The Dark Twins
Mystic Tape Deck · The Dark Twins On the darkest day, before the light was shone upon the world again A binodal entity emerges from the wilting lotus with a
The Professor
Mystic Tape Deck · The Professor A constructed visage, a fabricated guise, a finished frontispiece Worn to conceal, instead reveals, worn to reveal, in return conceals Reposed in authority, to
The Smith
Asleep for eons inside the murky midnight of cavernous maw, deep beneath the mountain, a faint mechanical whirring… … Continue readingThe Smith
The Librarian
Mystic Tape Deck · The Librarian Lurking behind the vibrational excitement of the luminous veil Forged amid the diaphanous leaves of dusty ancient tomes A yearning to shed this putrid
Under The Cloak: Celebrating The Creative Demi-Urge
Part one in a series outlining doctrine and practices of the Cloak of Nazili in modern times The Cloak, at least in the most modern contemporary sense, is a voluntary
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The Grave Digger
Mystic Tape Deck · The Grave Digger Pulling on the mud caked creased and drawn leather boots Feet cold, atonic and rheumatic, bunions bulging, inflamed Shabby woolen blanket tossed aside
The Forest Witch
In a cloistered hermitage hidden from the eyes of the prying
Reached only through the careful divination of echoes … Continue readingThe Forest Witch
The Roadside Ghost
Out here the sky is just wider they say
The cold is much colder, the dry much drier
And the wild is just wilder
It will change you without your permission … Continue readingThe Roadside Ghost
The Technician
Resistors, Capacitors, Transistors, Inductors, Transformers, and switches, The technician creates the technician who creates the technician … Continue readingThe Technician
The Vintner
The universe distilled … Continue readingThe Vintner
The Mountebank
Two pennies a vial, and a free nightly puppet show. … Continue readingThe Mountebank
The Cynic
The shepherd leads the sheep along the winding rutted path.
Their gentle bleating falls hollow amongst the cushions of corpses.
Nooses numbering eight tether them tightly ‘round their fattened necks. … Continue readingThe Cynic
The King In Yellow
The late 80’s and early 90’s were a very active time for The Cloak, especially along the I-5 corridor in the United States. One of the most significant hotbeds of
The Story of the Forest Witch
Long ago, beyond the mists which lie just inside the forest’s edge, among the gnarled roots of the most ancient of yews, sat the forest witch upon her verdant mossy
To Bend The Law
“This, then, is the doctrine of the resurrection. We do not believe–at least I do not–that law has been rudely violated in one extraordinary and unparalleled episode. We believe that
I Am The Light
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” – Plato “There are very
Rubbing
“Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with
The Panspermic Abiogenesis of Gaia
“When in the height heaven was not named, and the earth beneath did not yet bear a name, and the primeval Apsu, who begat them, and chaos, Tiamut, the mother
Micaloz Experiences his First Samadhi and Gets a Glimpse of the True Wheel
The room was lit by the dancing orange light of a single lantern on the small table. Sweet smelling smoke drifted up from the silver censer and hung in
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Into the Fray – Interviews with Micaloz From The Cosimo Records
“Do you feel it when it happens? What does it feel like?” The lights in the parlor were dim, a single lantern flickered with the draft flowing under the old
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A Chance Encounter, Too True To Be Good
The Journey to Constantinople Micaloz arrived in Constantinople just as the sun had set on an early spring evening, smells of cinnamon, frankincense and sea salt air wafting on a