The Consolation of No Exit

Dear Living Dark reader,

My focus here has always been double, encompassing both creativity and the daemon muse on the one hand and nonduality and self-realization on the other, with a theme of cosmic dread or horror winding its way through. Today’s post is, on the surface, located wholly within the spiritual wing. But I think it also includes the others, even if only implicitly. I say this simply to set the tone.

I was reading a recent essay by the spiritual/nondual writer and teacher in her won...