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

cir·cu·i·tous

/sərˈkyo͞oədəs/

adjective

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

"the canal followed a circuitous route"

We’ll never get the upper hand in our relationship with the moments of our lives because we are nothing but those moments. To “master” them would first entail getting outside of them, splitting off from them. But where would we go? “Time is the substance I am made of,” writes Jorge Luis Borges. “Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the... See more

un·teth·er

/ˌənˈteT͟Hər/

verb

past tense: untethered ; past participle: untethered

release or free from a tether.

"I reached the horses and untethered them"

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... See more