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thoughts, ponderings, experiences and lessons learned. or, something deep and life-changing.

Spiritual Warfare: The Captured Creative Force
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Spiritual Warfare: The Captured Creative Force

The Constructs We Create, the Realities We Inhabit
06 November 2026 ~ 18 minute read

What if the greatest influence over our lives isn’t necessarily what happens to us, but what we’re conditioned to believe, fear, accept, and ultimately contribute to creating? There are forces at work in the human experience that deserve considerably more scrutiny, not least because we may be participating in their perpetuation without ever recognizing it. Perhaps understanding spiritual warfare requires us to look beyond the apparent opposition and examine the very nature of our own creative authority.

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How Many Times Can We Have a First Date?
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How Many Times Can We Have a First Date?

05 November 2026 ~ 3 minute read

There is something remarkable about the prospect of beginning again. We carry our histories, expectations, rehearsed responses, and accumulated certainties into every new encounter, often mistaking familiarity for understanding. Yet something remains beyond all that, quietly waiting to be encountered, recognized, or remembered. We never quite know what might unfold when we finally take our seat at the table.

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The Creative Force and Its Captors
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The Creative Force and Its Captors

On Demons, Egregores, and the Human Condition
02 November 2026 ~ 16 minute read

We inherit more than the circumstances of our lives. We inherit ways of seeing, interpreting, and making sense of the world, along with the fears, beliefs, and assumptions that shape our understanding of what is possible. Much of what we take for reality may be something we’ve learned to accept long before we’ve developed the means to question it. And perhaps some of the most important questions we can ask concern not only the nature of the world around us, but the nature of our own participation in creating and sustaining it.

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The Loss of Something Essential
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The Loss of Something Essential

On Craft, Culture, and the Stories We Keep
31 October 2026 ~ 7 minute read

Every generation leaves something behind, not only in the work it produces, but in the standards it establishes, the stories it tells, and the expectations it passes on. Perhaps part of what we’re witnessing now is the gradual disappearance of a particular kind of craftsmanship, once understood and appreciated as an essential part of the creative process. And perhaps the more troubling question isn’t simply what we’re losing, but whether we’ve even noticed what has taken its place.

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