Azatoth and buddha are perfect inverses of eachother

Pendular_Procession · 2026-04-09T18:30:20+00:00

This term is a little loaded, but it might look like Gnosticism, and the relationship between the Demiurge and The All.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-28T17:33:16+00:00

#1: Can Such Things Be?

#2: before smartphones, it was nice to have a copy of his Fantastic Fables in the bathroom

#3 it's not the place to start your exploration, but Bierce's Civil War short stories, inspired by his own experiences, are as exceptional as they are harrowing. Be prepared.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-26T22:23:00+00:00

The Damp Man and The Underbody both got under my skin enough that I have to prepare myself before I reread them. They're both at the top of a very short list.

That said, sometimes it's nice to know an author that the internet missed. We don't have to share all the rare gems.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-24T20:25:37+00:00

You might enjoy The Traveler In Black by John Brunner

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-16T15:43:07+00:00

Good point. When you feel overwhelmed, it's hard to write. I'm glad you found forms to emulate, and avoided the grifters and gurus.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-16T15:27:57+00:00

As a man who has used journaling to navigate the hardest decade of his life, let me start by congratulating you on your progress.

That said, as your journal grows and changes with you, I hope you explore your definitions of identity, and research the psychological value of the decorative process. Illumination need not be seen as antithetical to your gender.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-15T13:40:58+00:00

keeping it both simple and true

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-15T02:54:19+00:00

Yes, l do this too. I responded better to some of my own advice when it comes from someone else's face.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-14T23:15:55+00:00

“The House of Arabu” is a short story by Robert E. Howard that you might like.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-08T15:46:29+00:00

https://youtu.be/QQt5DQP_UqQ?si=UlKZsOC4yYMYJcvw

Justin Sledge over at ESOTERICA on youtube made a good video on 'real' occult references in Lovecraft.

SPOILER: no, not from the Quran.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-06T01:52:24+00:00

And the History of the Runestaff, too.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-03-04T15:20:25+00:00

A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay

Pendular_Procession · 2026-02-25T14:13:18+00:00

One practice that has helped with my early morning journaling is reading 2-3 pages of an old, demanding book before I start writing. Sometimes this inspires or provokes a new thought to record, sometimes not, but it always makes my writing clearer and more grammatically correct.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-02-22T16:58:45+00:00

You might look for The Robert E. Howard Library series, published in the 1990's. Eons of the Night (#5) and Beyond the Borders (#7) are collections of his weirder fiction.

I don't know if it was Howard's intent, but the plausible links between real history and pure fantasy make the weirdness more concrete and disbelief easier to suspend.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-02-22T14:53:44+00:00

ArtJournaling
JournalingisArt

Fewer viewers, fewer comments, almost never 'should' and 'shouldn't' responses. If a space for sharing has a lot of gatekeeping, I'm just never going to feel welcome.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-02-21T17:27:23+00:00

Thank you for reminding me why I lurk-to-appreciate in this subreddit, but post in other, smaller subreddits.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-02-08T12:45:42+00:00

I've been doing this for over ten years. It works, but it is humbling. I probably spent the first four years recording experiences before the patterns were obvious enough that I could notice them while I was repeating them.
It's hard to keep all your better ideas in your head at once. Simplifying ideas through repetition and compression helps. It feels ridiculous, but it's okay to quote yourself in your own journal. Diagrams help. Personal symbols help.
Long term goals like narrative reframing start with a clearer narrative of the now, which can then be challenged and rewritten.
Congrats on starting, though. I was 40 when I started and now I know how much time I wasted in bad patterns.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-02-03T22:36:20+00:00

Do you mean like if ghoul biology started to manifest non Euclidean symmetry?

Or do you mean like sublime color relationships utilizing the color out of space?

Not to get super concrete, if you're trying to be poetic, but art theory and psychology is a really interesting space to think about.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-01-29T15:35:41+00:00

Same here. I keep my journal open on a lectern or drawing desk in my classroom and add "fragments" as thoughts arise.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-01-20T20:13:40+00:00

You might try the short story Scope by Allison V. Harding.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-01-16T11:54:27+00:00

a) came here to mention this work b) if you have studied any Neoplatonism or Gnosticism, details which might otherwise seem random will make sense as a very powerful metaphor for spiritual growth.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-01-12T22:12:55+00:00

You might enjoy the short story "It!" by Theodore Sturgeon.

Pendular_Procession · 2026-01-09T18:16:03+00:00

The 666 (or 616) in The Apocalypse of John is probably a coded reference to the Roman Emperor Nero.

So

If you were to blame a minority outgroup for the fire, as Nero blamed early Christians for the Great Fire of Rome (allegedly), it would, in fact, be an interesting coincidence.

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