“There was a time when I envied and yearned for that same level of mystical spiritual disruption, while fearing the psychotic splitting and discord. Now I am not sure there is anything to envy or fear in either direction. My bias is toward a grounded state of self-awareness, contained by a sense of identity but open to a sense of interconnection with the material and non-material worlds. States of active psychosis may be scary, dangerous, and destructive, but the person experiencing them remains a human being who’s just having an intense experience and needs support. The mystic, too, needs support and community in integrating what they’re experiencing.”
The work is never finished and cannot be ignored.
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The Three Centers: The Head Center
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The Pearl Pentacle and Relationships
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The Three Centers: The Heart Center
Over the past several years, my spiritual and personal practice has become more organized around the energetic structure of the three centers in the body—belly,…
The Smartest Guy in the Room
“There’s a wisdom in contrarianism. Contrarians are good tests of tolerance and safety in a group. Often contrarians grew up in places where dissent was punished or harmful certitudes put forward without question. When they experience a space where they feel there is too much harmony and agreement, it’s almost instinctive. They have to test it. “You can’t really be as enlightened as you pretend to be.” “There’s always a flaw in the argument.”
Astrological Aphorisms
Three battles that cannot be won: forcing a Gemini to commit; compelling an Aquarius to change their mind; demanding a Libra pick a side.
Three unpardonable offenses: failing to remember an Aries; offering mild praise to a Leo; boring a Sagittarius.
Three utterances never heard: a Capricorn admitting defeat; a Taurus conceding your point; a Virgo saying, “Yeah, that’s good enough.”
Three great mysteries: the true opinion of a Pisces; the reason that a Cancer is mad at you; a Scorpio’s entire personality.
The Three Centers: The Belly Center
The Trials of the Magician
“When you’re being the Magician, it’s easy to see everyone around you as a dupe you need to keep entertained. But in this gesture, there is a way out: to show those who admire you their own power. To renounce the need to be special and indestructible and instead take your place in the community of animals. To share all the burdens and responsibilities you are carrying, and to lay some down if you cannot tend them all.”
How Am I Supposed to Feel About That?
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