Discover the Universe Within

Growing Old Rocks!

Movies and books these days are highly entertaining but not that memorable. The U.S. is striving to create and sustain a golden era of story telling (such as that of ancient Greece or 19th century Russia) but failing. Why is this?

The culture of the United States is obsessed with youth and staying young. No one wants to get old. Yet we love it when a character in a story comes to a crossroads and makes a hard choice that shows how they've matured over the course of the story. They've reached a new level of growth. This is literally character growth. It feeds our subconscious and makes a great story.

Remaining obsessed with youth is resistance to growth. Growth is good. Growth is life...

Ritual, SpiritualityJames MoranJuly 26, 2018Old age, Growth, Rituals, Elders, Strength, Movies, BooksComment

Spontaneous Ritual and the Unexpected

Spontaneous Ritual is seeing every event in life as a ritual to honor the divine. Celebrating spontaneous ritual does not mean we have to stop creating our own intentional rituals. But it does mean that we don't have to stress about the perfection of our rituals...

Ritual, Astrology, SynchronicityJames MoranSeptember 27, 2017Spontaneous Ritual, Venus, SynchronicityComment

Spontaneous Ritual

One day recently I noticed that the Moon would cross my ascendant in Gemini at the very same moment that the Moon would rise over the eastern horizon that day. This occurrence is rare enough that I wanted to design a ritual to honor it...

Ritual, AstrologyJames MoranAugust 24, 2017Spontaneous Ritual, Moon, Gemini, AscendantComment