Exploring the archetypal energies that contribute to a sense of ease and well-being here in Prague, this week’s sermon suggests that beauty and love are intrinsic qualities without which we are bereft.
DLM # 126 America: Love It Or Leave It!
Enough said, I think.
DLM # 125 Be Even-Tempered (In Success or Failure) 🌳
Maturity is fun. It allows us to not only endure but enjoy every aspect of life, be it easy or challenging. This is because with maturity we understand that all of life has inherent value and that challenges are our sacred teachers without whom we’d never grow or evolve or develop into the wise beings we are most certainly becoming.
I apologize for recycling some music, I am moving soon and am super busy, but once I’m settled in Prague, I will be making some epic new mixes for you all and with weekly consistency again.
DLM # 124 Not Wasting Energy
Energy is precious, we need to save it for our loving attention to the holiness of life.
DLM # 123 What Is A Jungian Image?
What indeed?
DLM # 122 Threshold Crossings ⛵️
Let there be light!
DLM # 121 The Relgious Life
How can we rescue ourselves from indoctrinated ideas that limit our ability to be in direct communion with the divine?
DLM # 120 Growing Up Strong Like A tree
We’re often blown off course when we see the success and wealth of others and start to feel bad about ourselves. But for those seeking wisdom, the slow maturation process of a tree is a better image to emulate.
DLM # 119 The Psychology of The Pied Piper
We have to be careful what we covet. For every action, there is a reaction.
DLM # 118 Tom Brady, Archetype of Success
A little ditty on the kinds of psychological parameters that give rise to feelings of fulfillment and success in life. The word “success” has been hijacked by the greedy capitalist imagination but in my view, true success is about self-mastery.
****Also, the “Let’s f**cking go” sign-off on today’s sermon is referencing Tom Brady’s oft-repeated call to action.
A recycled music mix from the early days of my mixes, apologies, I’m juggling a lot right now but will have a new mix next week.
DLM # 117 Artemis, Apollo, and the Dance of Oracular Healing
The 2021 Fates & Graces Mythologium was held this weekend and I presented a new paper about the archetypal significance of the pair being twins, among other things.
Ever since Nietzsche wrote The Birth of Tragedy, people have been laying their grievances about the patriarchy and its over-emphasis on rational thought at Apollo’s feet. But to me, Apollo cannot be separated from the imaginal attributes surrounding his myth. In my view, it is really Aristotle we should be complaining about.
Anyway, I turned my conference presentation into a Youtube video which is now moonlighting as this week’s sermon. The work is certainly preachy at times so I think it qualifies as a religious sermon.
This week’s music mix is also recycled because I have been listening to it nonstop since last week. I realized that I’ve had Artemis and Apollo on the brain for a while now and last week’s mix is really about the two of them. See if you can identify which songs invoke Artemis and which Apollo. There’s an epic one that’s really about both of them.
DLM # 116 The Sacred Ecstatic
This week’s verbal sermon is short but packs a serious punch. I had to listen to it myself several times, and each time I was transported. The music, too, is powerful and there are many gods and goddesses in there, inviting us to leave silliness behind and enter into true profundity. There is nothing like mythopoetic language and powerful music to transport us directly into connection with the divine.
DLM # 115 Personal v. Transpersonal
I have discovered recently that people other than those I have reached out to personally have discovered my sermons and have been listening to them every week, so, for those who are interested or have the need, I wanted to announce that I now offer mentoring services: https://luminositymentoring.com/
Enjoy the week and do your best to stay conscious. xo
DLM # 114 Dancing Past Our Defense Mechanisms
DLM # 113 Chaos and Creation
Beware the existential thumb!
DLM # 112 The Chains of Physis
The sermon is long so this part is short.
DLM # 111 The Myth of Cultural Identity
I make the case this week that the rise of machine intelligence encroachment into the depths of our psyches is directly proportional to the rise in individual demand for acknowledgment of unique identity attributes such as gender, race, and cultural heritage.
I’m sharing a link as well to Zuboff’s Op-Ed in the New York Times a few weeks after the January 6th, 2021 capital riot:
DLM # 110 Tussling With Demons
Whenever you need to go down into the depths of profundity and sustain a lengthy sojourn there, listen to E2E4.
Also, here is the website for a scholar, Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, about whom I speak in today’s sermon: https://www.emergencenetwork.org/
DLM # 109 The Parable Of Jesus
I explore the story of Jesus being nailed on a cross between two thieves this week.
And the music is a mix of some of my favorite songs from past mixes for a demo tape. I was planning on becoming a broadcaster at a radio station in northern California, but they wanted me to keep inserting inane little advertisements into my music every three seconds and I realized it wasn’t my thing.
I’m working on mixing music with sermons in a new podcast-style thing which is more in tune with my spiritual and creative obligations.
DLM # 108 Some Thoughts On The Current Rapture
I get the sense that we are going through The Rapture right now but not really comprehending it consciously.