This poem touches upon the devastating impact the Judaeo-Christian concept of Original Sin has had upon the West. It begins by illustrating how the slightest of self-derogatory thoughts arise from external stimuli. Childhood judgements continue once conditioned. Yet this self-immolation has a cure.
This poem is about seeking recognition for its own sake, and believing that any position of authority makes one that authority. That is they identify themselves through title, not being.
These five haikus are based on the Star Ruby as it appears in Liber 333, The Book of Lies (falsely so-called) by Aleister Crowley.
As to verity: I earned my first black belt at 16 in TKD, and went on to learn and teach both gentle and brutal fighting, which required extreme tolerance to pain. Internally, from a yogic point of view, one can be the dog salivating to the bell, or one can dare to use the knowledge for oneself.
This poem is about not trying to carefully plan the perfect moment.
A poem about veils of mind that manifest in the conscious and thereon into the community - noticed or not.
This is a true story. it follows events of the stripping down of the author's identity into an entirely new and inverted existence. BH 666 was a real place. The topics to be explored are mental health (some quite dark), gender identity, spiritual growth, politics related to the aforementioned etc.
This poem was conceived after reading Fabre d'Olivet's Pythagorean Golden Verses. It is best understood following loosely along with each of the verses.