Michael Carter
@michael-carter.bsky.social
The Magician
Leonora Carrington
1955
Leonora Carrington
1955
October 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Magician
Leonora Carrington
1955
Leonora Carrington
1955
Highlights from Occult Humanities Conference 2025:
My presentation “On the Threshold of a Cosmic Self: Re-Spiritualizing Art After the Postmodern.”
My presentation “On the Threshold of a Cosmic Self: Re-Spiritualizing Art After the Postmodern.”
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Highlights from Occult Humanities Conference 2025:
My presentation “On the Threshold of a Cosmic Self: Re-Spiritualizing Art After the Postmodern.”
My presentation “On the Threshold of a Cosmic Self: Re-Spiritualizing Art After the Postmodern.”
Reading the paired texts is very illuminating. Seems like she’s trying to harmonize pre-modern and modern metaphysics while allowing space for a Christian perspective of the whole thing. It’s all very Anthroposophical…
May 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reading the paired texts is very illuminating. Seems like she’s trying to harmonize pre-modern and modern metaphysics while allowing space for a Christian perspective of the whole thing. It’s all very Anthroposophical…
May 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
My exhibition, The Outer Planets opens this Saturday at the Philosophical Research Society.
“Beginning with the discovery of Uranus in 1781… the revelations of the outer planets marked a time of unprecedented change in our understanding of the cosmos & our relationship to it.”
“Beginning with the discovery of Uranus in 1781… the revelations of the outer planets marked a time of unprecedented change in our understanding of the cosmos & our relationship to it.”
April 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My exhibition, The Outer Planets opens this Saturday at the Philosophical Research Society.
“Beginning with the discovery of Uranus in 1781… the revelations of the outer planets marked a time of unprecedented change in our understanding of the cosmos & our relationship to it.”
“Beginning with the discovery of Uranus in 1781… the revelations of the outer planets marked a time of unprecedented change in our understanding of the cosmos & our relationship to it.”
Installing Jupiter conjunct Saturn @prslosangeles.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Installing Jupiter conjunct Saturn @prslosangeles.bsky.social
A sublime through-line.
“Which four people have had the biggest influence on your thinking?”
“Which four people have had the biggest influence on your thinking?”
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A sublime through-line.
“Which four people have had the biggest influence on your thinking?”
“Which four people have had the biggest influence on your thinking?”
The Divine Harmony: The Friend of all that lives and breathes
from Alan Leo’s Esoteric Astrology, 1913
from Alan Leo’s Esoteric Astrology, 1913
April 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Divine Harmony: The Friend of all that lives and breathes
from Alan Leo’s Esoteric Astrology, 1913
from Alan Leo’s Esoteric Astrology, 1913
Bartholdi clearly intended these resonances. I like the idea we can simply acknowledge this as fact and consider instead why he chose to monumentalize these ancient symbols at the opening of Modernity.
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Bartholdi clearly intended these resonances. I like the idea we can simply acknowledge this as fact and consider instead why he chose to monumentalize these ancient symbols at the opening of Modernity.
It’s Isis. The veil of Isis, the light of Isis, etc. Isis as the wisdom of Egypt transmitted to the East. /
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s Isis. The veil of Isis, the light of Isis, etc. Isis as the wisdom of Egypt transmitted to the East. /
It’s usually described as an Egyptian peasant, often a slave, “unshackled and bringing the light of Egypt to Asia.” But if you look it at, she’s clearly wearing a crown. /
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s usually described as an Egyptian peasant, often a slave, “unshackled and bringing the light of Egypt to Asia.” But if you look it at, she’s clearly wearing a crown. /
TIL: The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (a French Freemason), previously designed another monumental statue. It was intended for the mouth of the Suez Canal but never realized. /
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
TIL: The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (a French Freemason), previously designed another monumental statue. It was intended for the mouth of the Suez Canal but never realized. /
Wishing you light and love on this longest night. Brighter days ahead.
December 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Wishing you light and love on this longest night. Brighter days ahead.
