Journal – Trance Blackman

Here you’ll find my philosophical meanderings in the form of articles, essays, and occasional poetry. My interests and curiosities are broad, but the central focus remains the pursuit of what is authentic, real, and true.

Lux et veritas

Journal Entries / fear (63 Posts)

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Fire and Death

17 June 2026 ~ 5 minute read

Some ideas linger at the edge of awareness until circumstances drag them into the foreground. A distant column of smoke on the horizon. A phone call in the middle of the evening. A conversation that suddenly turns reflective. Certain realities have a way of interrupting our routines and reminding us of things we spend most of our lives trying not to think about. Fire is one of them. Death is another.

Laziness of Mind and Spirit: Outsourcing Our Souls

30 December 2025 ~ 7 minute read

There is a particular kind of decay that does not announce itself through violence or ruin, but through forgetfulness. It is the forgetting of how to listen inwardly, how to sit with uncertainty, how to sense truth without being told what to think. Over time, this forgetting hardens into habit — reliance on systems, experts, devices, and doctrines that promise clarity while dulling discernment. The events of recent years did not create this condition; they merely revealed it. What we are facing is not a crisis of information, but a crisis of mind, spirit, and attention.

Authentic, Real, and True

22 November 2024 (rev. 23 November 2024) ~ 7 minute read

In a world saturated with distractions, false narratives, and societal conditioning, the quest for what is authentic, real, and true about ourselves and this earthbound life requires courage and deep introspection. It is a journey that calls us to break free from the influence of external forces — be they social, cultural, religious, or spiritual — and to reconnect with the inherent power and wisdom that resides within us, waiting to be awakened.

The Probability Exercise

11 September 2023 ~ 2 minute read

Hundreds and hundreds of coincidences. 110-story buildings of heavily reinforced steel and concrete, designed to withstand precisely this type of attack, defying the laws of physics by collapsing into small piles dust and molten metal… please.

Conformity

30 May 2023 (rev. 06 February 2024) ~ 3 minute read

It is a fact that few things scare us more than not fitting in with the group.

Two Weeks to Flatten Three Years: A Crowning Achievement

24 March 2023 (rev. 14 February 2024) ~ 4 minute read

In March 2020, the entire modern world was forcibly, aggressively, violently, and permanently changed. Not because of a virus, but because of the concept of a virus, among other false notions and fabricated events.