This talk explores a journey through misalignment, embodiment, and the transpersonal realms where the body becomes a channel for the divine. Entering the sex work industry eight years ago offered me unique insights into sexuality, the soul, human desire, and the emptiness often present within mainstream sexual culture. Through lived experience, I began to question the divide between the sacred and the profane. What emerged was a path of devotion, love, and heart. Where the Madonna and the whore are recognized as two faces of the same sacred feminine.
Come stand before the True Mirror and meet yourself without inversion or distortion; not the reversed stranger of everyday glass, but the living face the world has always seen. Here, left is left, right is right, and the eyes looking back are your own, unflipped and undivided.
At first the encounter can feel startling. A lifetime of mirrored habit may make you seem unfamiliar, even slightly askew. Stay. Breathe. Meet your own gaze. What often unfolds is something deeper: expression that does not collapse, light that remains in the eyes, a presence that feels whole. Many describe it as recognition of the self that has been here all along, undistorted, unreversed, finally visible.
The Mirror Palace will be open throughout the festival. You are welcome to visit at any time and sit with the reflection as long as you need.
If you would like to have a guided experience with John, visit at the designated times listed in the program.
