Modo Cogitari: The Chariot Takes Flight

The realization that the obstacle is gone
is all the motivation required.
With bullet speed,
lost time is regained.

Recommended Listening:
Vitalic
La Rock 01
from OK Cowboy

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Modo Cogitari: The Seed of His Thought Within Me

The patterns of electricity duplicate
echoing like the thunder of storm clouds.

Of Two Minds

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The Garden Reborn: Return of the Angel

Protection, Love, and Understanding bring a garden to full blossom.

Shiva's Trident Lands

 

From the heavens a great sound was heard.
It shook the very ground in its passing,

like thunder and the shattering of glass and the cries of a thousand voices.

The light radiated out from the impact,

transforming all that it touched.

Above it all, the Lord of Transformation watched

impassive and intent,

focused on stern task of

changing the world.

Recommended Listening:
Swans
Feel Happiness
from Swans Are Dead

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Within the Furnace of the Mind

Within the furnace of the mind, a new way is borne.  The intense pressures of constriction accelerate the change.  A diamond clarity begins to emerge.

Recommended Listening:
John Murphy
Surface of the Sun
from Sunshine OST

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I See My Father's Love

The absence of any father figure in my life has taught me many things.  After many years of suffering through misunderstanding, I finally see my independence for the gift that it is.

Metamorphosis IV: War Reborn

The cocoon peels away and War emerges, reformatted with a new set of rules for engagement.  The armor of protection and transformation melts and becomes steam.  The Prince of Wands is revealed.  

Compelled by the passionate energy of the red square of Mars, he stretches in preparation to implement his plans.  His strategies change toward grounding and balancing to manifest his dreams into reality.

Recommended Listening:
Ladytron
High Rise
from Witching Hour

This piece is the last of the Metamorphosis set, all of which were created from the same source material.

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Metamorphosis III: Osiris In The New Age

Deep within the cocoon Osiris melts in a solution of spirit plasma, losing limbs, gender, movement, and identity to the intensity of the energy flow.  A new form begins to crystallize from the wash of volatile forces as Osiris programs the identity matrix with a singular vision.

Metamorphosis II: Pupae and Process

In the graveyard of rebirth, volatile and conflicting energies mix within the fertile earth.  Time and gravity take hold in this garden of decay as the seed transforms, bursts its shell, and takes root.

Metamorphosis I: Elemental Chrysalis

In the sanctum of a distant Astral landscape, a chrysalis forms as the transformation begins.

Coronation of the Butterfly

Understanding,
the shunned bastard child of Doubt,
yields first fruit.
Long tread paths
lead to a homecoming
and after tribulations,
the self anoints self with light.

Bridging the Gap

A connection flowers
from here now to the beyond.
Yearning bridges the distance.
Flowers bloom from one side to the other,
in between a chasm burns.
The urgency of union draws the gap closed.
The tension and volatility
will be crushed by the urge towards fulfillment.
Desire becomes its own answer.

In the Valley

In this piece we find a magickal force uncovered unexpectedly.  Astrologically not much going on today, but on Sunday the 16th,  Mercury (communication, information, and travel) will enter Libra (balance, justice, relating).  The movement of the messenger of the gods will get the ball rolling faster towards wrapping up things up in the Libra area of our lives.

The Mirror Cup

Here we have strange reflections emerging from small pools.  This piece comes from this past summer when after a deep and intense meditation, a voice whispered, "Welcome to the Cup."

Archon of Manifestation

Here we have a representation of the process of gestation changing into growth as ideas take root and move towards physical manifestation.  The androgyny and coloring of this figure remind me of Tiresias from Rachel Pollack's run on Doom Patrol. 

Astrologically, today is a Blue Moon, the second Full Moon this month (in Pisces). The Moon opposes Sun in Virgo and conjuncts spiritual Neptune and healing Chiron.  Emotional issues may rise up for recognition right now.  We may want to focus on physical details and feel thwarted by this foggy emotional wave.  Considering the energy of the Full Moon behind it, I suspect the wave will not be ignored. As with all Full Moon cycles, look for the completion of something started around the New Moon on August 17th.

From the Archives: Night is Come (Alternate Ending)

 

Here is Night is Come as it was originally published, with the alternate ending of three added pages.  There was a bit of time between the creation of the two endings leading to a few stylistic differences.

Neptune in Pisces: The Obsfuscation of the Light

When Neptune moved into Pisces earlier this year, I noticed an immediate disruption of my ability to communicate.  Everything became distracted and complicated in some fashion.  It wasn't the disruption that comes with say, a Mercury retrograde.  The effect was a complication, a confusion of the purity of intentions.

From The Archives: Night is Come (Original Ending)

This set was created a long time ago.  It was self-published in a small ashcan comic with another story, Winter.  This was another attempt on my part to marry poetry and comics...as well as a bit of spiritual philosophy.  I've never felt like I've ever gotten it quite right, but this is the closest I feel I've ever come.  The first two images are some of my favorite things I've ever drawn.

The Totemic Stag

Here is a Horned God image for the tail end of  Lughnasadh / Lammas (August 1st), first of the three harvest sabbats in the Wheel of the year.  In the end, another image of Baphomet, this time presented as a totemic Stag.  Another nod here as well to Susan Seddon Boulet.