#polymath

[theabigailthorn]

in 2024 i had one breakups

in 2025 i had two breakups

if this pattern continues, by 2033 i will be experiencing 1.4 breakups per day

by about 2060, assuming I haven't dated anyone twice, i will have broken up with everyone on earth

[moredarkthanshark]

Brian Eno, London, September 18, 1972 by Brian Cooke

[nemfrog]

Psychography, marvelous manifestations of psychic power given through the mediumship of Fred P. Evans. 1893.

Internet Archive

[cosmicportal]

In May 1921, American polymath Walter Russell entered a 39-day coma-like state, during which he claimed to have accessed “the source of all knowledge.” Upon awakening, he frantically wrote down what he had seen — pages filled with philosophical, scientific, and spiritual revelations that would later form the foundation of his manuscript *The Universal One*. Though he sent his findings to 500 leading minds of the time, nearly all dismissed him as mad — except one. Nikola Tesla, the visionary inventor, was so struck by Russell’s insights that he urged him to seal the work away for a thousand years, insisting that humanity was not yet ready for its truths.

Walter Russell’s revelations reimagined the very structure of reality. He argued that matter was not solid but crystallized light slowed by thought — that everything around us, from rocks to human bodies, was composed of light patterns, shaped by consciousness. He believed the universe was fundamentally mental, not material, and that all things moved in rhythmic cycles — expansion and contraction, like breath. He dismissed opposites like good and evil as illusions, asserting instead that everything sought harmony and balance. To Russell, death wasn’t an end but the release of compressed light returning to its source. Even time, he claimed, wasn’t linear, but a spiral where past, present, and future coexisted.

These ideas were radically ahead of their time, blending metaphysics, wave dynamics, and a deep sense of universal unity. He believed electricity was a living spiral of energy, not merely electrons in motion, and that the vacuum of space was in fact a vibrant sea of untapped potential. Health, in his view, was the natural rhythm of the body, and disease was simply a disruption of that flow. Though ignored or ridiculed during his lifetime, Russell’s work now draws new attention in an era where quantum physics and consciousness studies begin to echo the same questions. To many, he is no longer a forgotten eccentric, but a prophet of a paradigm yet to come.

[diana-andraste]

A bat known as a flying cat, from China Illustrata, Athanasius Kircher, 1667

[illustratus]

John Dee performing an experiment before Queen Elizabeth I by Henry Gillard Glindoni

[a-lady-and-her-quill]

𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.

𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝘩𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑠-𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝘩 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝘩𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝐼 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝐹 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝐴 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝘩𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦.

𝐴𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐𝘩 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠.

𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑚. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡𝘩 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝐼 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑠, 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑦𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝘩 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

[openlovehub]

Normal is a cage — we burned it down. Our love isn’t for the mainstream, it’s for us.