spirituality – Trance Blackman

The Seduction of the Final Answer: Salvation, Certainty, and the Human Condition

The Seduction of the Final Answer: Salvation, Certainty, and the Human Condition

The Myth of the Diminished Human

07 November 2026 ~ 29 minute read

What happened to humanity, what was taken from us, who or what is responsible, and how might we finally reclaim what was lost? It’s a familiar refrain. The language changes, the cosmologies evolve, and yesterday’s authorities become tomorrow’s false prophets. Yet beneath it all, some remarkably familiar ideas persist. I’ve spent a good deal of time exploring these subjects, and increasingly find myself less interested in another grand explanation than in examining the assumptions that hold these narratives together. Perhaps it’s time we questioned not only the answers being offered, but why we’re so compelled to find them in the first place.

Journal Entries

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.

The Creative Force and Its Captors

Journal Entries

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.

Journal Entries

Reclaiming Your Mind: Preface – Conditioning, Influence, and the Return to Self

Intrusive Thoughts and the Struggle for Inner Freedom

28 October 2026 ~ 19 minute read

We don’t always recognize the forces shaping our thoughts, beliefs, and behavior. Much of what governs us operates beneath conscious awareness, quietly influencing how we see ourselves, respond to the world, and direct our lives. The first step toward freedom is learning to recognize these patterns, question their authority, and reclaim the space between what enters the mind and what we choose to do with it.

Lux Colloquii

Reclaiming the Mind: Deep Dive – Mental Health, Metaphysics, and the Limits of Consensus

Consciousness, Conditioning, and Human Vulnerability

27 October 2026 ~ 23 minute read

What happens when we begin questioning the explanations we’ve inherited about the human mind, the institutions that claim authority over it, and the forces that shape our inner lives? There are questions here that reach beyond diagnosis and treatment into the nature of consciousness, the influence of our surroundings, and the possibility that we’ve misunderstood more than we realize. Not every question has a clear answer, and not every interpretation can be established as fact. But the willingness to look more closely, challenge assumptions, and reclaim our capacity for discernment is where the inquiry begins.

Tag: spirituality

The Seduction of the Final Answer: Salvation, Certainty, and the Human Condition

How Many Times Can We Have a First Date?

The Creative Force and Its Captors

Reclaiming Your Mind: Preface – Conditioning, Influence, and the Return to Self

Reclaiming the Mind: Deep Dive – Mental Health, Metaphysics, and the Limits of Consensus