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
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Proclus in Tim. Book II, 376-378
the world in all its goodnessmoving from moment to momentits former waters first a memorythen a calm oblivion of generationsin a thousand years perhapswe will be young enough to saywhat did we learn amidst the ruinsof ourselves and the broken monumentswhat did we learn when displacedfrom who we are, before fatigueset in, as our bones … Continue reading Proclus in Tim. Book II, 376-378
Short musings on Battlestar Galactica (and a few questions)
When I was much younger than I am now, I wrote a post on a blog that has long since passed away (something I reposted later on) about Battlestar Galactica, the reboot series that aired on what was then the SciFi channel during my senior year of high school (the first episode aired in October … Continue reading Short musings on Battlestar Galactica (and a few questions)
The Mother of the Gods 😊
Near the end of last week, I received a statue of Rhea-Cybele from Sacred Source. For a while, I had an online shrine to her, and given her importance as the Mother of the Gods, I'd always thought about getting an actual icon for her. Publishing The Village of Strong Branches, whose Goddesses are based … Continue reading The Mother of the Gods 😊
Now, Here.
We are, each of us, a bright flamecaptured within what is knit togetherand patterned after a moment of Gods’-breath.In that holy uniqueness, be filled —the quiet light rolling, the steady quickening,every token of your birth alivewith its God, you a libation of feeding oilto the knitwork of space and timedancing on celestial horizons —like a … Continue reading Now, Here.
Personality Differences and How We Mesh With Gods
In the early to mid 2010s, my mom visited me in my then-apartment every few months. She always visits me bearing fruit out of the conviction that my five-a-day can't only come from vegetables. One time some years ago, she was greeted by (the usual) meticulously-stacked glass Tupperware. I think that, that day, the fridge … Continue reading Personality Differences and How We Mesh With Gods
Following Up on “What Can We Learn from the Goddess Necklace Trend?”
Back in 2022, I wrote a post called "What Can We Learn from the Goddess Necklace Trend?" in which I looked at (with some screenshots) a few of the spirituality-adjacent jewelry places that have cropped up in recent years. You can read the entire post on your own, but I will paste two of the … Continue reading Following Up on “What Can We Learn from the Goddess Necklace Trend?”
Disruptions and mental hygiene
One of the most important things about cultivating a devotional practice is coming to know oneself, and specifically one's mental processes and how they help or harm the ability to come into a focused state when engaging in prayer, meditation, spiritual-practice-related reading, and so on. With the disruptions over the past few months, the thing … Continue reading Disruptions and mental hygiene
Dried Roses, Now Soot
On Friday, the English translation of poet Tuệ Sỹ's Dreaming the Mountain came in. As per usual, I opened up to a random page. In those moments, just after arriving home and greeting the cats, I read: I live in a sky of boundless spaceA Zen landscape of nothingnessNo things, no people, no busyness,Just flowers … Continue reading Dried Roses, Now Soot
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