Michael Jackson once said; “Singers, when they sing songs: it’s like a mantra - when you repeat a chorus, over and over and over. So, when a kid hears a song, and he starts singing that chorus over and over and over, then you start to hear it in the alpha state into the subconscious... Continue Reading →
Glasses and Cups and Reality Tunnels
In the West, we use the analogy of a glass half empty or half full to determine perspective and world view. And there are many plays and derivative analogies online; In the East, they use the cup full or empty to resemble the mind and teaching. Someone with a full mind has no room for... Continue Reading →
Board games as ceremonial Magic
There are three board-game movies that come to my mind when I think about this, Zathura (2005), Jumanji (1995), and Family Pack (2024). Essentially, the theme or plot of the movies are that some people play a board game that alters reality and they can't leave until some conditions are met (they all 'lose') or... Continue Reading →
Keyhole symbolism and Doorways
There's some esoteric ideas and jazz about signs and symbols, one of which is a keyhole and doorways. In the study of neuro-architecture, -people study how architecture affects neurology and memory and consciousness. How inspiring and grandiose places impact with a sense of awe, as well as how broken windows effect our subconscious mind in... Continue Reading →
Mapping out the idea sphere
Words have meaning, and that meaning itself exists as an idea. So I've explored the idea of ideas, or concepts, or meta-narrative stories or ideologies that permeate the substrate of physical reality. There is a world of thought or smoke beyond the world of pure visible smoke and touchable maya that makes up our reality.... Continue Reading →
The fix ‘Bene-‘
'Bene' in English is borrowed from Italian which means 'good' or 'well' and stems from it's Latin Roots. You can see this fix be used as a prefix for words such as;BenedictBenefitBenedictionBenevolentBenefactorBeneficentBeneficiary As a side note, Benedict has the suffix '-dict' which is related to diction or dictionary or dictator meaning "to decide or choose... Continue Reading →
Some Sol Alchemy Jazz
So, there are four major types of colors in the Western School of Alchemy and Arcana, related to creating the 'great work' or the 'magnum opus'. These are referred to as stages, those being; Nigredo (blackening) -related to shadow, death, and dissolution or the abyss Albedo (Whitening) -related to purification, illumination, and Citrinitas (Yellowing) -related... Continue Reading →
The Duality of Distance in Language
"It's easy to be brave from a distance" -proverb It's easy to have an opinion for something that has little gravitas or gravity to your life. If there's little impact to your existence, there tends to be a directly proportional amount of care. low impact = low care. High impact = High care. Generally speaking.... Continue Reading →
Poem on Narrowing definitions
We split atoms To find God We map neurons To find consciousness yet we'd be silly to dissect words into letters To find meaning Perhaps the sum of it's parts creates a new whole Just as letters create words Just as words create new meanings Just as words together create sentences Just as the meaning... Continue Reading →
The Irony of ‘Just Cause’
The Phrase; Just Cause has some intrinsic irony with it's modern interpretation. I find it ironic and funny, that the term 'Just Cause' used to represent a justification for action or a cause or reason. Like a Casus Belli. When nations or people with power and clout performed actions or movements, they had to justify... Continue Reading →
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