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WHISPERINGS OF THE PROTOGENOS

Six interweaving tales of the soul’s return from exile, reclaiming the numinous inheritance that we lost. Get the book The Silent God: A Pagan boy in remote antiquity awakens to the mysteries of a forsaken god, tearing the veil between … Continue reading

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Angels

From ages immemorial, when they first appeared in circumstances unknown, angels have fascinated humankind. Their influence can be traced as far back as the Babylonian empire and the Zoroastrian religions. Though they assumed many shapes and donned many disguises, we … Continue reading

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The Five Thresholds of Desire

I. The Descent into Matter When the uncorrupted desire of the gods penetrates matter, it becomes ensnared in time and space with only one hope of ever escaping. That hope rests with the human soul. Allegorically, this is Eros having … Continue reading

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The Gaze that Bridged Earth and Heaven: Sufism and the “Beloved” in Poetry

Have you ever looked at something breathtakingly beautiful and felt a quiet longing in your soul? A sense that there is something more behind that fleeting spark of awe? For centuries, many Sufis, the mystics of Islam, found that spark … Continue reading

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