Syzygy


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Syzygy, Beauty


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“In Syzygy, Beauty, T Fleischmann re-imagines the essay, creating a spare little book that reads like a collection of prose poems.” (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times) In Syzygy, Beauty, T Fleischmann builds an essay of prose blocks, weaving together observations on art, the narrator’s construction of a house, and a direct address to a lover. Playing with scale and repetition, we are kept off-center, and therefore always looking, as the speaker leads us through an intimate relationship that is complicated and deepened by multiple partners, gender transitions, and itinerancy. “A complex, tightly wound (and wounded) cri de coeur that is simultaneously accessible and intensely, cryptically personal.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “T Fleischmann’s Syzygy, Beauty shimmers with confidence as it tours the surreal chaos of gender, art, and desire . . . I hail its weirdness, its ‘armpit frankess,’ its indelible portrait of occulted relation, and above all, its impeccable music.” —Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts “This distinctive debut traces ‘the past made alight by impact’ through a diverse set of sources: film and carpentry analogies; interior monologues; references to artists Méret Oppenheim, Man Ray, Grayson Perry, and Louise Bourgeois; gnostic texts; and personal, yet ambiguous, disclosures.” —ForeWord Reviews “At its most basic, this unusual and engaging book describes the ins-and-outs of an unorthodox love affair, but it also functions as a sustained exploration of the ambiguities of love, gender, intimacy, and aesthetic possibilities.” —Publishers Weekly




SYZYGY


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Syzygy is a personality theory of three basic forces in nature and human nature: Stasis (S), secure stable base, Reactivity (R) energizing and motivating, and Transcending Tao (T). Its name is from astronomy when several stars or planets seen from a distance seem one. Syzygy embraces all other theories, all arts and sciences, hence a unified theory.




Azalea & Syzygy


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Embark on an enthralling journey through the hallowed chambers of an ancient sisterhood, where nuns harness divine abilities to purge wickedness from souls. Brace yourself for an extraordinary quest to rescue the world, spearheaded by an unlikely duo: a feisty centenarian and an endearingly naive teenager. Equipped with their trusty Super-Soakers, these mismatched champions must battle an encroaching storm of supernatural vengeance that threatens humanity’s very existence. Prepare for a gripping whirlwind adventure, as ancient forces clash with the unwavering spirit of Azalea & Syzygy, two unsuspecting heroes in a tale teeming with riotous laughter, heart-stopping suspense, against-all-odds camaraderie, and an irresistible touch of pandemonium! Bonus chapters from some of the author’s other books are included.




Hidden Syzygy


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After a werewolf neighbor infects Baxter family with the werewolf’s curse, daughter, Paige’s dreams of being a normal teenager in high school are ruined when creepy, black entities begin to follow her everywhere. To cope, she turns to food. Bullying from the cheer squad captain only increases her stress which cycles back to her binge-eating. Son, Jake, turns into a short-fused rage monster. When a football rival takes mocking too far, Jake ultimately loses his temper and flips into a frenzied assault. Due to his actions, Jake suffers from severe PTSD and shell shock on top of a gruesome crime coverup. Father, Sam, copes with the loss of his wife through alcohol. His drinking turns into alcoholism and spirals out of control when he gets infected with the werewolf’s curse and family drama rises to new levels. Son, Link, who avoided the werewolf attack, tries to hold the family together. He sneaks around his family’s back to find his biological mother. The family learns that werewolves aren’t the only actual monsters in the world. As the threat from a mob of darkness looms over them, the Baxters must band together and overcome their weaknesses or become a part of hell’s army.




The Syzygy


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How do people get so crazy? LR Penn, it seems, knows exactly how. The Syzygy is a triptych constructed from a series of stylistically disparate narratives that portray, in their own words, the novel's main characters, three young adults working in Silicon Valley: a patient in session with her psychotherapist, a blogger spouting male chauvinist propaganda, and a man in confinement confessing to his misdeeds. Over the course of the novel, the roots of the characters' personalities are exposed and it is possible to discern how the forces that shaped their lives have instilled in them the anger, guilt, love, and lust that now govern their behavior. The book's title refers to the interactions among the celestial bodies in a gravitational system, and is suggestive of the inevitability of the calamitous events that lead to the novel's dramatic conclusion, as dictated by the inescapable past that is haunting each of the three protagonists.




