The Hierophant

I'm going to be posting daily prompts to inspire writing, art or journaling. Use these as you would like to help keep your creative practices moving.

Key words/ideas:

• spiritual authority

• institutional authority

• wisdom, dogma

• mentorship, generational knowledge

• beliefs

• sacred ritual

Some thoughts that occur to me:

• What if Gandalf was part of a highly structured, controlling organisation?

• A cult hidden in a University setting (probably an old one with religious overtones).

• What place would ritual have in a world destroyed by climate change?

• The character Merlin has been walking the earth since the events of Arthurian legend. What would he be doing?

During January 2024 I recommend using these either to generate ideas, alongside the Solo Writer’s Curriculum theme for the month, or to prepare for the writing activity I will be suggesting next month, Flash February (28 days, 28 pieces of flash fiction).

Note that cards are drawn at random and may be drawn more than once. In that case I will repost with an additional idea. I am going to cap the number of repeats at 3 until I’ve been through the whole deck, but other than this I let the luck of the draw decide. Coming up with more ideas for the same card will force me to be more imaginative and its something I strongly recommend.