Can we read the artist through the work, even when the artist is the Work? These questions permeate the album, particularly the intimate portraits of…
Beyoncé: Flawless Evolution, Part 1
According to McLean’s rendering of the alchemical sevenfold process, the manifested work at 4 progresses toward an experimental expression of its energies at 5, from…
4: The Joy of the Individuated Self
According to Adam McLean‘s commentary of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, the alchemical sevenfold process reaches its material manifestation at the fourth station. This is…
After Victory, Governance
Managing a chosen course has both richness and tedium. Once the householder has succeeded in acquiring a house and property, they must choose how and when…
Courting Joy
I have written about the tyranny of positivity and I emphasize suffering consciously as a path to healing. Yet with all this, I believe my work is about…
Debauch
A friend once taught me that “debauch” comes from a French verb meaning “to turn away from one’s duty.” The word now has loosened its…
In honor of all women and all feminities
Seven Forms of Het-Heru Lady of the Universe You in whom spirit is housed and given sustenance pour bliss and suffering from manifold udders, streaming…
Honoring the River
“I don’t know why I feel like I always need to look like I have it together.” Someone in particular said this to me yesterday,…
Redeeming the Critic
When we begin to listen to the inner conversations, we might learn to discern different “voices” that are speaking internally. Not voices we hear with…
Between Two Great Opposing Poles
“Take your well-disciplined strengths, stretch them between the two great opposing poles, because inside human beings is where God learns.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke As a…