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"I write to discover what I know."
– Flannery O'Connor


Spiritually Transformative Experiences and After-Death Communication: A Literature Review Interrupted by Post-Operative Recovery
A review of spiritually transformative experiences and after-death communication through the lens of transpersonal psychology and integration.

Lavavoth
Jun 1013 min read


A Marathon through the Woods: Back-to-Back Dreams
Before surgery, two dreams unfold around a living ghost, forest marathons, fallen trees, and a companionship that endures despite obstacles.

Lavavoth
May 295 min read


Thoughts Before Surgery: Those Who Appear and Those Who Don’t
As another surgery approaches, I reflect on my time in Michigan, music, dance, and the one person who seems to appear at the right moments while physical love continues to elude me.

Lavavoth
May 2613 min read


Beyond My Reach: Longing, Learning German, and a Life Imagined
Reflections on learning German, mortality, longing, art, and unfinished ambitions.

Lavavoth
May 194 min read


Blackstar: David Bowie, Existential Dread, and Dark Humor
Existential dread, David Bowie’s "Blackstar," cancer, and dark humor collide as I try to make sense of a world that feels increasingly unstable.

Lavavoth
Apr 304 min read


Taking Flight (Part 2): “It’s Now or Never”
A gliding flight in Vermont becomes more when a series of small, insistent moments only later reveals their connection to a shocking event. Moving between lived experience and theory, the post traces how synchronicity and precognition unfold through time and creative response.

Lavavoth
Apr 1613 min read


Flat/line: The Inevitability of Endings
After a dual diagnosis, I look back on intuition, loss, and a fractured friendship to understand how one painful reconnection may have given me more time.

Lavavoth
Apr 116 min read
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