The Syzygy Oracle - Transformational Tarot and The Tree of Life


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Syzygy? Jung used the term to describe the balancing of the opposites. Astronomically, syzygy (pronounced si-zi-gee) refers to a specific conjunction of the sun, moon and earth. On Mother Earth, the planet we call home, we are profoundly influenced by the radiance of the sun as well as the reflected light of the moon as we walk between light and darkness, physically and metaphorically. Solar energy evolves the ego and lunar energy evolves our essence. We learn the balance the two as we travel the twenty-two pathways of Kabbalah’s Tree of Life. Honoring The Sacred Feminine, the spiritual practice offered here is an invitation to recognize and welcome intuitive wisdom more definitively into everyday awareness. A fresh interpretation of the traditional Major Arcana for women, here the patriarchal layering of the cards is lifted to reveal a timeless and timely revelation of intuitive wisdom in a sequence of insightful, profound, and empowering teachings for any woman who wishes to read her own life story as more substantive than superficial. Twenty-two of these cards reinterpret the Tarot’s Major Arcana. Aligning the cards with the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, we access three levels of soul consciousness, in Hebrew known as nefesh, ruach and neshamah through the specific letter, number and story of each card. Meet inspirational archetypes from world culture to light the way. Through meditations and mantras, discover your personal hero’s journey that is a crucial part of evolving consciousness.Ten additional cards representing the sefirot or energy centers, offer the Tree of Life as an experiential introduction to Kabbalah. Coincidence and kabbalah, symbols and synchronicities, metaphors and mantras enrich and deepen life’s experience. This mythic and metaphoric interpretation liberates these cards solely from the realm of prognostication and presents a meditative and inspirational tool for a daily personal practice. Heather Mendel’s elegant, powerful images, full of mystery and complexity, will forever change the way you view the wisdom of the ancient Tarot. ,







Syzygy


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As a veteran trauma surgeon, Dr. Damian DeSantos has spent his career negotiating the limbo between life and death. In a race to repair an aortic aneurysm, Damian totals his car but manages to scramble free from the wreckage and make it to the hospital in time to save a life. On his way out, however, he sees a familiar face in the emergency room: his own. Damian is in some kind of between-life limbo, but he soon learns that the world he knew was just the tip of a much bigger iceberg. While Damian thought he was holding patients lives in his hands, a greater battle for souls was taking place between the Tribunal of Souls and the evil Marauding Souls of the Dead. Learning of his mysterious state, the Tribunal recruits Damian to help them return order to the lives of the living. Yet, he has his own demons to fight. In limbo, he is reunited with his dead wife, who shows him that his life was reduced to shadows long before his car crash. She will help him to heal, but he also needs help from the Tribunal to ensure he has a life to go back to--a life forever changed.




Syzygy


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The two worlds of Voudon and Gnosis merged together within the unique expression of a religious community called the Monastery of the Seven Rays. Having a history that is as colorful and mysterious as the variety of individuals involved in this esoteric movement of the spirit, the Monastery stands apart from traditional expressions of monasticism in the East and in the West by existing on a physical plane, but more especially by also being a psycho-spiritual locale, accessible to all who knock upon her celestial doors. For each Postulant of this Monastery there is a particular work to do, a particular Gnostic space to dwell within, and a particular sacred injunction to fulfill for the betterment of the globe. SYZYGY by Tau Palamas is one such legacy. It is simply the reflections of one student of this delightful and challenging superstructure of mind-stuff--The Monastery of the Seven Rays. "This true Labor of Love offers one of the best introductions to our School and Work that we've read. From the curious seeker to the seasoned Pilgrim on the Path, there is guidance and illumination in this volume which will speak time and again to the deepest levels of spiritual longing...With gratitude to Tau Palamas, we whole heartedly recommend SYZYGY as one of the best books of the year!" Kyle Fite, SGM, Ordo Templi Orientis Antiqua & La Couleuvre Noire "A wonderful exposition and elaboration of the Monastery of Seven Rays material through the eyes of a true modern-day Christian mystic! I highly recommend it to anyone studying the work of Michael Bertiaux, but the Opus stands alone in that you could create a system of Work from this book alone! For those interested in Martinism and Ecclesiastical Gnosticism this book is also of great value, and certainly compliments the work of L'Ordre Martinesiste de Chenu (it is on the reading list)! Highly recommended! Kevin Davis, Sov. Insp. V, Ordre Martinesiste de Chenu"