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My new ebook: "Transmitting Vision: Essays on the Writer's Path"

Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on creativity for writers, situated at the intersection of religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, and the numinous unknown.

Dear Living Dark reader,

As previously promised, here is my new ebook, which I created as a gift to all subscribers to this publication. Scroll to the bottom of this post for the download link.

This short book brings together seven of my previously unpublished essays, spanni...

One Year of The Living Dark

Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on creativity for writers, situated at the intersection of religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, and the numinous unknown.

Dear Living Dark readers,

The older I get, the more the passing of time seems like a numinous mystery. Holidays and milestones, which we use for marking and hallowing time, amplify this feeling.

That’s why it is with a sense of strange half-vertigo that I observe today’s an...

One Way to Resurrect Your Writer's Daemon

Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on creativity for writers, situated at the intersection of religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, and the numinous unknown.

Dear Living Dark readers,

Recently someone approached me with a poignant question: “How do I resurrect my daemon?” He said he has been doing technical writing for many years, and has even written four technical books, along with many articles. And he feels this has killed h...

Your Zoom Link to My Twitter/X Workshop for Writers

Dear Living Dark reader,

As previously promised, here is your Zoom link (underneath the graphic below) to attend this Thursday’s online workshop “The X Factor: A Workshop for Writers on Mastering Twitter/X to Grow Readership.” The event is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST, on Thursday, September 7.

I will be teaching the workshop for an audience…

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Taking Authentic Action in the Eternal Now (Cosmic Creativity 3)

Dear Living Dark reader,

This is the third installment in my Cosmic Creativity essay series. It starts in medias res, so be sure that you’re fully caught up with the first two installments before diving in:

Resistance Is the Enemy Within (Cosmic Creativity 1)

Unraveling the Illusion of Resistance and Tapping the Flow of Creation (Cosmic Creativity 2)

In this third entry, I begin to broaden the scope to encompass more than just writing and creative artistic production as such. The flow of thought and...

A Workshop for Writers on Growing Your Audience

Dear Living Dark readers,

First, I do not actually look like James Bond’s equally dashing but lesser known brother as in the AI-generated photo above.

Second, over this past summer I undertook a self-education project to seriously up my Twitter/X game for the purpose of learning how to increase my engagement with others using that platform, and to link my presence there to my presence here. The results have been swift and significant.

Because of this, I was recently invited by to present the fruit...

Beyond Belief: Reality Is Not a Worldview

Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on creativity for writers, situated at the intersection of religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, and the numinous unknown.

Dear Living Dark readers,

I don’t usually send out posts on Sunday, but today I decided to share with you an effusion of words that just kind of happened when I sat down to write after meditating this morning. In honor of the day, I’ll label this a short sermon, though it’s...

Cosmic Horror, Personal Reality, and Divine Enlightenment

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This week Conner Habib published the first episode in a new series on horror for his popular podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib. I was his featured interviewee, and our conversation we...

Writers: Learn Your Craft

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Here’s a brief note that I hope won’t come off as nothing more than a dyspeptic rant. I didn’t wake up on this fine Saturday morning expecting to write it. However, as explained below, my morn...

The Writer's Paradox: Personal Is Universal

Welcome to The Living Dark. I’m Matt Cardin, and this is my blog/newsletter on creativity for writers, situated at the intersection of religion, horror, nonduality, apocalypse, dystopia, consciousness, culture, and the daemon muse. You can subscribe by clicking this button:

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Dear Living Dark readers,

Here’s a brief meditation on a subject of considerable significance for all writers and creators—and also, as it so happens, for all seekers of spiritual awakening: the relationship betwee...