Notes From the Archive Historical & Academic Foundations
These essays focus on history, scholarship, primary sources, and historical religious practice. They are intended to provide context rather than doctrine. While these subjects inform my own practice, this section prioritizes historical evidence and academic understanding over personal belief.
Methodology & Critical Thinking (5 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-001 · On Sources and Scholarship
▸ MS-002 · On UPG, SPG, and Historical Practice
▸ MS-003 · On Evaluating Spiritual Claims
▸ MS-004 · On Historical Literacy for Practitioners
▸ MS-005 · On Reconstructionism and Revivalism
Ancient Religious Life (4 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-006 · On Household Religion in the Ancient World
▸ MS-007 · On Temples, Shrines, and Sacred Space
▸ MS-008 · On Purity, Pollution, and Ritual Cleanliness
▸ MS-023 · On Sacred Time and Religious Calendars
Spirits & Cosmology (2 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-009 · On Daimones, Genii, and Local Spirits
▸ MS-010 · On Daimones in Greek Philosophy
UPG & Personal Theology
These essays contain personal observations, reflections, and theological interpretations gathered through years of practice and study. While informed by historical traditions, scholarship, and religious practice, this section prioritizes lived experience and personal understanding over reconstruction. The contents represent my own developing views regarding the divine, spirits, ritual, devotion, death, and the living world, and should be read as personal theology rather than historical authority.
Foundations & Worldview (4 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-011 · On Practice, Approach, and Current
▸ MS-012 · On Animism and the Living World
▸ MS-013 · On Spirits, Presence, and Personhood
▸ MS-024 · On Silence, Absence, and Spiritual Distance
Devotion & Daily Practice (3 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-014 · On Devotional Rhythm and Daily Practice
▸ MS-015 · On the Body as a Site of Devotion
▸ MS-016 · On Offerings, Exchange, and Reciprocity
Ritual & Spiritual Practice (4 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-017 · On Ritual Form and Construction
▸ MS-018 · On Divination, Signs, and Interpretation
▸ MS-019 · On Boundaries, Protection, and Discernment
▸ MS-020 · On Household Space and Spiritual Order
Death, Ancestors & Transition (2 Manuscripts)
▸ MS-021 · On Death and Transition
▸ MS-022 · On the Dead and the Work of Crossing
