Contemplative animist monasticism with a goth nesting instinct — online and onchain.

Danica's ThinkspaceBlog posts from Danica Swanson, founder of Black Stone Sanctuary.
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What is Sacred Endarkenment?

Why is spirituality so often associated with upward movement and driving out the darkness? Explore the value of incubation time in restorative, restful darkness.

Danica's Thinkspace#essays#philosophy#endarkenment#incubation#animism#night#contemplative practice#contemplation#pagan
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The Contemplative Practice of Accepting Limits

Following the ways of non-contrivance means learning to release habits of effortful pursuit, and confronting the limits of conscious objectives.

Danica's Thinkspace#contemplative practice#habits#non-coercion#non-contrivance#monasticism#contemplation
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Contemplative Animism and Non-Contrivance: Exploring the Sanctuary's Monastic Rule

Reflections on the subtleties involved in releasing habits of contrivance and allowing animist monasticism to emerge by "non-doing."

Danica's Thinkspace#monasticism#animism#contemplative practice#contemplation#non-contrivance#non-coercion#philosophy#pagan
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Cave Dwellers Unite

In which I speculate about monastic yearnings for "enclosure" and the animist roots of my love of subterranea.

Danica's Thinkspace#subterranea#caves#incubation#philosophy#lower powers#animism
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On Religious Place-Making and the Sacristan Role

Exploring a sacristan's call to monastic service in the context of contemplative animism and polytheism

Danica's Thinkspace#place-making#religion#spirituality#sacristan#incubation#goth nesting instinct#danica's blog#decorating#shrines
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Episcopagan: Why This Polytheist Attended an Episcopal Church

A polytheist rants about the dearth of organized religious infrastructure in Paganism, recounts a visit to an Episcopalian church, and reflects on the personal cost of 25+ years in a minority religious movement.

Danica's Thinkspace#polytheism#church#rant#portland#oregon#retrospective#religion#spirituality#worship#prayer#community#monasticism#pagan
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Contemplative Animist Monasticism: An Interview with Danica Swanson (2018)

From the Black Stone Sanctuary archives: an interview with Danica Swanson by L. James (2018).

Danica's Thinkspace#interviews#animism#polytheism#hospitality#monasticism#pagan#philosophy#retrospective
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Slowcore and the Inner Genius

What is slowcore? And why did Danica + Trish decide to launch their niche Pagan polytheist monastery-bootstrapping project on Farcaster?

Danica's Thinkspace#slowcore#slow culture#web3#writers#writing#failure#monasticism#farcaster#monastery#scenius#religion#spirituality#pagan#polytheism