Published in Rooms Of Light·PinnedMember-onlySoliloquies for an internet age.A prose poem — Enter right. What are you putting up that stage for? My ego is at the door telling me I’m as flawed and brilliant as I want it to, just enough and not too much. Ladies, that’s enough for tonight. I’m not as energetic as I used to be, and it’s…Prose Poem3 min readProse Poem3 min read
Published in Rooms Of Light·PinnedMember-onlya poem for psychedelic therapyBegin. In a dark forest, silhouettes of trees clawing the sky. The dark spaces expand, whirl, pull you towards them with a lurch and the stars disappear. The chaos of an unravelling, everything you have ever done is a failing, yes a failing to love with your whole heart. …Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Published in TRIBE·PinnedMember-onlyWhy I still believe in God.A journey away from faith, and back again Ten years ago I was sitting in a rainy car park in Cornwall, the rough sea only visible between strokes of the windscreen wipers, the soft notes of a Sigur Ros song playing and I was crying. Sometimes crying feels beautiful, you…Christianity8 min readChristianity8 min read
17 hours agoMember-onlyValley of Vision: Why an old puritan prayer book might change how you think about religionFun fact: the word ‘tunnel’ was once a word for a net used to trap birds. Some distant speaker used the word as a metaphor for a hole in the ground, presumably to indicate its dangerousness, and so dangerous holes likely to trap you were called ‘tunnels’, until every hole…Christianity5 min readChristianity5 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyThe Ancient Idea of Flying ReindeerMyths, Psychedelics and Shamanism. — It’s that time of year. Soon Google will produce it’s yearly ‘Santa tracker’, an annual website that allows you to follow Santa on his journey delivering presents around the world, pulled on a magic sleigh by flying reindeer. As much as it may have become a cliched vessel of consumerism…Shamanism3 min readShamanism3 min read
Published in Rooms Of Light·3 days agoMember-onlyWhy I Go Out WalkingWhy I go outPoem1 min readPoem1 min readWhy I Go Out Walking----4
Published in TRIBE·4 days agoMember-onlyCain and Abel — Our Conflict with the Unfairness of RealityPart two of a series on the mythology of the bible As I discussed in the last essay, the shift to agricultural societies was not defined, as we tend to think, by a change from nomadism to settlement. Rather, because hunting societies tend to move seasonally over a large area…Bible8 min readBible8 min read
Published in Rooms Of Light·6 days agoMember-onlyand the horizon aflame with lightCity lights, do not tell me of tedium or commuting, tell me how the gulls catch to windward when lovers touch hands,Poem1 min readPoem1 min readand the horizon aflame with light----
Published in Rooms Of Light·6 days agoMember-only☾.א.O.Like a bucket of water well-drawn by the thirsty We stumbled out of the darkness of the cave. One at a time, into the bright moonlight. A crescent of cove beneath a lunar halo, Water glittering silver, opalescent rivulets Running through the soft sand. Stars shoal In the clearness of the velvet sky, lilac air rises In…Poem2 min readPoem2 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyOur Cosplay of a CultureAs I write this I’m listening to a band called the 1975. The 1975 are an interesting reflection of how a streaming generation consumes music. They are a bit like a cover band for weddings who play copyright free ‘versions’ of songs. You want a perfect 80’s song? Looking For…Culture4 min readCulture4 min read
