Call of the Siren

From the banks of a canal in Berlin where I first gave offerings to an unseen current, through Tenerife's black-lava crucible where I was broken and re-forged, to the fragrant slopes of Mount Carmel I now roam, this essay tries to make sense of...

Dark Night of the Soul

This is the most difficult article I've written so far. I have less mental capacities to write than I used to and so much has happened since we set sails to our escape journey at the end of 2020. Little did I know that it would turn into a real …

Close Encounters with Placeness: Enter the Zone

v.3.0 Chōromanteia "Contingency needs place," an idea we concluded with in the second part, echoes a distant, ancient wisdom. Let's pause our discussion on Randonauting and turn to Ancient Greek philosophy, where similar concepts were explored...

Close Encounters with Placeness: The Odds

v.3.0 - 4/3/2024 Serendipity Randonauting offers a gateway to wonder and the uncanny, allowing individuals to encounter the extraordinary just beyond their (reality tunnel's) front door. It's important not to dismiss the peculiarities and...

Close Encounters with Placeness: Un-places

v.3.0 This three part essay is a revised and expanded version of my notes for a lecture and workshop with the same title I gave at last year's Occulture conference in Berlin. It became centered around Randonauting but you may as well consider...

Quantum Geomancy

This is not an article about the divination practice usually referred to as "geomancy". I use the term according to its original meaning: magic of earth. This is about a practical application of geomancy in the context of "randonauting". I will...