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Something Solar Starting

Posted on March 12, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

If one arrives at a place of power; at a time when the power is at it’s greatest, and no one else is there…What is one to make of it? This is what I was thinking, standing atop the Chokmah … Continue reading →

Posted in Kabbalah, Olympia, Olympia Film Society, Power, Synchronicity | Tagged Accidental Initiations, Alan Abbadessa-Green, Andras Jones, aurora borealis, Chokmah Mound, full moon, Green Chartreuse, Jeff Bartone, Jon Merithew, Kelly Van Camp, Magic Kombucha, OFS, Oly Music Awards, Olympia Film Society, Peter David Connelly, Quality Burrito, Scott Taylor, solar flares, Sync Book Press, The Blackberry Bushes Stringband, The Capitol Theater, The Dead Winter Carpenters, The Fond Farewells, The Mona Reels, The Noses, The Olympia Ballroom, The Olympian Hotel, Theo Kwo, Tim Brown | 4 Comments

Eat My Shorts

Posted on March 2, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

“Accidental Initiations: In The Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia” went to press today. In retrospect it will all seem to have happened incredibly fast but it’s been a long nine months since I first conceived this thing. I am raw, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Kabbalah, Numerology, Olympia, Synchronicity | Tagged Arthur Freed, Arthurian legend, Bart Simpson, Bob Marley, Eat My Shorts, Five, Five To One, Humphrey Bogart, Jim Morrison, Matt Groening, Nilsson, OFS, One, One Love, Oscars, The Doors, U2 | 3 Comments

Reaching for The Castle

Posted on February 16, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

This photo was taken on the banks of The Capitol Lake Vortex, just beyond The Binah Swirl and before the first Daath Crossing. It’s what this February feels like inside The Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia.

Posted in Kabbalah, Olympia, Synchronicity, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

SYNC in NYC, The GATE in LA & Organs in The Tree

Posted on February 12, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

On the night of the Leo full moon in Gregorian 2012 a vintage 1970’s organ showed up in front of the time capsule bench on the Chokmah Mound. My camera’s flash wasn’t working, it was devilishly cold out, and by … Continue reading →

Posted in 13 Moon Natural Time Calendar, Kabbalah, Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, Olympia, Radio8Ball, Shmushkin, Synchronicity, The GATE, The Pop Oracle, The Sync Book | Tagged 13 Moon Natural Time Calendar, Ace Ventura, Alan Abbadessa-Green, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Binah, Bruce Almighty, Chokmah, Eckhart Tolle, Edward James Olmos, Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment, Heaven Can Wait, Jim Carrey, Josh Clayton-Felt, Labrynth of the Psychonaut, Lili Haydn, Linda Balaban, Lotus Weinstock, Marianne Williamson, National Lampoon, Punch Drunk Love, Punkin Lovin', Rogan Russell Marshall, Shmushkin, Steve Willner, The Attic Expeditions, The Boon, The GATE, The Secret, Tom Shadyac, Warren Beatty, What the Bleep Do We Know, Yesod | 3 Comments

Exploding Hod: A Sad and Splendid Vision

Posted on January 22, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

The winter storm of January ’12 hit right on time. It socked me in good. I was holed up in my Martin cave, unable to run The Tree for several days, eating cheese and drinking red wine given to me … Continue reading →

Posted in Hod, Kabbalah, Olympia, Synchronicity | Tagged Hod, Kabbalah, Olympia, Sylvester Park, synchronicity | 3 Comments

How To Walk The Tree In The Moonlight

Posted on January 15, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

On the night of January 8, 2012, under the full moon, the wolf moon, I walked The Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia and was pleasantly surprised that nobody else was using it. Accidental Initiations: In the Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia is … Continue reading →

