HeyJaredEsoteric Potato
Exploring the esoteric edges of existence with the energy level of a root vegetable. Personal experiences with the weird and wonderful, thoughtful reflections on mystical traditions, and occasional profound insights from my metaphysical couch
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Piece of What? (opens the original)
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Spring hasn’t sprung this year. It casually walked in during the last month of winter, nodded an acknowledgement and then settled in, not bothering to read the room. It was early with no fucks to give.What does one do when the weather has lost the plot? I went back to the culvert. Obviously.Last time (The Culvert, Again) I
Instructions in Steel and Concrete (opens the original)
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The Culvert, Again (opens the original)
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Sometimes my own stubbornness and refusal to let something go astounds even me. I went back to the culvert. Again.I wrote about it at the beginning of the year, mostly as an example of what everyday animist practice can look like. Sometimes it’s wonderful. Sometimes it’s a Big, Fat Fail. There were a couple of reasons I returned. It’s close to home. It’s pretty, in a hole-through-the-ground kind of way. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to give up.I didn’t go back because I thought it had finally
Small Gods of the Suburbs: Part III (opens the original)
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