UPDATE XVII: Visual Art and Projected Writings

Long time no see!

I have added a new page, VISUAL ART, to The Grand Tangent. This page is located as a sub-category under the WORKS page.

The VISUAL ART page features, and will continue to feature, my “art” and illustrations—developed by hand, digitally, or by some mixture of means and materials.

As for my writing, it has been stalled in many ways, but it is moving in a few particular directions: I intend, this year (2023) [I’M AN ETERNAL FLAKE AND STILL WORKING ON ALL OF THIS/ALL OF THE FOLLOWING] (as of March, 2024)!], to (1.) have Easy Noumenon: Early Poems [Revised Version] published online and as an e-book outside of Smashwords, where it’s currently featured, namely at Amazon via Kindle Direct Publishing; (2.) have Easy Noumenon: Early Poems [Revised Version] self-published in print—admittedly in a limited quantity, given financial constraints—(3.) have “Bugs” and a Few Other Stories re-published or re-released in its own revised version, as a self-published e-book; and (4.) have a new, small project I’ve completed [STILL WORKING ON IT (as of March, 2024)!], the chapbook The Waters (A Handful of Poems), released in print (also self-published) in a limited quantity.

This is the cover for my forthcoming chapbook, The Waters (A Handful of Poems) [COVER HAS BEEN CHANGED (as of March, 2024)!]:

All the best.

— V. St. C.

UPDATE XVI: ‘Easy Noumenon: Early Poems [Revised Version]’

I have had my self-published work of poetry (originally featured on Smashwords) Easy Noumenon: Early Poems (2016) updated and re-published on Smashwords as the revised Easy Noumenon: Early Poems [Revised Version]. The revised version allows for epub files of the chapbook to read better on e-readers and tablets.

Please enjoy.

UPDATE XV: “Reading: “An Essay Upon Number” (Part 2) [Selection] by Aleister Crowley” (Video)

In this post I’m linking a video I recently published to YouTube in which I read a selection of part 2 (“The Universe as We Seek To Make It”) of Aleister Crowley’s “An Essay Upon Number.” This “An Essay Upon Number” was included in Crowley’s The Temple of Solomon the King, which itself was included in the A∴A∴ periodical The Equinox, specifically Vol. I, No. 1. “An Essay Upon Number” was also included in Crowley’s 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley.

Enjoy.

UPDATE XII: “The Initiatory Supreme Being Question…”

I wrote an essay on the question posed to initiates into the Independent Order of Odd Fellows regarding the supreme being. It was published in Heart in Hand: The Modern Odd Fellow’s Guide on November 5 of this year.

You can read the essay here.

I will also be featuring the essay on my blog LOGOS!.

UPDATE XI: New LOGOS! Entry and LOGOS! Entries to Date

I’ve decided that new LOGOS! entries, posts on my blog LOGOS! (naturally), which have almost completely been reblogs or external references (transcripts of those references or re-published material) to essays I’ve written, will now appear here in or alongside updates.

Most recently, I recorded a video and uploaded it to YouTube: this video features me reading an essay (“There’s Nothing Special About Meditation“) I’d written and had published in Thelemic Union , as well as re-published in LOGOS!. The essay is entitled “There’s Nothing Special About Meditation,” the re-published essay (as LOGOS! entry) is entitled “LOGOS IV: ‘There’s Nothing Special About Meditation’ (Article Repost),” and the most recent LOGOS! entry (the one in question, and the post featuring the video I mentioned) is titled “LOGOS XII: « “There’s Nothing Special About Meditation” » (Essay-to-Video).” The actual video itself is titled “« “There’s Nothing Special About Meditation” » (2020; essay-to-video) ||| Zen, zazen, Thelema.”

Here’s the video embedded for easier viewing:

In addition to updating this site with new LOGOS! entries, I’d also like to keep a rolling tab on the previous entries on that blog as well, featuring a list of links to them with each LOGOS!-related update. So, below you will find a list of all the posts in LOGOS! so far, from newest to oldest (2021-2018 [update: +2018-2021 entries]):

UPDATE X: “The Multiplicity of Thelemas”

This (“The Multiplicity of Thelemas“), published by Thelemic Union, is a recent essay by yours truly.

It covers the notion that Thelema as a system may potentially be as diverse as the number of people who practice or uphold it.

It also flies against needless dogmatism in general.

Enjoy.

UPDATE IX: “Anarchist, Thelemite, Odd Fellow…”

I just had an essay of mine (“Anarchist, Thelemite, Odd Fellow…”) published in the Odd Fellows blog Heart in Hand, courtesy of the wonderful Ainslie Heilich. This essay will also soon be featured on my blog LOGOS!.

The article goes over my person struggle coming to grips with my experience being simultaneously an anarchist, Thelemite, and Odd Fellow.

Please enjoy.

UPDATE VIII: Eight Poems in The Fictional Café

I recently had eight poems published in The Fictional Café online arts publication. All eight poems are featured on one page, under one link, and consist of (in order of appearance) “Amor Fati,” “Danny Didn’t Show,” “Hat City and the Mystery,” “One,” “Ward 9 (Hospital—Redux),” “Sanctum Sanctorum,” “I Have the Codes,” and “Poets and Rock Stars.”

Please enjoy reading them!