of her has well placed ears and antlers., perfectly positioned for listening and receiving.

Her Purpose Sphere is Gene Key 43 (Moose) and her SQ sphere is 21 (Stag). I would say she is quite aligned with her purpose in life at the moment 😊 Take a lookie here.

'My antlers signify the ability to travel the fractal branches of the inner dream realms. Look for the antlered one. Only such a one can help you to follow this potent path into the inner realms.' - Stag The Dream Arc

'The tree growing from my head signifies this ability you have to grow your roots into the world of spirit. At the same time, be strongly rooted in the ancient traditions and in the deep, musty, delicious scents of the earth. Those who fly high do so on account of their deep groundedness in earth, in family, in community.' - Moose

She has worked in all 3 realms to be able to stand here with this kind of presence. Many see the miracles on stage and I have also seen how deep she has dug through life's challenges to be able to hold her in ground in this way and not fly away.

05/30/2026

I am live with the other Venus hosts as we embark upon this journey of 6 months

Join us for this opportunity to connect with your retreat hosts and share in the energy of excitement as we draw close to our retreat kick-off. These hosts w...

05/30/2026

'Meditation is the tool you use to “upgrade your operating system,” to move from that “either/or” thinking of the binary mind into the more spacious heart awareness that sustains the wisdom way of knowing.'

- Cynthia Bourgeault

05/30/2026

UPDATE

Thank you everyone. So many emails for me to read, more than I was expecting, but I am loving them. I have now closed the submissions.

We will do the draw Saturday morning (western canada time) and announce it Sunday morning, which will give the person receiving it plenty of time to redeem the voucher.

And for those interested in the steps to determine your Arthurian/Lady of the Lake/Grail asteroids (as per earlier post), I will share something in the next few days.