Glastonbury Tor at dawn, seen from Wirral Hill where Joseph planted his staff

The Invitation

Joseph of Arimathea

He meets you in the place where the old stories are exhausting, but the new ones haven't arrived yet. He holds that threshold with patience and warmth. And he asks only one thing: you stay open to the possibility that you are more than what has happened to you.

His companionship is an invitation to fall in love with yourself. To imagine greater things. To build on a foundation that pain could not destroy.

Joseph of Arimathea

Acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 50cm (23.6" x 39.4")

Close-up of the green emerald diamond, asking us to empty the heart of the past

Close-up of Joseph's hand cupping the green emerald diamond

Close-up of Joseph's emerald-green eyes, loving and reflecting our wholeness

The presence

"I have never doubted the light within you. Allow yourself to be seen."
– JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA

Portrait of Joseph of Arimathea in violet robes against a gold diamond-lattice ground, a green emerald glowing at his chest, his left hand holding his staff

First layer of gold leaf diamonds, grounding Joseph's power, majesty, and strength

Portrait of Joseph of Arimathea in violet robes against a gold diamond-lattice ground, his staff ablaze in gold leaf.

Second layer in pale blues, light yellows, and deep purples, evoking Joseph's spirit and holding his essence in form

The third layer, Joseph of Arimathea emerging on the canvas, his head appearing from white hair as his presence walks into form

The emergence

Joseph emerges with extraordinary gentleness. Before there are words, there is presence. Before there is guidance, there is relationship.

Only then does he speak.
“Empty your heart of the past."

Stop carrying it as though it were still happening. The abandonment. The betrayal. The failure. The stories that convinced you you were somehow unworthy of love.

All of those stories were asked to leave.

Leave where you ask?

He holds an emerald at his heart. It speaks quietly of release. Of laying down old hurts and grievances so the heart can hope again.

“The heart,” said Joseph.

“Empty your heart of the past.

Let the future be new.

Let the heart hope again.”

Remember the one you have always been.