Several months and blog posts ago, I said that I wanted to avoid most of the partisan discussions here in favor of moving on with what I actually want to talk about. That was my best-effort attempt at the time to articulate the amount of overwhelm I was feeling about the United States' current events, … Continue reading Reflecting on Ultra-Polarization and Personal Limits
Category: polytheism
A Sunday reset that … should have been obvious
After a really intense few weeks, doing a reset/recharge should have been a lot more obvious than it was.
A Few Thoughts on Predecessors
A few weeks ago, Academia.edu sent me a notification to tell me that I hadn't ever read Edward Watts' "The Lycians Are Coming: The Career of Patricius, the Father of Proclus," a paper that speculated about Proclus' family and how it shaped his youth. Unbeknownst to Academia.edu, I had actually read that paper a few … Continue reading A Few Thoughts on Predecessors
A Few Updates, A Hymn from Thomas Taylor, and a Quotation
Thargelia begins at sunset on May 3rd for many of us, which marks the holiday for Artemis and Apollon as well as Socrates and Plato’s respective birthdays in the tradition. At the close of an academic year that was … intense? is that the right word for it? … due to looking back at the … Continue reading A Few Updates, A Hymn from Thomas Taylor, and a Quotation
Resting in a Pronoia Practice
I want my blog to be a refuge of rest, insofar as is possible, away from what is currently happening in the United States. First off, nobody can be “on” 100% of the time without burning out, and there are plenty of other avenues where people can find and use excellent information compiled by those … Continue reading Resting in a Pronoia Practice
Sunday Inspiration
Links for Late January
There are a few things from around the web that I want to draw your attention to. Due to things ramping up at work and me trying to get clarity about my schedule and time (especially work events) over the next few months so I know when I have the energy capacity to do extra … Continue reading Links for Late January
Happy Winter Solstice!
I hope that you all are having a lovely and peaceful winter solstice. Happy return of the light! Here is a fitting song from Ayla Nereo, "Eastern Sun" — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ZuhOht24E
A Late 2024 Look Inside My Media Bubble
Over the past few weeks, I have been listening to some of the Emergence Magazine podcast episodes that are exploring ways in which we can think of our finite lives in terms of the entire lifespan of the planet — from the rocks under our feet and with which we adorn ourselves to the trees … Continue reading A Late 2024 Look Inside My Media Bubble
KALLISTI 