From Proclus, On Evils, §31.5-14, trans. Opsomer and Steel, with images. If matter is evil, we must choose between two alternatives: either to make the Good the cause of evil or to posit two principles of beings. For, indeed, everything that exists in any way whatever must either be a principle of complete beings or … Continue reading Matter Is Not Evil
Month: December 2022
December 2022: End-of-Year Review
December began when I was walking home from work in the pitch dark and looked up at the moon. Much to my shock and delight, the Moon and Jupiter were together. I couldn't capture them adequately with my phone, but here you go: What lovely brightness. In December, I was only in the office for … Continue reading December 2022: End-of-Year Review
Soul’s Inner Statues: Major Update
My main December personal project was preparing the Soul's Inner Statues for an at-cost print-on-demand version, and I wanted to make sure the text and formatting were in good shape for that. This goal, thank Apollon and Aletheia, has been achieved. Here, again, is a link to the project: https://kayeofswords.github.io/soulsinnerstatues This second stage has been … Continue reading Soul’s Inner Statues: Major Update
2022 Winter Solstice Reflections, Annual Goals, and Household Rites
Yesterday, at sunset (4:25 PM), I gave offerings to Helios, Sunna, Sulis, and Belesama — frankincense and Grüvi nonalcoholic wine. I welcomed the household Gods, read Fragment 1 by Parmenides, and read prayers to the Sun Goddesses from A Year of Pagan Prayer before turning to a prayer that I composed for Belesama and Proclus' … Continue reading 2022 Winter Solstice Reflections, Annual Goals, and Household Rites
🌄 Happy Solstice! 🌅
On Saturday night, my mom called. My girlfriend and I were just settling into the new couch — I've had getting a real couch in my purchase plan for a few years, and it was finally able to be realized now that I was on PTO for the holidays — and my mom had figured … Continue reading 🌄 Happy Solstice! 🌅
One Month Ago, I Deleted Twitter
On November 14, 2022, I deleted my personal Twitter without announcing it. Before spin class, I was looking through the suggested items in my Google News feed, and I saw that two-factor authentication was being dismantled. Had —apparently — already been dismantled. F–k, I thought, I've been logged out for months and won't be able … Continue reading One Month Ago, I Deleted Twitter
The Body and the Beehives
Yesterday, I finished reading a translation of Akka Mahadevi's vacanas for Shiva. Vacana seems to be a specific term for a free-verse form. I had never encountered writings from the Lingayat Shiva tradition, and it was very educational for me. It turns out that, for at least over a millennium, there has been resistance to … Continue reading The Body and the Beehives
What Happens When You Ask AI to Give You Stories About the Gods
Like many people on the Internet, I have found the ChatGPT AI tool. Unlike many people, I do not have grandiose views of AI. It is not sentient any more than the random number generator I use when I ask the Gods to show me which Delphic Maxims to focus on every week, and the … Continue reading What Happens When You Ask AI to Give You Stories About the Gods
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