The Average Man in Love
December 14, 2024 at 2:26 AM
The Average Man in Love
Peladan’s L’Androgyne, 1891
Cover by Alexandre Séon
Cover by Alexandre Séon
December 7, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Peladan’s L’Androgyne, 1891
Cover by Alexandre Séon
Cover by Alexandre Séon
Flower mandala for thanksgiving
Pacific Palisades, CA
Pacific Palisades, CA
November 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Flower mandala for thanksgiving
Pacific Palisades, CA
Pacific Palisades, CA
Painting by Ramiro Rodriguez, 2024
November 24, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Painting by Ramiro Rodriguez, 2024
Yeah, I also haven’t read Esoteric Buddhism in full. What I have read though, Sinnett’s presentation is often easier to parse than the SD.
November 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Yeah, I also haven’t read Esoteric Buddhism in full. What I have read though, Sinnett’s presentation is often easier to parse than the SD.
I also haven’t read these in full but the TOC is very detailed. Seems to start around Letter XIII…
November 16, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I also haven’t read these in full but the TOC is very detailed. Seems to start around Letter XIII…
Study for Jupiter conjunct Saturn.
I’m using the correspondence chart from the Esoteric Section Instruction No. I, 1890, for the form and colors.
I’m using the correspondence chart from the Esoteric Section Instruction No. I, 1890, for the form and colors.
October 13, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Study for Jupiter conjunct Saturn.
I’m using the correspondence chart from the Esoteric Section Instruction No. I, 1890, for the form and colors.
I’m using the correspondence chart from the Esoteric Section Instruction No. I, 1890, for the form and colors.
Venus Opposition Chiron (for Diedrick), 2024
The minor planet Chiron was identified in 1977 at Palomar Observatory. It’s named for the wisest and most just centaur of Greek mythology. In astrology, Chiron symbolizes the “wounded healer”: our deepest wound and our efforts to heal that wound.
The minor planet Chiron was identified in 1977 at Palomar Observatory. It’s named for the wisest and most just centaur of Greek mythology. In astrology, Chiron symbolizes the “wounded healer”: our deepest wound and our efforts to heal that wound.
September 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Venus Opposition Chiron (for Diedrick), 2024
The minor planet Chiron was identified in 1977 at Palomar Observatory. It’s named for the wisest and most just centaur of Greek mythology. In astrology, Chiron symbolizes the “wounded healer”: our deepest wound and our efforts to heal that wound.
The minor planet Chiron was identified in 1977 at Palomar Observatory. It’s named for the wisest and most just centaur of Greek mythology. In astrology, Chiron symbolizes the “wounded healer”: our deepest wound and our efforts to heal that wound.
The notion of energetically charging quartz crystals is an example of sympathetic magic. The piezoelectric qualities of the quartz stands as an analog for crystal’s metaphysical capacity to accumulate spiritualized intention.
August 15, 2024 at 1:57 AM
The notion of energetically charging quartz crystals is an example of sympathetic magic. The piezoelectric qualities of the quartz stands as an analog for crystal’s metaphysical capacity to accumulate spiritualized intention.
Study for an astrological focus, Venus Opposition Chiron.
“Chiron's position in the chart illuminates where one has been wounded & also where there’s the opportunity for discovering healing from within and sharing these insights with others.”
“Chiron's position in the chart illuminates where one has been wounded & also where there’s the opportunity for discovering healing from within and sharing these insights with others.”
June 26, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Study for an astrological focus, Venus Opposition Chiron.
“Chiron's position in the chart illuminates where one has been wounded & also where there’s the opportunity for discovering healing from within and sharing these insights with others.”
“Chiron's position in the chart illuminates where one has been wounded & also where there’s the opportunity for discovering healing from within and sharing these insights with others.”
Joseph Parker, Dawn of the Aquarian Age, 1967
June 23, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Joseph Parker, Dawn of the Aquarian Age, 1967
Attended a proper, anthroposophical lecture, complete with blackboard.
Rudolf Steiner Community Center, Pasadena.
Rudolf Steiner Community Center, Pasadena.
June 16, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Attended a proper, anthroposophical lecture, complete with blackboard.
Rudolf Steiner Community Center, Pasadena.
Rudolf Steiner Community Center, Pasadena.