Black Stone Sanctuary

Black Stone Sanctuary

Black Stone Sanctuary

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Contemplative animist monasticism with a goth nesting instinct — online and onchain.

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Scandinavian Heritage: An Interview with Ulf Söderberg

Ulf Söderberg on his early influences, creative process, literary tastes, Old Norse religion, philosophy of sound design, and career as a pro sound designer.

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Welcome to Black Stone Sanctuary

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Slowcore and the Inner Genius

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Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

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Liturgy at Black Stone Sanctuary

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On Religious Place-Making and the Sacristan Role

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Cave Dwellers Unite

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Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

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Liturgy at Black Stone Sanctuary

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On Religious Place-Making and the Sacristan Role

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Cave Dwellers Unite

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Darkness Incubation as Attention Restoration

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Black Stone Sanctuary uses darkness incubation spaces as tools to promote time spaciousness and attention sovereignty in animist monastic contexts.

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Why Do Polytheists and Animists Need Monasteries?

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Monasteries can support religious aspirations, intentional focus, community cohesion, longevity of traditions, and a sense of belonging outside conventional norms.

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What is Sacred Endarkenment?

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Why is spirituality so often associated with upward movement and driving out the darkness? Explore the value of incubation time in restorative, restful darkness.

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Contemplative Animism and Non-Contrivance: Exploring the Sanctuary's Monastic Rule

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Reflections on the subtleties involved in releasing habits of contrivance and allowing animist monasticism to emerge by "non-doing."

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Cave Dwellers Unite

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In which I speculate about monastic yearnings for "enclosure" and the animist roots of my love of subterranea.

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Contemplative Animist Monasticism: An Interview with Danica Swanson (2018)

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From the Black Stone Sanctuary archives: an interview with Danica Swanson by L. James (2018).

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Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

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Trish Deneen introduces herself, her work with Black Stone Sanctuary, and her affinity for darkness-as-healing. Plus: our first Zorbish Meditation video!

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Welcome to Black Stone Sanctuary

Black Stone Sanctuary

Welcome to our Pagan polytheist monastery-bootstrapping project. We call it contemplative animist monasticism with a goth nesting instinct — online and onchain.

Discover card cover image

Darkness Incubation as Attention Restoration

Black Stone Sanctuary

Black Stone Sanctuary uses darkness incubation spaces as tools to promote time spaciousness and attention sovereignty in animist monastic contexts.

Discover card cover image

Why Do Polytheists and Animists Need Monasteries?

Black Stone Sanctuary

Monasteries can support religious aspirations, intentional focus, community cohesion, longevity of traditions, and a sense of belonging outside conventional norms.

Discover card cover image

What is Sacred Endarkenment?

Black Stone Sanctuary

Why is spirituality so often associated with upward movement and driving out the darkness? Explore the value of incubation time in restorative, restful darkness.

Discover card cover image

Contemplative Animism and Non-Contrivance: Exploring the Sanctuary's Monastic Rule

Black Stone Sanctuary

Reflections on the subtleties involved in releasing habits of contrivance and allowing animist monasticism to emerge by "non-doing."

Discover card cover image

Cave Dwellers Unite

Black Stone Sanctuary

In which I speculate about monastic yearnings for "enclosure" and the animist roots of my love of subterranea.

Discover card cover image

Contemplative Animist Monasticism: An Interview with Danica Swanson (2018)

Black Stone Sanctuary

From the Black Stone Sanctuary archives: an interview with Danica Swanson by L. James (2018).

Discover card cover image

Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

Black Stone Sanctuary

Trish Deneen introduces herself, her work with Black Stone Sanctuary, and her affinity for darkness-as-healing. Plus: our first Zorbish Meditation video!

Discover card cover image

Welcome to Black Stone Sanctuary

Black Stone Sanctuary

Welcome to our Pagan polytheist monastery-bootstrapping project. We call it contemplative animist monasticism with a goth nesting instinct — online and onchain.