“Hurrah! The dead ride fast…”
Integrating the dead in life If you know your Dracula you might be familiar with the phrase “for the dead travel fast” (also since it has found its way into popular cinematic […]
The Beauty of Transience: erect Altars to Mortality
Oh to die, to die, God! … Into the seas I want to dive, over-raptured with purple, Dissolve into light, dissolve into fragrance, Waft as a wave in the All’s stream. Because […]
You must come naked: Revealing Truth
One can fight for life, fight against the grey unliving armies, the armies of greedy ones and bossy ones, and the myriad hosts of the clutching and the self-important. Fight one does […]
This Daemon Life
At the moment social media gets flooded with posts about how damaged nature is recovering because of so many countries being on Corona lock-down. I am always wondering what such posts are […]
My new friend Hekate
A short musing about the contemporary ‘humanization’ of deities in esotericism Admittedly, I only use ‘Hekate’ in the title as she seems particularly popular these days. So please go ahead and replace […]
Noli me tangere – touch me not?
After last week’s post on the esotericism of the crucifixion and resurrection, I’d like to share a few thoughts on the more Magdalene-focused scene in John 20, after the resurrection. The so […]
Nailed to the Cross
Krist, Death and Resurrection Breathe easy, my friends…but yes, I am referring here to the cross as a Christian symbol and I am aware that many occultists, neo-pagans, esotericists etc. have a […]
Ek-Stasis
A short note on the function of ritual ecstasy While the term ‘ecstasy’ is almost always defined as ‘outside-of-oneself’, the concept has received a range of meanings and connotations throughout its use […]
Solitude and Independence
A time in which many of us are forced to physical isolation lends itself naturally to a brief pondering of ‘solitude’ on the Gnostic’s path. Now when I say ‘solitude’ I mean […]
‘Hate your life’
The cost of being an initiate I am not asking you to get suicidal. Although, the title to this piece is actually based on the rather life-hostile Bible. Yes, I will refer […]