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Universe, Adorned: Ornament in Culture, Cosmos, and Consciousness

The Emerald

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Inner Adornment

The forces around us these days are too strong. These days we need those hard-won talismans. Those balls of charmed string that are earned after years in service to a forest crone. To discern the precious and cultivated through repetitive patterning. Inner adornment, you could say, is a consciousness fortified through rigorous practice. Meditative focus over time is a defense. Well-constructed, imaginal geographies are a defense. For those stories, the Hicariya Apache say, show us how to live right.

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