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Of learning
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Image by Daniele Muscetta
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In some spiritual traditions, devotees attempt an arduous process of self-transformation as they retrain themselves to perceive the world from God’s point of view. If they succeed, they’re honored with an initiation ritual and given a new name to consecrate their altered state.

I have the same problem with this custom that I have with the idea of enlightenment: Once isn’t enough. Just as anyone in his or her right spiritual mind has a duty to keep claiming fresh varieties of enlightenment until the end of time, so should the initiations and renamings continue forever.

In my opinion, these considerations apply to you. You may not have sequestered yourself for years in a mountaintop monastery, and you may not have risen every morning at 5 a.m. to say prayers for hours, but you are an authentic devotee who has undergone equivalent ordeals. Your spiritual transformation has unfolded as you’ve dealt with the challenges of daily life during our epic moment in history, when unprecedented levels of annihilation and resurrection are the norm.

You have earned the right, therefore, to enjoy enlightenment after enlightenment and initiation after initiation and renaming after renaming.

I invite you to get started with a do-it-yourself initiation ceremony. It doesn’t have to be long and complicated, and you can create it yourself. As an example of what you might do, here’s a ritual that some Beauty and Truth Laboratory’s initiates have performed: 1. Eat a pinch of dirt to declare your solidarity with Mother Earth. 2. Burn a five-dollar bill to purify your relationship with symbols of wealth. 3. Kick yourself in the ass to affirm your ongoing intention to discipline your shadow.
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Quote from my horoscope page. Not from the Horoscope itself, but read on the advertisement on freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/pisces.html

3.21. – 08
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3 Libra
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Image by Rankin Miss
This is part of a series of 12 horoscope icons developed for use on a website called beme.com, which was a web magazine belonging to IPC. I worked in partnership with the artist and illustrator Gloria Steemsonne. She providing most of the underlying pencil sketches, and my side being to recreate them in Adobe Illustrator.