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Relevant post at former blog-turned-hub site, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵; and connected Twitter/𝕏 post on my—gradually-vanishing/being dismantled!—Twi[𝕏]tter acct., @ Empty_Sky_93 〔NOTE: no space after "@"〕can be seen here in the following/below/attached to this reply screen-shots (+: see ALT text!) ...:

Screen-shot of post by me (Vincent St. Clare) on my [gradually-vanishing/being dismantled/transferred to Bluesky] Twitter/X/𝕏 page/acct.—@Empty_Sky_93—featuring info and link to post "UPDATE V: "There's Nothing Special About Meditation"", a post—pub. online on May 3, 2020—at my (VﬆC) former blog (established 2014)-turned-hub/"nexus" site, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 (no relation to the band of the same name; [hyper-]link/URL (CURRENT): <TheGrandTangent.WordPress.com>; formerly (DEFUNCT link/URL—to be restored in the future (hopefully! ...)) <TheGrandTangent.com >).

Text of 𝕏 post—linking to 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 post, which likewise links to my essay "There's Nothing Special About Meditation" as published in 2020 in Thelemic Union—as follows:

❝UPDATE V: “There’s Nothing Special About Meditation” thegrandtangent.com/2020/05/03/upd…❞

Screen-shot of "UPDATE V: "There's Nothing Special About Meditation"" post—May 3, 2020—at my (Vincent St. Clare) former blog (established 2014)-turned-hub/"nexus" site, *THE GRAND TANGENT* (no relation to the band of the same name; [hyper-]link/URL (CURRENT): < TheGrandTangent.WordPress.com >; formerly (DEFUNCT link/URL) < TheGrandTangent.com >).

Post (on 'The Grand Tangent') features the following text:

❝I have published an article in Thelemic Union: “There’s Nothing Special About Meditation“.

This briefly covers the connection between Zen master Eihei Dogen’s notion of meditation as perfection and founder of Thelema Aleister Crowley’s idea of one’s present incarnation being “perfect”.

Feel free to read it!❞

— 'vﬆc'

December 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

#spirituality ( #Adi-Nath / #Nath Sampradāya, #Advaita #Vedanta, #Vajrayāna Buddhist + #Bönpo #Dzogchen, #Zen #Buddhism (incl. #Fuke-shū, #Rinzai, #Sotō, #Ōbaku, &c.), &c.); #Daoic thought (incl. #Daojia); &c.), of other mixtures of #illuminationist + #liberationist thought.
〔7/7〕
～ #VﬆC, 12.13.2025

December 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

⬌❝𝙉𝙖𝙝. 𝘼 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝘾𝘽𝙈 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧. 𝘼 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 ~ 4.18 × 10^15 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩.❞
— ⸘♛𓂀♕⸘ [/𝙫ﬆ𝙘/ᵐᵒᶦ [⁺ "ᴬ'ᶦóⁿⁿᵒᵐᶦⁿᵃᵇᶦᵐᵃᵗᵗᵒ..."]], ¹⁰.¹⁰.²⁰²⁴, ᶦⁿ ᵖᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ [ᵐᵘʰ] 𝕏 ᶠᵉᵃᵗ. ˢⁿᵃʳᵏʸ ʳᵉˢᵖᵒⁿˢᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵍ⁰⁰ᶠʸ ᵐᵉᵉᵐ ⁽ᵛᶦᵃ 'ʸᵒᵘ & ᴹᵉ' ~ ᶠᵃᶜᵉᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᵖᵃᵍᵉ⁾; ᵈᵉᵃˡᶦⁿ' ʷ/ ᴿᴱᴬᴸ ᶦˢˢᵘᵉˢ!

A goofy, though light-hearted/wholesome, meme via Facebook page 'You & Me' ⬌ SCREEN-SHOT 3 of 3.

$❝"Nah. A thermonuclear ICBM is definitely stronger. A one megaton payload delivers ~ 4.18 × 10^15 joules of energy on impact." — ⸘♛𓂀♕⸘ [/𝙫ﬆ𝙘/moi [+ "A'iónnominabimatto..."]] (Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C.I./_UNKNOWN_CROWN\《𝚟_ﬆ_𝚌\𝚌æ[𓇯𓂋⭙𓋴]𝚒𝓃𝓃 (ᴄ.∴ɪ.)\‽𓂀♛⸘ (U._C.)\«V.[es.]_[A']Inn.'-i'Mat.–d'S'gr.' (🝯 𓇳♀⛥✫_⸘⓪🃏︎🩸☩𐃯)»》, 10.10.2024, in post on [muh] 𝕏—"Twi𝕏ter"—feat. a snarky response to a goofy, though light-hearted/wholesome, meme (via Facebook page 'You & Me'); dealin' with the REAL issues out here!❞ ⬌ SCREEN-SHOT (of post) 2 of 3.$ $❝"Nah. A thermonuclear ICBM is definitely stronger. A one megaton payload delivers ~ 4.18 × 10^15 joules of energy on impact." — ⸘♛𓂀♕⸘ [/𝙫ﬆ𝙘/moi [+ "A'iónnominabimatto..."]] (Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C.I./_UNKNOWN_CROWN\《𝚟_ﬆ_𝚌\𝚌æ[𓇯𓂋⭙𓋴]𝚒𝓃𝓃 (ᴄ.∴ɪ.)\‽𓂀♛⸘ (U._C.)\«V.[es.]_[A']Inn.'-i'Mat.–d'S'gr.' (🝯 𓇳♀⛥✫_⸘⓪🃏︎🩸☩𐃯)»》, 10.10.2024, in post on [muh] 𝕏—"Twi𝕏ter"—feat. a snarky response to a goofy, though light-hearted/wholesome, meme (via Facebook page 'You & Me'); dealin' with the REAL issues out here!❞ ⬌ SCREEN-SHOT (of post) 1 of 3.$

