on ritual gathering habits of magical creatures experiencing the passage of time

cir·cu·i·tous
/sərˈkyo͞oədəs/
adjective
/sərˈkyo͞oədəs/
adjective
- (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
"the canal followed a circuitous route"
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de·cou·ple
/dēˈkəpəl/
verb
/dēˈkəpəl/
verb
- separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- make the interaction between (electrical components) so weak that there is little transfer of energy between them, especially to remove unwanted AC distortion or oscillation
"the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"
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The Budos Band - The Wrangler
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Hello friend, nautical traveler
On a river flowing in between dreaming eyes,
I've found you suddenly,
Surrendering to wondrous, compulsive ritual,
The very wind caught by your sails tickles and grinds the land below
Perched atop the icy tower,
We see where the path divides,
And we know not what we will find, but we are learning to seek
-seawaters
Crush (Unfinished)
youtube.comLiminal Worlds by Maria Popova
There is wonder and beauty in emptiness. What happens when we come to know that everything we experience is timelessly ephemeral – as fleeting as a “tiny drop of dew or a bubble floating in a stream”? As writer Octavia Butler invokes, what if God is change? I become present with each moment as a divine gift. I become wholly intimate with each exper... See more