Mythos Braid

Braid – American Gods

Gaiman’s American Gods suggests the vibrational substance of gods persists in objects and belief. The Mythica goes further: sanskaric impressions of mythic lineages are embedded…

Braid – Encountering Sacred Sites

Extended bardic quest through sacred sites: Mt. Shasta, Crestone Colorado, Scotland, Oregon. Attended the Faery Congress in Twisp, Washington. Encountered druids, bards, fairy-world travelers. Also…

Braid – The Eros Wound

In 2009, the Quest led Peter to Livingwell — a nature spirit sanctuary in the Deadwood forest of Oregon, consecrated to the nature spirits and…

Braid – Bondage & Liberation – Is God Good?

A genuine unresolved question running through the entire Quest: is God good, or indifferent? The bondage problem: consciousness evolves from ignorance toward realization, meaning actions…

Braid – Crown to Ground

The consciousness configured to see the subtle world was configured away from the earth-plane processes needed to build the structure that could carry that vision.…

Braid – Sophia Mythos

Core thread: Sophia lineage as a through-line in the Quest — appears through characters, teachings, places, and the Avalonian/Norse bardic-druidic current. Related-but-separate: Dragon thread (draconic/kundalini/leyline…

Braid – Grove of Life

The World Tree thread is the cosmological spine of the Mythica made visible in lived experience. Key nodes: Times Square stairwell vision 2002 with James…

Braid – Lightning & Glass

This thread tracks photography as a primary technology of the Quest: a devotional relationship with the deva, and a method of documenting movement through states…

Braid – The Modern Myth

Yes, this makes clear sense as its own Story Thread. This thread tracks the role of comic books (and adjacent modern myth: fables, fantasy, mystery-school…