The Invitation
A Journey to the Grail
Enjoy this free 40 minute guided journey into the heart of the Grail Mysteries, facilitated by Matthew Ashdown and Alison Dhuanna.
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□ Listen Now ↓◇ 6 Month Journey Begins June 2nd 2026 ◇
You do not need to know Gene Keys in order to enjoy this experience. We will begin with a short introduction and take you into a guided journey to the temple of the Grail.
The Grail has long been a symbol of the initiatory journey on the pathway of awakening. Join Matthew Ashdown and Alison Dhuanna as they take you on a guided journey into the Grail temple, so you can begin to attune to the Venus stream.
The Grail Mysteries are the great romance of the western world and the Gene Keys Venus Sequence is about the romancing of life and love within our relationships. Over years of journeying through the Gene Keys, we have witnessed how Grail symbolism and living water metaphors unlock something in the Venus Sequence that intellectual understanding alone cannot reach. We recognise the archetypes of the Grail myths inside of our lives and they guide us through the many challenges that come across our path. Rather than bringing additional information forward, we offer stories and visuals that support you in approaching the Venus Sequence through the power of your imagination.
This is not a lecture or a presentation. We open our circle by acknowledging the four directions, and through breath, sensation and guided imagery, invite you into an experience that your body will recognise long before your mind has found the words for it.
What You Will Receive
You will leave this journey with an attunement to the Grail that calls you to the centre of your being — and begins to illuminate a way through your core wound.
The symbolism you receive will continue to work with you in the days that follow.
You will begin to recognise the Grail story as your own, not merely a medieval legend, and to see how the Venus Sequence offers a living map for the journey ahead.
Enjoy this free guided journey into the heart of the Grail Mysteries, facilitated by Matthew Ashdown and Alison Dhuanna.
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For Your Contemplation
Which of the symbols in the journey stood out to you? There were many — so perhaps one or two are calling you deeper.
What kind of feelings did the experience evoke for you? Within the forest and the castle, maybe different thoughts and feelings arose.
What if you simply take the most resonant symbol into your life throughout the next few days? Not to research intellectually, but just to be with it in relation to what shows up for you.
Here Matthew and Alison explore the inspiration of the grail mysteries on the path of Venus. If you want to understand more about their Venus offerings, listen here.
- 00:00Welcome and Introductions
- 01:47Why Grail Mysteries Now
- 04:05Gene Key 55 and Romance
- 08:26Origins of Grail Romances
- 13:39Venus Sequence and Equality
- 18:27Archetypes and Mythic Symbols
- 27:36Temple Space and Protection
- 32:03Water Metaphors in Venus
- 37:54How to Join the Journey
- 44:52Closing Reflections and Q&A
Matthew
Alison
If you enjoyed this journey and would like to continue exploring in this way, follow the instructions from the Grail King below. We have more journeys upcoming and they will take you deeper into the Grail Myths.
Find out more about the offerings that you can join us for. If you are in the Gene Keys Venus Retreat, click on the Grail King's right hand, and if you are not, click on his left hand.
← His Right Hand
In the Venus Retreat
His Left Hand →
Not in the Retreat