The Companion Guide is an accompaniment to The Journey to Wild Divine. It journals Corwin Bell's (creator of The Journey to Wild Divine) visualizations as he experienced them throughout the creation of game. It is a guide, filled with hints and tips, that you should reference as you play the game. And we hope will inspire you to unleash your own imagination as you travel through the realm yourself.
Some excerpts from The Companion Guide:
Chapter 1: It is Time
“Much of what I tell you here is of my own journey and the Wild Divine. The journey has been rewarding and enlightening, and, at times, epic and challenging. Each person's journey will be unique, as the Sun Realm is as much in the creative imagination as it is a reality of its own.”
Chapter 12: Pool of Akki
“At the path's edge, the canyon walls dropped through the mist straight down to the Murdias river far below. I could see hanging gardens of mosses and ferns clinging to the cracks and crevices in the cliff faces. Farther up the canyon, the Murdias Falls poured down with such a roar that the thoughts inside my head compressed into a tiny speck. Soon my mental ramblings began to quiet, and I engaged the stillness of the mind. “
Chapter 19: The Cave Temple
Into the belly of the whale
The inner path requires a deep commitment
Only persistence allows one to see
beyond the framework of time.
Long ago, there was an ancient city which was, and still is, the single passageway to the Temple of Great Compassion. Now, only the submerged ruin of the gateway exists. In the city, there once thrived a civilization of authentic spirit...the brotherhood and sisterhood…I traveled here, as you have, on the wings of a bird through a foggy mist, a way in which no one can travel by foot. I passed through an opening on a hillside into a cave buried deep in the jungle. This flight was only the beginning.
