Journal

The Enduring Symbolism of the Serpent

On the serpent's long and winding life as a symbol Symbols & Origins  There is no symbol more ambivalent than the snake. The serpent appears in nearly every culture that has left a record of it...

The Owl and Athena

On wisdom, sight, and the bird that became a goddess The world glaukopis in ancient Greek is used almost exclusively as an epithet for one person. It appears in countless documented passages across...

The Self That Survives: Sufi Philosophy of Self

A Sufi inquiry into who you are after the fire There is a question that transformation always eventually forces. Not the dramatic question — will I survive this? — but the quieter one that arrives ...

Sufi Philosophy of Love Behind Anka Rising Collection

Love as the Origin and Destination The Sufi philosophy at the heart of everything. There is a question that runs beneath all philosophy, beneath all mythology, beneath every story ever told about t...

Simurgh Meaning: Anka Rising Collection

There are stories that endure for thousands of years not because they are entertaining, but because they strike something deeper. The Simurgh is one of those stories. What You're Searching For Is W...