At the beginning of September, I was very restless, which for me can only be settled by organizing things in the world around me. There's a correlation between my spatial environment and my mental environment, and my physical environment had reached a tipping point of dissatisfaction in the 826 square foot apartment that I have … Continue reading Shifts and Changes
Of interest — Kala Demokratia! on barefootwisdom’s blog
I have been pondering this post for the past few days, especially the section that asks us to reflect on what is written/drawn out from Plato with respect to our own lives. It's very good, and I think that many of you will also enjoy reading it (link below). According to the traditional Athenian calendar, … Continue reading Of interest — Kala Demokratia! on barefootwisdom’s blog
A Quotation of Interest from Proclus’ Timaeus Commentary
I've gotten out of the habit of posting things on the commonplace book tag, mostly because — just after embarking on my read through Book 2 of Proclus' Timaeus commentary — I realized that the text was rapidly becoming so interconnected that posting things without people knowing the context could do more harm than good. … Continue reading A Quotation of Interest from Proclus’ Timaeus Commentary
A Bullet Journal Follow-Up
This weekend, I did my bullet journal migration. You can read an earlier post for information about my planning process, as this post (mostly) contains images that display the end results of my process. Not all of my bullet journal pages are here — just the ones that seemed the most relevant to KALLISTI. The … Continue reading A Bullet Journal Follow-Up
Minimalism in Plato’s Phaedo
This week, I reread Plato's Phaedo for the first time since embarking on reading the Late Platonists. It was an entirely different reading experience from before to the point that I may have excitedly messaged my partner in an enormous paragraph or several about how delightful it was, and at one point, I got up … Continue reading Minimalism in Plato’s Phaedo
Bullet Journaling and the Gods
I started my current bullet journal on January 1, 2019. At the beginning of September, its pages will have run out. Starting a new volume excites me a lot, and I'm brainstorming the types of collections I can incorporate into my new journal and identifying others that were not effective in my last book. I … Continue reading Bullet Journaling and the Gods
Playing with Prosody
Yesterday night, I started reading Alfred Corn's The Poem's Heartbeat: A Manual of Prosody because I want to better my understanding of it. Similar to how I sleepwalked through grammar classes in school and relied on intuition until I learned how to conlang, most poetry I write finds its form via intuition, not crafting, with … Continue reading Playing with Prosody
How to Find a Patron God
For years now, in many communities — Reddit, private religious organization fora, Twitter, blog comments — one of the most common questions people ask is about finding a patron God. I have discussed this in other posts, and many other bloggers in NRM polytheisms have also contributed to the conversation. However, the "Just Do It" … Continue reading How to Find a Patron God
Some Verses from Prayer This Morning
The first few lines occurred to me when I was praying to Apollon, and the remainder followed swiftly. The poem is free-writing because after I finished my prayer beads, I started thinking about the part of the Platonic Theology about Apollon and Helios (and so on); this is where it went. I often rush to … Continue reading Some Verses from Prayer This Morning
