Transcendence Archives

("The Lovers Whirlwind" by William Blake,1824-27)

Natural Mysticism and Its Dangerous Allure

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 14 min read Willis Renuart Ecstatic Experience, Mysticism, Transcendence

Natural mysticism focuses on awakening us from our ego-bound ordinary life to a universal oneness. But it comes with many dangers.

Loneliness in Nature and Threshold Places Erraticus Emerson Thoreau

(Derek Parsons)

Alone in One of Nature’s Threshold Places

July 1, 2020April 28, 2021 10 min read Derek Parsons Essential Reading, Henry David Thoreau, Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Romanticism, Transcendence

The most fortifying experiences in nature are often found in lonely, transitional zones. But what is the reality of these threshold places?

Treading Lightly in Thin Places Thin Lines Erraticus John Ablett Spiritual Emergencies Breathing Through

("Landscape with Charon Crossing the River Styx" by Joachim Patinier)

To Tread Lightly in Thin Places

May 20, 2020April 28, 2021 10 min read John Ablett Ecstatic Experience, Essential Reading, Psychedelics, Transcendence

A former barefoot guru explores the difficulty in articulating the experience of a spiritual emergency amid societal upheavals.

Sacred-Scientific Psychedelic Future Erraticus Nicholas Mccay Emre Ozturk

(Emre Öztürk)

Our Sacred-Scientific, Psychedelic Future

April 27, 2020May 27, 2020 12 min read Nicholas McCay Emotional Well-being, Essential Reading, Mental Health, Psychedelics, Transcendence

Fears halted research on psychotropic compounds in the 60s. The Second Psychedelic Renaissance is now validating their psychological benefits.

How Deconstructing Anxiety Makes Transcendence Possible

November 8, 2019March 1, 2020 11 min read Todd E. Pressman Emotional Well-being, Transcendence, Truth

With the understanding that fear is the fundamental problem in being human, we have our starting point. To pursue this quest, we must fully deconstruct anxiety, reveal its origins and mechanism, and find its resolution.

(Eric Terrade)

While Art Unites, Beauty Transcends

October 10, 2019August 30, 2020 8 min read Willis Renuart Leo Tolstoy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendence

The failure to distinguish between art and beauty has caused much confusion. Art and beauty have two different but overlapping trajectories–one toward union and the other toward transcendent reality.

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