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#esotericbookchallenge #bookgang #pagansky #witchsky #peterkingsley #ancientinscription #Parmenides #kouros #heka #Posidonia #oracle
January 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Sharing books is one of my favorite things!
#esotericbookchallenge #bookgang #pagansky #witchsky #peterkingsley #ancientinscription #Parmenides #kouros #heka #Posidonia #oracle
#esotericbookchallenge #bookgang #pagansky #witchsky #peterkingsley #ancientinscription #Parmenides #kouros #heka #Posidonia #oracle
To be real about the sacred is to see not just what inside us is not sacred–but what it is inside us that’s against the sacred.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
To be real about the sacred is to see not just what inside us is not sacred–but what it is inside us that’s against the sacred.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
#PETERKINGSLEY ON THE NATURE OF TRUE LUCK
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
March 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#PETERKINGSLEY ON THE NATURE OF TRUE LUCK
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Real #mysticism is to abandon any possible identification and, from moment to moment, surrender everything—which is why scepticism is the most mystical attitude of all.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
December 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Real #mysticism is to abandon any possible identification and, from moment to moment, surrender everything—which is why scepticism is the most mystical attitude of all.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
But it also symbolizes the mysterious lineage which stretches from the founders of Western civilization, through Hermetic and then Sufi tradition, into the present time.”
- #PeterKingsley
- #PeterKingsley
December 11, 2024 at 5:04 AM
But it also symbolizes the mysterious lineage which stretches from the founders of Western civilization, through Hermetic and then Sufi tradition, into the present time.”
- #PeterKingsley
- #PeterKingsley
Longing is what turns us inside out until we find the sun and the moon and stars inside.
- #PeterKingsley
- #PeterKingsley
April 30, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Longing is what turns us inside out until we find the sun and the moon and stars inside.
- #PeterKingsley
- #PeterKingsley
This time a year ago scholar of western #esotericism @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social, inspired by #PeterKingsley and his stduies in the Hermetica, wrote on the riddle of the poem of #Parmenides, who founded 'Western' logic on a vision of a goddess ...
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A Poem at the Edge of Reality
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December 3, 2024 at 7:36 PM
This time a year ago scholar of western #esotericism @wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.social, inspired by #PeterKingsley and his stduies in the Hermetica, wrote on the riddle of the poem of #Parmenides, who founded 'Western' logic on a vision of a goddess ...
wouterjhanegraaff.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-po...
wouterjhanegraaff.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-po...
Real #mysticism is to abandon any possible identification and, from moment to moment, surrender everything—which is why scepticism is the most mystical attitude of all.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
December 29, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Real #mysticism is to abandon any possible identification and, from moment to moment, surrender everything—which is why scepticism is the most mystical attitude of all.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
#PETERKINGSLEY ON OUR REAL, TRUE LUCK
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
#PETERKINGSLEY ON OUR REAL, TRUE LUCK
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
"If you’re lucky, at some point in your life you’ll come to a complete dead end.
March 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
A new book from #PeterKingsley is imminent on "the meaning of education, the dangers of imitation, the purpose of alchemy, the true roots of #Sufism ... Pythagoras and Socrates, Empedocles, Parmenides and Heraclitus, Aeschylus and Solon, Dhu’l-Nun and Suhrawardi."
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THE WATCHING WORDS (hardcover 2026) | Peter Kingsley
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July 28, 2026 at 12:09 PM
A new book from #PeterKingsley is imminent on "the meaning of education, the dangers of imitation, the purpose of alchemy, the true roots of #Sufism ... Pythagoras and Socrates, Empedocles, Parmenides and Heraclitus, Aeschylus and Solon, Dhu’l-Nun and Suhrawardi."
