Altair Publications

06/11/2026

"I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still."
— V.E. Schwab (A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1))

Beautiful Art by Pierre Marcel 1954

06/10/2026

Hear Michael Meade talk more about Kairos and the timeless moment by joining his free online event "Kairos Time" on Thursday, June 18 at 6:00 pm (PDT).

REGISTER: https://store.mosaicvoices.org/products/kairos-time
(Includes HD recordings of live event)

"The ancient Greeks had two primary words for time: kronos and kairos. Under the unforgiving rule of kronos we have to be on time, do our time and pay our dues. When we are under the influence of kairos, time stops and opens before us. There is a break in time as something timeless and beyond time enters and alters the world around us. The kairos moment arrives when it will, when the time is just right, when things become more possible and life becomes ripe for change. Kairos is the mythic moment that is both end and beginning at once, when the hard pulse of time becomes 'once upon a time' and past, present, and future secretly converse with each other."
- Michael Meade

06/09/2026

“The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveler.”
John Milton

Arthur Rackham - illustration for Comus by John Milton, 1921.

06/08/2026

Most people imagine spiritual strength as something combative.

The willingness to resist. To push back against negativity, against darkness, against the forces that would drag you down. And there is a kind of courage in that. But Alice Bailey is pointing at something that requires a far more demanding quality than resistance. She is pointing at steadiness.

Anyone can fight. Fighting is reactive. It requires an enemy, a target, a something to push against. And the problem with fighting darkness is that it gives the darkness something to organize around. Opposition feeds what it opposes. The harder you resist a thought, the more insistently it returns. The more energy you direct at what you fear, the more substantial it becomes in your experience.

The spiritual warrior in the genuine esoteric tradition operates by a different law entirely. They understand that darkness is not a presence. It is an absence. It is what remains when light has not yet arrived. And the answer to an absence is not to attack it but to fill it.

Alice Bailey spent decades studying the Ageless Wisdom tradition, the body of esoteric teaching that runs through Theosophy, the mystery schools and the great initiatic lineages of the West. Her central understanding was that consciousness is light in the most literal metaphysical sense. And that a consciousness which has been trained to remain steady, undisturbed, luminous regardless of circumstance, does not need to overcome the darkness. The darkness resolves in its presence automatically, as naturally as a room fills with light when a lamp is lit.

This is the real meaning of the Hermit in the Tarot, the hooded figure holding the lantern. Not someone who has withdrawn from the world. Someone who has learned to hold a light steady enough that it illuminates the path for others.

The figure in this image does not fight the dark. It simply stands in it, holding the light.

That is enough.

06/06/2026

“‘Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them – that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.’”
L.M. Montgomery - Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables, 1908.

James Hill - Anne of Green Gables.

06/05/2026

A Vision of Surreality.•●

"I want to perceive and understand
the hidden powers and laws of things,
in order to have them in my power."

—Salvador Dalí

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"Average Atmopherocephalic Bureaucrat
in the Act of Milking a Cranial Harp"
Painting by Salvador Dalí (c. 1933)

06/03/2026

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." ~ Marcus Aurelius

If the mind is the primary lens through which all of existence is perceived, how much of the underlying beauty you miss is simply due to the persistent cloudiness of your own internal vision?

Your thoughts are not merely passive observations of reality: they are the very architects of your subjective experience. Every perception, every emotion, and every judgment is constructed from the raw material of your mental landscape. When you allow bitterness, fear, or resentment to take profound root, you inadvertently build a prison of suffering that no external circumstance can ever truly dissolve. The world does not change, but the way you inhabit it becomes increasingly heavy, distorted, and dark.

True liberation requires the diligent and careful stewardship of your inner dialogue. By cultivating thoughts of gratitude, resilience, and clarity, you begin to refine the very quality of your internal atmosphere. As the quality of your thoughts ascends, the texture of your lived reality transforms accordingly. You do not find happiness by attempting to alter the external world, you find it by purifying the mental lens through which you witness the eternal.

Art by Alisher Kushakov

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

George MacDonald:
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
Love can be based on emotions, but trust is built through character and consistency. Being trusted means others believe in your integrity. It reflects reliability, honesty, and respect. Trust takes years to earn and moments to lose. That is why it is one of the highest forms of appreciation.

06/01/2026

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."
C.S Lewis

Harold Harvey - The Letter, 1917.