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Spiritual Architecture — On those things greater than ourselves

• [article] Gesticism — 26 Jan 2026
  Lots of things are happening, but anything <em>can</em> matter, and whatever gives meaning will eventually demand sacrifice. The agony of attention. I’m not going to spend more time trying to reduce the core idea than that.
• [marginalium] Gnosticism in Blood Meridian — 26 Jan 2026
• [audio] Values Don't Matter — 24 Jan 2026
  Values are virtue ethics in disguise—traits we’re expected to cultivate. But virtues are context-dependent (courage for a soldier isn’t courage for a teacher) and the situation overwhelmingly drives behaviour. The real task is designing the context, not listing the virtues.
• [audio] Mundane Cults — 29 Nov 2025
  We’ve been taught that cults are dark and scary things. But we have been fooled. The cult is a prominent building block of modern community. If you’re not in one, you’re probably doing something wrong. The question is, is the cult you’re in a cult you chose?
• [marginalium] Ethical astrology — 9 Jul 2025
• [marginalium] The Practical Inconsequence of the Free Will Debate — 7 Jul 2025
• [marginalium] God without god — 26 Jun 2025
• [marginalium] The long history of association between God and unusual smells — 19 Jun 2025
• [marginalium] Politics and spirituality are entangled — 16 Jun 2025
• [article] Beyond System 1 and System 2 — 13 Jun 2025
  System 1 vs System 2 is a useful shorthand, but our minds aren’t two-speed engines—they’re multi-process coalitions of specialised agents working in parallel and in series.
• [marginalium] AI spiritual bliss attractor state (pdf) — 6 Jun 2025
• [marginalium] Superstition In A Godless State — 30 May 2025
• [marginalium] The way of code — 30 May 2025
• [marginalium] Eurasian Demonology — 16 May 2025
• [marginalium] Tales Of The Yucca Man — 8 May 2025