Posted in Kabbalah, Olympia, Radio8Ball, Synchronicity, The Pop Oracle, The Sync Book | Tagged ACDC, Ace Of The Nazarene, Addiction, Al Lewis, Alan Abbadessa-Green, Alison Krauss, Always, Bath, Chakras, Chris Myers, Douglas Bolles, Fountains Of Wayne, God Only Knows, Hells Bells, I-95, Intentions, Jen Palmer, Jenny Lewis, Kabbalah, Kevin Halcott, Kyle Hunt, Madness, Miracles, Moon, Nilsson, Offerings, Olympia, Peg Carter, Polly Come Home, Prince, Rammer Martinez, Rilo Kiley, Robert Plant, Rogan Marshall, Silver Lining, Steve Martin, synchronicity, Tango 'Til They're Sore, The Beach Boys, The Sync Book, Tom Waits, Veda Hile, Willing and Able, wolf moon | 2 Comments

It Can’t Get No Worse

Posted on January 5, 2012 by accidentalinitiations

There is a Jon Brion-esque musical genius from Olympia with whom I walked The Tree recently. It’s weird that he’s still here, and nice for me, because this is a town that kills good music and drives the people who … Continue reading →

Posted in Genius, Kabbalah, Olympia, Suicide, Synchronicity | Tagged albert camus, Anti-Folk, Elvis Costello, jon brion, Josh Clayton-Felt, Kabbalah, KAOS, musical genius, OFS, Paul McCartney, School Of Fish, Scott Taylor, suicide, synchronicity, The Attractions, The City Limits | 3 Comments

Rrrage Inside The Ma(n)chine

Posted on December 29, 2011 by accidentalinitiations

The rain was coming down in sheets and buckets. We were drenched and walking south. I was unloading on my friend with the full force of my frustration. “Fuck you! Stop interrupting me and giving me advice before you even … Continue reading →

Posted in Jews, Kabbalah, Olympia, Riot Grrl, Synchronicity | Tagged 13 Moon Natural Time Calendar, Fukushima, Israel, Jews, Jose Arguelles, Miranda July, Olympia Food Co-Op, Out Of Sight, Riot Grrrl, The Drowning Pool, Works In Progress | 3 Comments

Sobriety Is A Gateway Drug

Posted on December 24, 2011 by accidentalinitiations

If sobriety is a gateway drug, what will my next fix be? In Accidental Initiations I write briefly about fasting but I’d like to go into a bit more depth here. I’ve done over ten fasts of a week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Drugs, Fasting, Kabbalah, Olympia, Sobriety, Synchronicity | Tagged fasts, gateway drug, Kabbalah, Master Cleanse, mind and spirit, pot, Re-Evaluation Counseling, sobriety, synchronicity | 6 Comments

Solstice Prison Break

Posted on December 21, 2011 by accidentalinitiations

It’s exactly six months since I began Accidental Initiations with a psychedelic fueled walk in The Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia on the summer solstice. My intention for this winter’s solstice was to do likewise and “allow what needs to die … Continue reading →

Posted in Kabbalah, Olympia, Prison, Psychedelics, Riot Grrl, Synchronicity | Tagged Anna Oxygen, Chanukah, Child Of Destiny, Emily Stern, Hippest Town in The West, Homo-A-Go-Go, juvenile detention, Kabbalah, Ladyfest, Lois Maffeo, Mirah, National Defense Authorization Act, Nikki McClure, Nomy Lamm, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Olympia, Partners in Prevention Education, Phil Ochs, prison, psychedelics, Radio8Ball, Rebecca Pearcy, Rosalinda Noriega, Sleater-Kinney, synchronicity, Tae Won Yu, The Capitol Theater, The Need, The Transfused, Time Magazine, Willie Wisely, Zach Carlson | 3 Comments

Author Archives: accidentalinitiations

Something Solar Starting

Eat My Shorts

Reaching for The Castle

SYNC in NYC, The GATE in LA & Organs in The Tree

Exploding Hod: A Sad and Splendid Vision

How To Walk The Tree In The Moonlight

It Can’t Get No Worse

Rrrage Inside The Ma(n)chine

Sobriety Is A Gateway Drug

Solstice Prison Break

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