December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

〔ᴍᴏʀᴇ Qᴜᴏᴛᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴘᴏꜱᴛ:〕
❝... each [one]... has... to do battle with... #Truth... on their own... [in] a #world... uniquely their[s]... Truth... is as much a #tool as anything...; we've... many... [for] #building #within us the #Temple in which Our #Nature will appear clearly...❞
— ‽♛𓂀♕⸘ ～ #VﬆC, '25

December 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

〔Excerpt ( #VﬆC):〕

"All teachers, thinkers, philosophers, prophets, and other such individuals have always had... will always have, their own portions of the truth. Yet all truth IS partial, and all partial truths are... parallel... "all truth is parallel", "all truth is untrue"..."

【ᴠɪᴅᴇ: 1334】

December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

" #A—Ω" —micro- #poem, writen c. '07 by Vincent St. Clare; '16 rec.: #V_St._C (voice) & #QT (percussion, mixing, editing); '24 #vid: #VﬆC ~ #audiovisualized (as displayed @ [my] YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, &c. [pages]). #Video ed./№. ❶ of ❷.

〔See ⤵️ for related info + vid ed./№. ❷ of ❷...〕

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽}) @vincentstclare.bsky.social · 10d

⁹/⁶ 〔What was the point of presupposing the number of replies necessary, anyway?〕: ⤵️

➤ 《「 A—Ω 」(orig. poem writ. c. 2007; 2016 audio rec. (w/ Q.T.); 2024 vid; by V. St. Clare/"Vee" A'iónnominabilistūm-il'Matto Sangre'adalæaionós—yada yada) ~ 'audio[-]visualized' poem recitation‐vid》
➤ 🎦 vers. ❶/❷:

December 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM

Allegheny County Treasurer's Office

@actreasurer.alleghenycountytreasurer.us

The Treasurer's Office has completed its first year of implementation for the Volunteer Service Tax Credit (VSTC) program, which provides eligible volunteer emergency servicemembers with a tax rebate.

Check out this by the numbers overview in the slides below and learn more at tr.ee/6EGrNF

December 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

【An aside: Though it's def outdated and needs revision, you may find my blog post (article/essay) «Mystical Aesthetics», pub. 09.23.2014 on my blog-turned-"hub" (WordPress) site 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵, intriguing: < thegrandtangent.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/m... >】

#VincentStClare #VStC #TheGrandTangent

Mystical Aesthetics

“By losing myself in the colors and shapes around me I seemed to become very detached… The feeling wasn’t only caused by observing, being aware of, “beautiful” things,…

thegrandtangent.wordpress.com

November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM

Rep. John Inglis

@repinglis.com

Volunteer Service Tax Credit Applications Open Tomorrow:

VSTC provides active service members of volunteer fire companies or nonprofit emergency services with a real estate tax incentive for their primary residence.

Questions? Call our Office at (412) 466-1940

October 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM

4 Random Letters

@4randomletters.bsky.social

4 random letters (VSTC)

Random letters: VSTC
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September 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Vincent St. Clare (Fr. C∴I/U_C {⸘🜲‽})

@vincentstclare.bsky.social

『 The Fractured Truth 』
~ via Vincent St. Clare (2006)

▶ (Fully #digital: “Text-play” and #graphic design development and alterations in #MS #Paint and #GIMP ( #Windows #XP ).)
▶ ༜ [ 2006 — #juvenilia ]
#2006art #2006illustration #2000sart #DeviantArt #2000s #mid00s #TheGrandTangent #VStC

August 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM

Clyde Barnchaser

@clydebarnchaser.bsky.social

Dennis van Aarssen, “That’s Life”
youtu.be/vSTC-thg9oo

That’s Life

YouTube video by Dennis van Aarssen - Topic

youtu.be

June 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM

CyKoore 🇨🇦 🍉

@cykoore.bsky.social

I am.

I do not blame the American populace.

I don't think this could have been avoided.

Merrick Garland and Moscow Mitch should never have another peaceful moment for the remainder of their lives.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VstC...