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Deadlines worked again! I cannot legally disclose the exact date the editing project was due, but rest assured I did get it done comfortably ahead of time. I finished my first passthrough on Wednesday and was finished with the structural edit by Saturday, much to the line/developmental editor’s delight. Despite having misgivings about the storyContinue reading “A Pleasant Surprise”

Hello folks. This editing project has proven more involved than originally expected, so it’s demanded my full attention. It’s a surprisingly dark non-fiction piece that takes a mental toll on me every time I sit down with it, especially if in large chunks. Now some of the posts I’ve been sharing lately have also beenContinue reading “Progress on the Editing Project”

Look, it’s not like the alchemists don’t have a few valid points. And they’ve carved out their place in history well enough. When they weren’t busy playing God (summoning demons and chasing the Philosopher’s Stone and the like), they discovered the secrets to mixing the beautiful oil paints that the great artists of the RenaissanceContinue reading “Unraveling the Many Secrets of the Rod of Caduceus: Enlightenment and the Sephirothic Tree”

Believers in the philosophy of the caduceus point to prana (“sexual energy”) as being what powers new life. This is part of why it’s linked to their hopes of discovering the secret to immortality. The term “Magnum Opus” (Great Work) was first coined by alchemists who were chasing that ultimate goal. The Great Work isContinue reading “Unraveling the Many Secrets of the Rod of Caduceus: The Philosopher’s Stone”

Yesterday evening, the editing deal went through. I now have an advance payment, a manuscript, I’ve agreed to an NDA, I’ve been briefed on publisher and author expectations (along with the themes and marketing angles planned for the book), and I have a deadline. In an earlier post, I identified deadlines (with something at stake)Continue reading “Time to Put My Deadline Theory To the Test … Again”

With the rakini chakra conquered and “cleansed”, the kundalini slithers up to the next chakra–the lakini–located just above the navel, the place of your “center” or your “inner fire”. Then comes the kakini, the heart chakra. Crossing its threshold, according to believers, requires a serenity of calm and inner peace (balance). Following those is theContinue reading “Unraveling the Many Secrets of the Rod of Caduceus: The Chakras and the Third Eye”

So I guess the burning question is … is there actually something to this? Can one really charge up their chi and become their “true self”? Well, most world religions acknowledge there is at least something to this phenomenon. There’s an agreement chastity does help keep one more attuned to the divine. Priests, for example,Continue reading “Unraveling the Many Secrets of the Rod of Caduceus: The Cup of Hermes and the Kundalini”

Going along with the beliefs that birthed prana and the cup of Hermes, there exists a channel of energy, a “column” which travels along the spinal cord. This column starts in the abdominal area (where chi is allegedly stored) and goes straight up to the “crown” of your skull. Numerous pathways of energy flow fromContinue reading “Unraveling the Many Secrets of the Rod of Caduceus: The Twin Snakes and Wide Adaptation in the U.S.”

There’s an old saying that goes “Do not let spilleth the cup of Hermes.” Do you know what that means? What if I were to ask you what chi (ki/qi) is? Would you say it’s what martial artists use to increase their attack power, that supernatural well of energy Dragonball Z characters famously tap into?WouldContinue reading “Unraveling the Many Secrets of the Rod of Caduceus: Can A Writer Go Super Saiyan?”