In today’s WEEKLIES at our Patreon I write about how much I enjoy teaching classes online, and how the tech behind it isn’t all bad: ”That said, sharing an actual virtual space with screens as inter-faces for the purposes of teaching and learning has been extremely positive for me. As I’ve grown less and less prone to move away from the homestead, technology compensates by smooth connections to students and fans. Without our contemporary connectivity, where would I be? Where would we be as a culture? The answer is of course ”somewhere else,” but we have no way of knowing what that means. It is very easy to be critical in volatile times like these when too many childlike beast-minds have too much say, perhaps especially when it comes to technology. But the truth of the matter is that the (potential) immediacy and success of our classes and posts etc would never have existed if it weren’t for the tech that so many of us are eager and quick to curse.” #vanessasinclair...

Interested in Source Magic Mentorship? I have time for new sessions now and throughout the autumn so please feel to get in touch. There’s usually a lot of flexibility in how we structure one or more sessions together, but in general I can say it’s a process that allows for you to look at yourself in a new light (or a current problem, or snag, or emotional hurdle). We will look at the issue from different perspectives and see what comes up in terms of paths of possible resolution. I am very much in favor – based on many years of experience – of deep, emotional conversations and expressions of potential change through creative endeavors. Although it is theoretically possible to highlight many things in just one session, it’s usually better to process issues over time. I offer an initial 15 minute free consultation so that we can assess together what’s best for you. Usually, a session takes place via Zoom, with or without video (as you wish). Anything that is said during our sessions is...

Read all about Hans Bellmer in this exquisite essay by Robert Morgan: ”With Bellmer the question of sexuality was not simply an issue of the imagination; it became a spiritual necessity – a desire that needed an object of projection. Sexuality was not simply an imaginative fancy, but a reality of the mind perpetually in search of the corporeal substance of the body. Thus, Bellmer’s Dolls are not simply mannequins that signify the metaphysical condition of reality as they might be interprered in the paintings of De Chirico or Oskar Schlemmer; nor is the Doll a surrogate as in the pathetic case of Oskar Kokoschka after his affair with Alma Mahler. Bellmer was clearly aware of these antecedents when he adopted his lifelong motif at the beginning of the thirties.” #hansbellmer #robertcmorgan #surrealism #diepuppe #thedoll #lapoupee #occulture #thefenriswolf #carlabrahamsson

In today’s WEEKLIES post at our Patreon, I write (again) about truth vs lies on our contemporary take away media menu: ”The human qualities being eroded are precisely those that evolved to help us navigate actual rather than virtual environments: skepticism, curiosity, stratification, discernment, the ability to tolerate uncertainty and contradiction. These cognitive tools, refined over millennia of engagement with an indifferent natural world, prove poorly adapted to an environment designed specifically to exploit our psychological vulnerabilities. We find ourselves like deep-sea creatures suddenly exposed to atmospheric pressure—our internal architecture collapsing under conditions we never evolved to handle.” #vanessasinclair #carlabrahamsson