this is the black earth.

welcome interdimensional traveler. this location will be your training ground, young spirit. here you will have the opportunity to learn deep knowledge about the nature of this reality. here you can take as much time as you need study. upon your departure, feel free to return at any time to review the available lessons.

It is good to seek the light, though only by turning away from it can we view our own shadows. 

Study the darkness and you will never miss the presence of light. Embrace the light, and you will become darkness itself.

It is good to seek the light, though only by turning away from it can we view our own shadows.

One of the most dangerous social inventions is a well organized system of violent theft combined with an exclusionary moral framework that justifies it. In these societies what looks like intergenerational wealth is actualy multigenerational theft. This stark ethical inconsistency creates an unstable foundation for the civilizations this culture attempts to build which often end up being violent and very short-lived.

AFRO JAZZ

9pm Saturdays at Sahara Lounge, ATX

herbal lore

bacopa (brahmi)
grants greater mental clarity and intellectual prowess.

rooibos (red bush)
restores health and well being without the addictive effects of caffiene.

stinging nettle
gain stregth and resilience with deep tissue nourishment

tulsi (holy basil)
calms nervousness and reduces anxiety while building resistence.

library

The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Chandra Prescod-Weinstein

Xenogensis: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago, Lilith’s Brood
Octavia Butler

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson

eshu / elegba
the wandering child clad in red and black, the trickster residing within the red dirt, keeper of the crossroads, messenger of God, master of fate and destiny, bearer of the crimson feather of endlessly multiplying power, the very embodiment of ashé (the power to make things happen)

ifá
voice of the divine, wisdom of the ancestors, bringer of clarity, home of secrets, dwelling in the palm nuts, guide of divination, companion of osayin

osanyin
gifter of herbal medicine, granter of the knowledge of healing leaves and roots, keeper of the forest, master of the bush, the maimed one, lover of beads, the extremist striving for balance, the arrogance one who was humbled, the tiny voice found in tiny dolls, puppets, and birds, companion of ifá