Brainstorming

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I figure it'll be a stormy relationship at first since Chris practically kidnapped Minerva with the particle beam and added to that the injury of her losing her wings and halo is going to fuel resentment towards Chris. I think what's going to bring them together her discovering her vulnerabilities and having to cooperate with him to rectify the situation, once they start working together they'll find the complimentary aspects of their talents that make them a good team.

I'm not sure how long it should go on and how much they have to go through to get in tough with Odin. Maybe Minerva should argue that they need to go to Norway to find one of his Temples, but Chris does a google search to find a Norse Temple in Santa Cruz. I guess it depends on how much Minerva has to grow before she appreciates what mortals have to go through to gain more independence and self-confidence before she gets her angelic influence back with her halo.

When Minerva finally gets to Odin he can tell her about sending Belle to give Chris the idea about bring her there so that she could get the opportunity to grow and develope her skills faster by having to cope without them for a while.

I still have to think of somethings for them to go through while they're going to the temple and the dialogue of getting Minerva's cooperation while she's dealing with the loss of her powers. Some examples like Scarlett Johanson did in the movie"The Island" when the bartender asked if she wanted her drink straight up and she looked up at the roof that shows her complete unfamiliarity with anything in the world. Also something like in the movie "Date with an Angel" where Emmanuelle Beart stops the rabid pit bull from attacking with a look of compassion.

I was thinking that I could use a car and the Ultimate Urban prop for some of the animation of the trip, with different camera angles, shots and then change the textures and put different signs in so it looks like different parts of cities.

I'm not sure how hard I want them to have it to get in contact with Odin, when they get to the temple, I can have Chris explain more about how the energy of the chakras relate to the aura. Minerva can realize how that tied in with the way it showed the levels and resonances on her list of assignments.

I could have them focus their consciousness, tune in to each other more by doing Kundalini yoga, since Tantra is a bit advanced for when they are still getting to know each other and I did use it fairly extensively in "The Writer's Nightmare" but having a monk tell them about it would be a good idea.

When they try just praying at the temple of Odin and that doesn't work one of the monks that tells them of the "Tibetan Book of the Dead" and about the Evolution/Involution cycle of isolation/amnesia and unity/enlightenment. That'll give them a hint for Chris to find out about The cycle in "The Atman Project" and explain it to Minerva so she can see how that fit into her assignments. The could suggest Kundalini Yoga, breathing, meditation, mantras and asanas to help focus the energy and expand their consciousness so that Minerva could get in touch with Odin and it would work better than prayer.

Kundalini

A better location than the temple would be, they could go to the Kiva Retreat House in Santa Cruz and get a massage and soak in the hot to to meditate and practice their breathing with mantras to help focus their Kundalini

Kiva Retreat House - Santa Cruz, CA