Within the earth, beneath the mountain, through the dark lake, there is another world. Sunlight does not penetrate. You must bring your own light. This is the realm of the dead, a place of ghosts and shades, a place of buried wealth, secrets, hidden desires. Gilgamesh, Inanna, Psyche, Demeter, Balder the Beautiful, Dionysus and Orpheus; the Japanese creator Izanagi, Gesar the King of the Mongols and the Mayan Hero Twins — these gods and heroes visited the underworld and returned. This dangerous, dark otherworld is found in the myth or folklore of all continents — so is the story of a […]
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Angry faces reddened by torchlight, mouths agape spewing hatred. The sight of those men — and they were almost all men — scarring the beautiful campus of the University of Virginia was stomach churning, horrible, familiar — even on the small screen of this laptop, You’ve seen that same anger in other groups of men, waving banners, chanting. Maybe the images were in fuzzy black and white, maybe in sharp focus on your TV screen, maybe the language was one you couldn’t understand. The intention and the energy are the same. We know these people: they are haters. “Purification” is their motivation. Violence […]
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I wrote this in 2017. It seems worth a re-read as Americans head to the polls… Few would argue the fact, society is deeply divided at this time. Those on one side cannot relate to the other side. More and … Read More…
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The fourth wall of that apartment was sky — straight out west to infinity. At sunset, the colours were delirious: orange, magenta, fuchsia, red, burning in the west. And then, through dusk, subtle mauve and bruises. In the distance the planes circling to land at Heathrow blinked in the beautiful damask clouds. When night fell, the sky was prussian blue. It was a magical view, full of possibilities and dreams. To the right were the towers, some close to, and others smaller, a mile or so away. During the day, these were boring blocks of brown, but when the deep blue came, they turned into glittering constellations. […]
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I wrote this in 2009 for Pluto in Capricorn. Eight years have passed. What do you think? I know a family that was strong at one time. This family stood for something, but today there’s little left of it. It’s … Read More…
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I ran across this post I wrote when my mother was dying. Sudden Death vs Death With Ceremony. Her death was stark! Recently, I went to the funeral of a man who died, seemingly by accident. He was joker type … Read More…
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I’m under a Uranus transit, now. It’s quite terrifying. I’ve had numerous brushes with death for one thing. I’ve never been more aware of how quickly a person can leave this plane. You love them and that’s too bad. They’re … Read More…
I just responded to someone asking for insight into their (current) obsession with death. He or she had a unisex name, so I’m not sure what pronoun to use. The person had a Scorpio Moon conjunct Pluto. Pluto was in … Read More…