Ritual and Routine by Ker Garin, Imperium Lodge | August 20, 2025 The purpose of ritual is to awaken consciousness. We all have our mundane rituals, whether it is daily hygiene or the path by which we drive to work or school, if we even drive at all. In the novel “Way Of The Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman (a semi-autobiography), Dan is a student-athlete at Berkeley in the 1960s and befriends an elderly gentleman who works at an all-night gas station. He calls him Socrates, and they have many philosophical conversations. They discuss matters of life including relationships, politics,

Still Waters and Silent Witness : Meditation and the Three-Fold Mind Understanding Meditation Through the Subconscious, Self-Conscious, and Superconscious Mind by Brian S | July 23, 2025 Meditation is a topic with no shortage of wise voices and ancient systems. I’m not trying to propose some new ground breaking system, just to offer a perspective that’s helped me, and maybe it will help you, too. This is not an expert lecture, but a shared reflection. Let’s start with the three-level model of the mind: subconscious, self-conscious, and superconscious. This is not a clinical framework, but a practical one. The subconscious

Bupkis and The Beggar by Penny O | July 1, 2025 Nothing. Naught. Nil. Diddly. Goose-egg. Bupkis. Zilch. Zip. Zero. No matter how you say it, the number zero is more than just… nothing. As a number it’s a compelling concept that revolutionized mathematics and science. And in its contradictory nature, zero has played a unique part in the enrichment and elevation of philosophy and esoteric wisdom, allowing for deeper understanding of what is, while compelling us to consider what isn’t. Zero, in spite of being the lowest of numbers, nobly wields the power to express the inconceivable for it