Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Vectors of Emotion

In the shallow ocean there lived a plant that yearned to escape.  It wanted to be lifted from the ground, assembled from the pieces of primitive geometry into something finer, with perceptions that would grant it access to higher dimensions.  The currents of Neptune beckoned; it was lifted out of the mud by a trident, buoyed up on wreaths of naiads, elevated to the ceiling of aquasheen that covered the canopy of the ocean.  Here was the netherwater, dusted with diamonds of algae, where angelic dolphins descended from the surface, transforming it into a maroon fish that swam among the Platonic solids of Precambrian life.

Hell and Heaven in Eastern Religions

    Contrary to popular opinion, most religions of the east have a version of Hell. They just aren't as widespread in popularity as they...