Category Archives: Cosmic Verities

God & Jesus

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How the Rest of the Cosmos Views Us

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Abby Bass

exhibits her spiritual effulgence

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Elevation

The world attracts you through your senses, and as long as you do not see the Sacred in the objects of your senses, you live in an awkward position, which scarcely helps you in procuring your spiritual elevation. — Sri … Continue reading

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Found Poem

screwdriver toothpick wood glue clamp . garlic almonds/nuts oil spray door mat

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Country Girl Leaning against a Ladder

LEGA, Silvestro c. 1885 Oil on canvas, 38 x 29 cm Galleria dell’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence Beholding in many souls the traits of the divine beauty, and separating in each soul that which is divine from the taint which … Continue reading

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HOW DOES THIS PLANET STACK UP?

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The Upanishads

I like how big an effect chance has on what I read. Chance is, after, all one of the cardinal precepts of my beloved Surrealism, and really, along with its cousin uncertainty, is one of the hallmarks of our age. … Continue reading

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Rosa Mistica

This garage sale find is reference to a very specific Marian apparition. I’ve always been fascinated by them — very rarely does the apparition identify herself as Mary, mother of Jesus from the get go. It’s only later when the priests get involved … Continue reading

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Male Figure Before a Goddess Drawing Aside Her Mantle

Cylinder seal and impression Syria (ca. 1720–1650 B.C.) For the ancient Near East, the act of procreation symbolized creation itself. The female figure in this scene reveals only her pubic area as if to emphasize this idea of procreation rather than … Continue reading

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