Transpersonal Naturalist, Relational Philosopher, Observer, Writer.
“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals.”
-Henry Beston
Sanctuary of Spirals stands as the meeting point of consciousness, nature, animal life, and human relationships. Here, I study how beings meet, across species, across selves, across the boundaries we imagine separate us.
The encounters between humans and animals reveal more than behavior. They uncover patterns of presence, responsibility, avoidance, relational maturity, and emotional truth. They show us how we communicate, how we project, and how honestly we meet one another.
This work is rooted in observation, reflection, and the discipline of showing up without performance or grievance. It is philosophy shaped by the living world and psychology informed by the natural one. Every spiral of inquiry returns to the same core questions:
- How do we relate?
- What do we avoid?
- What do we refuse to see?
- And what happens when we finally meet life without flinching?
Sanctuary of Spirals exists for this type of inquiry, grounded, honest, sovereign, and alive.
Animals as Mirrors
Animals were my first teachers, the oldest mirrors I know. They aren’t symbols or metaphors for our stories. They are sovereign beings that reveal the truth of our own.
My mind moves in spirals, not straight lines, and animals give me a language that fits that shape.
When I study them, I’m not searching for usefulness or control. I’m looking for what is raw, what is real, and what still stands under the weight of living.
I watch how a boa commits to movement, how a gecko pauses and bolts, how instinct outruns hesitation.
These moments aren’t just behavior. They are lessons in presence, clarity, decision, and the honesty of being alive.
To meet an animal with presence is to learn something about meeting a human with presence.
The two can’t be separated.
The Discipline of Observation
Observation is not passive.
It is a discipline. It is a way of knowing. It is a way of listening. It is a way of seeing what most people step over without noticing.
I don’t just watch animals.
I watch people with the same intensity.
I watch patterns, ruptures, and nervous systems. I also pay attention to instincts, reactions, inconsistencies, and tiny micro-shifts. These reveal more truth than a biography ever hopes to.
This is my practice: to witness without forcing meaning, to let behavior and presence reveal what language often obscures.
Some people meditate. Some pray.
I watch. Posture, hesitation, and silence all tell a story. So does a snake deciding when to move, or a person deciding when to stay.
In that space, the false divide between psychology and nature, between science and soul, dissolves.
Observation holds the factual, the instinctive, the emotional, the relational, and the sacred.
Sovereignty in Practice
Sanctuary of Spirals is where philosophy is tested against lived experience. Ideas don’t stay on the page here. They move into daily choices, relationships, and responsibilities, where truth is revealed and falsehood collapses.
How we treat the living world is how we treat each other. The pattern remains the same, only the species change. To stop at the surface is to leave the work unfinished.
Sovereignty isn’t abstract. It shows up in how we hold boundaries without cruelty and offer freedom without neglect.
It lives in the discipline of choosing presence over performance, a discipline animals embody with effortless clarity. Their honesty about what is required challenges us to be just as honest with ourselves.
Growth in this space is not ornamental.
It isn’t built for applause or moral signaling.
It asks for maturity, responsibility, and the willingness to face ourselves without excuses.
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”
— Anatole France
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