I started meditating when I was in my early teens. I checked out all of the books from the library on it, which seems impressive on paper until I give you the context that there were at most four or five books in the entire collection. Meditation for Dummies was one of my favorites because … Continue reading For Hygieia, with Love, On Meditation as Hygiene
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A Contemplation of Celestial Data
On Friday, I encountered a BBC program of data sonification feature from Slow Radio, "A Sonic Journey Across the Universe." It got me thinking about the ways that I reach for astronomical concept-symbols when I write hymns and how celestial concepts fit into the ways I engage with the Gods at my shrine and in … Continue reading A Contemplation of Celestial Data
Self-Care
This week was very intense at work. We're in the middle of orientation season, with the academic year starting immediately after that. My Calm app streak is 405 days. I brought one of the Prometheus Trust tiny poeticized books into the office for brief contemplative moments. Half of my personal to-do list is stuff that … Continue reading Self-Care
Bringing the Gods Into a Meditation Practice
Readers may or may not know this, but I sometimes do self-care modules in the Fabulous app. It isn't my favorite self-care app (Calm is currently the front runner for me), but it certainly does win at pestering one with phone notifications. Some of the things the Fabulous modules ask people to do make my … Continue reading Bringing the Gods Into a Meditation Practice
Ink, Meditation, Change
On Thursday, I switched inks in my main TWSBI for the first time in years. While I flushed the barrel, watching the J. Herbin Poussière de Lune dissipate into the purified water, deceptively dark but absolutely transparent the first few times I pumped the pen, I thought through my superstitions about the switch to the … Continue reading Ink, Meditation, Change
Two Books
If you have been wondering what A CASTING OF LIGHT and THE SONG OF PROCLUS, compiled by Guy Wyndham-Jones and published by the Prometheus Trust, contains, this post provides some helpful information about the format, arrangement of quotations, and other elements, with a few photos for clarity.
A quick post on a meditation tool
Something I have started doing over the past few days is religiously relevant (and based on stuff I'm reading/have read in Plato and Proclus), so I will briefly share it here before continuing on with my day. Meditation is useful for calming the mind, and having a calm mind is an asset during religious ritual. … Continue reading A quick post on a meditation tool
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