First Doorway to the West: A Polymath's Reflection on the Quarter That Unmasked America's Oldest Illusion
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Authored and published by Autumn Marshall (Founder & CEO, The Conjuring Mystic Ltd.)© 2024–2025 Autumn Marshall. All Rights Reserved. First Doorway to the West: A Polymath’s Reflection on the Quarter that Unmasked America’s Oldest Illusion examines the hidden mythology embedded within the 2016 Cumberland Gap quarter—“The First Doorway to the West”—as a symbol of America’s oldest illusion: the mythology of manifest destiny. Through a decolonial and metaphysical lens, Autumn Marshall unpacks how national iconography continues to echo colonial propaganda while masking Indigenous erasure and spiritual warfare disguised as progress. Bridging history, symbolism, and mysticism, First Doorway to the West reclaims ancestral narratives as acts of remembrance and resistance. Marshall explores how collective amnesia is weaponized through art, money, and myth and how remembering becomes an act of liberation. This work stands at the intersection of spirituality and scholarship—a polymathic reflection on power, polarity, and the reclamation of truth. It is part of The Sacred Texts of Autumn series — a collection of reflective writings by Autumn Marshall exploring the intersections of spirituality, science, ancestry, and consciousness. Through metaphysical philosophy and lived experience, each work examines the evolution of awareness and the reclamation of ancient wisdom in the modern age. As a companion to The Sacred Texts of Autumn, Volume I: Manifesto of Knowing, Being, and Speaking Truth, this essay situates historical critique as spiritual awakening—where remembrance becomes revolution.
Author: Marshall, Autumn
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7095034685
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