I = Interviewer.

M = The Mystic of Cascadia.

I : When did you decide to put your name down as the author of the Mystic’s Manifesto?

M : I had a moment of Truth when the elders of the Order sat me down and asked me if it made any sense to list anybody but me as the author. I objected strenuously, saying that it would make much more sense to list the Order, that way all it’s members could be ambassadors of the message in the Manifesto. They asked, “how can any member of the order be an ambassador when none of them have had the lived experiences the manifesto is based on. “You are the only one who’s had these experiences, ” they said. “Only you have the breadth of knowledge to be able to answer any question someone might have.”

There it was. The moment of Truth. I’d put so much of myself info the manifesto, only I could represent it. So I was stuck. I’d sealed my fate when I wrote the manifesto from my Heart and Soul.

I : Given this is the case, what are you going to do next?

M : We’ll be taking a seminar on the manifesto on a world tour. It’s kind of like a global book tour, only the reading is followed by two days of intense discussion on what had been presented in the reading. It will be intense. There will be quizzes on the material covered. The goal is to have all participants pass the final quiz which will cover the whole manifesto. We’ve done enough trial seminars to know this goal is achievable. It will leave manifesto experts in all the major cities of the world. An extremely high goal, but one that the manifesto itself demands.

I : How will you be involved in the tour?

M : I will be doing the reading and the leading of the seminars. Again there really isn’t anybody who can do the kind of job I can do. Another moment of Truth for me that seals my fate.

I : You must feel quite a weight of responsibility around this tour. Do you feel your being made responsible for the seminars reaching the goals you’ve set for them?

M : Well, I wouldn’t put it that way. Remember the manifesto is really a definition of what a Mystic must do to follow the Way. This is the Path the Way has laid out for me.