The Dreamer Crosses the Threshold
On renaming, becoming, and the beginnings.
Dear reader,
This is a note from a threshold.
The kind where things begin quietly and unfurl slowly.
The kind where something ends. And becomes something else.
For the past few years, this Substack has been called The Dreamer. It’s held essays, reflective practices, and prompts, as heartfelt as they are inconsistent. It’s held me, too, through moments of uncertainty, not-knowing, and exploring the creative in-between. But like all dreamers, at some point, I had to open my eyes and gently take in the emergent shape of things.
So, this is me letting you know that The Dreamer is becoming Thresholds.
Why Thresholds?
That’s where I find myself. Not just metaphorically, but in every part of my life. I’m in transition: personally, professionally, spiritually.
I’ve been moving through a long, quiet season of dissolution. Of letting go. Old structures have collapsed. Old identities have softened at the edges. It’s been a few years of sitting in the sacred tension of the not-yet. But with patience, something new has germinated.
Thresholds is a soft new beginning. A reorientation toward wholeness in my self-concept and my work. Soon I’ll be formally launching Virgil Therapy; my registered experiential and creative arts psychotherapy practice. And Thresholds is the personal complement to that.
What to expect
This Substack will remain a living, breathing companion. A place for creative process, spiritual practice, embodied psychological inquiry, and becoming.
Whether you’re navigating your own threshold—whether in illness, creative calling, loss, uncertainty, or the emergence of new identities—I hope to offer something that resonates, softens, or steadies you along your path.
You’ll continue to receive:
Reflective essays with prompts and practices.
Personal writing.
And in the spirit of deepening my offerings and resourcing this work sustainably, I’m also introducing two paid tiers for those ready to go deeper together.
What’s inside the Creative Kin Tier [Paid]
If you choose to subscribe to Creative Kin, you’ll receive:
🕯 The Seasonal Threshold: A slow, creative guide for crossing into each zodiacal season, including a collective tarot reading, creative prompts, a seasonal playlist, and ideas for navigating the moment..
🕯 Ritual Full Moon: Tarot journalling prompts + reflective guidance.
🕯 Crossings Column: An intimate advice column for those between selves or stages.
🕯 Post comments and participate in collective conversations.
🕯Everything in the Free Tier
🕯$12 USD per month ($3 per week)
You’ll also be helping sustain the free version of Thresholds, so that it remains accessible to those who may not be able to pay.
What’s Inside The Founding Circle Tier [Founders]
If you choose to subscribe to the Founding Circle, you’ll receive:
🕯The Quiet Room: A monthly collective space for tending our creative work, together.
🕯Practice Circle: Exclusive access to regular live gatherings and practice resources.
🕯The Library: A growing Substack archive of ideas, prompts, and practices.
🕯Everything in the Paid and Free Tier.
🕯$259 USD yearly ($21.50 per month)
This is a soft, spacious beginning. The pace will remain thoughtful, slow, and seasonal. This is not a content machine but a hearth. An intimate place to gather and tend to what matters.
What’s coming next
Some of the themes I plan to explore in the coming months:
The archetype of the wise inner guide (and why we resist being led).
Unknowing and improvisation as a way to practice being.
Leaning into active imagination, without the escapism.
I also plan to embrace more of a teaching role in relation to the tarot.
This is what I know how to offer; space for those in the sacred (and scary) in-between. A space for questions, initiations, nuance, creative explorations, neuro-affirming reflections, personal expression, and spiritual depth. Whatever “spiritual” means to you. A space for you, if you find yourself in the tender middle of something ending and something beginning.
You are welcome here
If The Dreamer has spoken to you before, I trust Thresholds will meet you here with a deeper presence. Perhaps more clearly, more consciously, and more aligned with where we’re both headed.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for walking alongside me. If you feel called, I’d love to have you as a paid subscriber. But whether you read silently, share with a friend, or just took a moment of pause with this letter, I’m grateful.
We don’t always choose our thresholds. But we can choose how we cross them. Let’s walk this path, together.
With care,
Jerico