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That’s where the path really begins–with the realization that the only light which is going to be of any genuine use or value to us is the light we manage to bring, like a new sun, out from the darkness inside ourselves.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
November 23, 2024 at 1:37 PM
That’s where the path really begins–with the realization that the only light which is going to be of any genuine use or value to us is the light we manage to bring, like a new sun, out from the darkness inside ourselves.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
The #unconscious is the problem and the unconscious, if we consciously watch and humbly wait as only a real prophet knows how to, is its own solution.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The #unconscious is the problem and the unconscious, if we consciously watch and humbly wait as only a real prophet knows how to, is its own solution.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
Then, if you’re ready, you’ll start to discover inside yourself what you always longed for but were never able to find."
- #PeterKingsley, ‘The Dark Places of Wisdom’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘The Dark Places of Wisdom’
March 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Then, if you’re ready, you’ll start to discover inside yourself what you always longed for but were never able to find."
- #PeterKingsley, ‘The Dark Places of Wisdom’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘The Dark Places of Wisdom’
The numinous is, very simply, the experience of the impossible in our lives. And that raw impossibility somehow never fits too well into human systems.
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
November 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
The numinous is, very simply, the experience of the impossible in our lives. And that raw impossibility somehow never fits too well into human systems.
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
#Empedocles says right at the beginning of his poetry: the senses are given to us from the gods as gifts. They are what make us immortal but we don’t know how to use them.
- #PeterKingsley
- #PeterKingsley
April 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
#Empedocles says right at the beginning of his poetry: the senses are given to us from the gods as gifts. They are what make us immortal but we don’t know how to use them.
- #PeterKingsley
- #PeterKingsley
#PETERKINGSLEY ON WHAT HOLDS THE WORLD TOGETHER
"The golden chain is an ancient symbol of the power that holds the universe together and connects this world of time to the world of eternity.
"The golden chain is an ancient symbol of the power that holds the universe together and connects this world of time to the world of eternity.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#PETERKINGSLEY ON WHAT HOLDS THE WORLD TOGETHER
"The golden chain is an ancient symbol of the power that holds the universe together and connects this world of time to the world of eternity.
"The golden chain is an ancient symbol of the power that holds the universe together and connects this world of time to the world of eternity.
The underworld for #Jung is the same underworld for #Parmenides or the underworld now. It's just waiting for anyone crazy to be taken there.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
July 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The underworld for #Jung is the same underworld for #Parmenides or the underworld now. It's just waiting for anyone crazy to be taken there.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
What a spiritual practice actually looks like, courtesy of #PeterKingsley via @sophiacycles.bsky.social:
September 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM
What a spiritual practice actually looks like, courtesy of #PeterKingsley via @sophiacycles.bsky.social:
#PETERKINGSLEY ON LONGING
"You can see it with people who love the divine, or God — who miss what doesn’t even exist for anyone else. With people who want this or that, there’s always the risk that their wanting will be fulfilled.
"You can see it with people who love the divine, or God — who miss what doesn’t even exist for anyone else. With people who want this or that, there’s always the risk that their wanting will be fulfilled.
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
#PETERKINGSLEY ON LONGING
"You can see it with people who love the divine, or God — who miss what doesn’t even exist for anyone else. With people who want this or that, there’s always the risk that their wanting will be fulfilled.
"You can see it with people who love the divine, or God — who miss what doesn’t even exist for anyone else. With people who want this or that, there’s always the risk that their wanting will be fulfilled.
The numinous is, very simply, the experience of the impossible in our lives. And that raw impossibility somehow never fits too well into human systems.
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The numinous is, very simply, the experience of the impossible in our lives. And that raw impossibility somehow never fits too well into human systems.
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
At the same time, there is no limit to human resourcefulness in escaping the impossible.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘ #Catafalque’
The numinous is, very simply, the experience of the impossible in our lives.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
November 19, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The numinous is, very simply, the experience of the impossible in our lives.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
We are happy to recognize the archetypal reality of anything at all, except ourselves.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We are happy to recognize the archetypal reality of anything at all, except ourselves.
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’
- #PeterKingsley, ‘Catafalque’