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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

Slowcore and the Inner Genius

Liturgy at Black Stone Sanctuary

Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

On Religious Place-Making and the Sacristan Role

Episcopagan: Why This Polytheist Attended an Episcopal Church

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

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monasticism(10)

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Black Stone Sanctuary

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.

Most popular by Black Stone Sanctuary

Welcome to Black Stone Sanctuary

Slowcore and the Inner Genius

Liturgy at Black Stone Sanctuary

Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

On Religious Place-Making and the Sacristan Role

Episcopagan: Why This Polytheist Attended an Episcopal Church

Black Stone Sanctuary

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

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Monasticism - Black Stone Sanctuary

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Why Do Polytheists and Animists Need Monasteries?

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

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Why Do Polytheists and Animists Need Monasteries?

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

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The Contemplative Practice of Accepting Limits

Following the ways of non-contrivance means learning to release habits of effortful pursuit, and confronting the limits of conscious objectives.

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The Contemplative Practice of Accepting Limits

Following the ways of non-contrivance means learning to release habits of effortful pursuit, and confronting the limits of conscious objectives.

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Episcopagan: Why This Polytheist Attended an Episcopal Church

A polytheist rants about the dearth of organized religious infrastructure in Paganism, recounts a visit to an Episcopalian church, and reflects on the personal cost of 25+ years in a minority religious movement.

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Episcopagan: Why This Polytheist Attended an Episcopal Church

A polytheist rants about the dearth of organized religious infrastructure in Paganism, recounts a visit to an Episcopalian church, and reflects on the personal cost of 25+ years in a minority religious movement.

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Liturgy at Black Stone Sanctuary

The Sanctuary's experimental liturgical framework for Pagan polytheist monastics (prayer, hymn, chant) centers on Holy Darkness and pre-Christian Nordic/Germanic Holy Powers.

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Liturgy at Black Stone Sanctuary

The Sanctuary's experimental liturgical framework for Pagan polytheist monastics (prayer, hymn, chant) centers on Holy Darkness and pre-Christian Nordic/Germanic Holy Powers.

2 collected

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Slowcore and the Inner Genius

What is slowcore? And why did Danica + Trish decide to launch their niche Pagan polytheist monastery-bootstrapping project on Farcaster?

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Slowcore and the Inner Genius

What is slowcore? And why did Danica + Trish decide to launch their niche Pagan polytheist monastery-bootstrapping project on Farcaster?

4 collected

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

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

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

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

1 collected

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Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

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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Came for a Goddess, Stayed for the Darkness

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

1 collected

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Welcome to 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.

4 collected

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Welcome to 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.

4 collected

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Darkness Incubation as Attention Restoration

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

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Darkness Incubation as Attention Restoration

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

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

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

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

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

1 collected