You are a polished jewel in the infinite net of creation; what do you want to reflect? — The following story is inspired by a Muse Exclusive I received while meditating on the concept of Indra’s Net. Initial Impact There’s a quote from the Tao Te Ching that has played itself out in multiple ways throughout my life. “When the student is ready the teacher will appear.” It happened the…

Lightworkers of cosmic consciousness, Unite! — What is the Light Web? For the past twenty years, the concept I call the Light Web has been bouncing around in my consciousness in the form of dreams and foggy, sporadically-incomplete visions. …

The map to Cosmic Consciousness can be found in this Major Arcana spread — A Note on My Sources The following information comes primarily from the teachings of my first occult teacher J. Owen Swift who was largely informed by Paul Foster Case and Ann Davies. Case founded the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) …

Why it’s time to embrace Cosmic Consciousness as our new paradigm for reality — What is a Cosmic Magician? The short answer is “you are”. In fact, we are all “Cosmic Magicians”. The vast majority of us, however, are unconscious of this reality. We are unconscious of the reality that we are co-creating every moment of every day. There is an old Zen proverb…

A poem about marriage, divorce, and the weight of religion — Exteroception of everything I’ve put you through hid its scars behind your eyes, as I withdrew. But don’t cry to God about it now. He can’t kill me, I’ve already died twice. No applause, no bow. The first time I died I had strapped the Koran around my side and walked into the…

You are your influences — The following article represents the script for the introduction to my one-human show, “No Such Thing As Sober”, which is a work-in-progress. I am currently performing at open mics and comedy clubs to build my content. …

Sometimes the destination is in your heart — In the end, he’d been undone by a cobweb. How a gossamer wisp of broken-down arachnid architecture could begin such a brutal chain of reactions, was just one more philosophical mystery in Raffi’s life, which he worked to unravel as he jogged down the side of the road. He had…

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A surreal poem about my favorite surrealist — Prompted by “The Grains of Sand Challenge” — Cendrine Marrouat The Grains of Sand Challenge Let’s explore the world of the tiny, but mighty particles through poetry, stories, and personal essaysmedium.com [“I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone.” “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.”] –Salvador Dali