Look. This is going to be one of the most difficult things I’ve ever tried to explain because my very being- my opus– is involved. As I sit under the light of the full moon, back to the tree in my front yard, the very pulse of earth is moving within me. I am accutely […]
Probably the easiest way to dive into our understanding of spiritual alchemy is to look at some of the terms we’ve all at least heard of. From there, it’s a simple matter of deciphering what this medieval work means to you. VITRIOL In it’s original latin the term VITRIOL stood for ‘Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificado […]
I’ve always viewed mystics as some sort of metaphysical philosophers who blend science and spirituality together into something only vaguely coherent to the rest of us. Couple that with my tendency to regard religious leaders as charlatans taking advantage of the poor and it’s no wonder how I ended up with the mindstate I have […]
CONTROVERSIAL FAITH Here we are in the Age of Aquarius.: the Age of Understanding and enlightenment. It’s a digitized world where unlimited knowledge flows through a portal available to anyone with a device. Never before have our senses been so enticed by the material world around us. As a result we have droves of people […]
MODERN MYSTICISM One of the biggest problems skeptics of religion have is how open ended and vague a lot of scriptures tend to be. Since the whole realm is open to interpretation modern minds tend to pick apart ideologies and consider people of Faith to be a bit backwards, or ignorant. While most believers are […]
WITHOUT STRUGGLE Anything worth having is worth fighting for. There are so many instances in our lives where things happen that are meant to test our resolve. To test our merit. To test how badly we really want the things we claim to be chasing after. In eastern literature there is the popular metaphor based […]
INTERCONNECTEDNESS All to often we human beings suffer from a feeling of disconnectedness and loneliness. Entire volumes have been written on depression and the effect isolation has on our psyches. Anyone who has ever battled with the darker episodes of life has struggled to maintain a feeling of adequacy. It’s easy to feel like we […]
MY SPIRITUAL PATH So many of us struggle with spirituality. We tend to shy away from the conversation and downplay our own beliefs out of fear of offending one another. Most of our society has renounced religion altogether and has taken a more modern approach to morality that relies heavily on philosophy. While this 21st […]
DEFINITION Mysticism: (1) the experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics. (2) the belief that direct knowledge of God, spiritual truth, or ultimate reality can be attained through subjective experience (such as intuition or insight). The idea of having a mystical experience seems incredibly magical to most of us […]
ELEMENTUM The great philosophers of ancient Greece wrestled with the really large questions in their attempt to understand the true nature of reality. In modern times the debate rages on as we struggle with the understanding we are both the observer and the observed. If quantum mechanics has done anything for philosophy it’s help shape […]
Mystical Mindstate 