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Ryan Madej

@esotericemerald.bsky.social
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Writer, Reviewer, Publisher and co-editor at Orbis Tertius Press. Esoteric scholar/heretic. Author of 6 books, most recently Aurora (2023)

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A traditional Japanese garden, which showcases the traditional aesthetic concept of Fuyugeshiki (winter scenery).
Blanketed in a fresh layer of pristine snow, a serene Japanese garden yields to the quiet stillness of winter. In the mid-ground, a sweeping vermilion drum bridge (taikobashi) arches gracefully across a dark, reflective pond, its brilliant scarlet railings capped in heavy white frost. To the right, resting on the stony bank at the water's edge, a broad-capped stone lantern (yukimi-dōrō) wears a thick mantle of snow upon its wide roof (kasa). In the foreground, low-bent bamboo arches along the garden path are soft under winter drifts, while snow-laden evergreen boughs droop overhead, framing the composition with delicate, icy foliage against the muted gray atmosphere.

The appreciation of fuyugeshiki (winter scenery) occupies a revered position in Japanese garden design and seasonal poetry (kigo). Far from treating winter as a dormant void, classical garden architects created layouts specifically engineered to celebrate snowfall (yukigeshiki). The yukimi-dōrō ("snow-viewing lantern"), which gained widespread popularity during the Edo period, was designed with a wide, low-slung cap specifically to collect and display fresh snow over water features. Furthermore, the vermilion-lacquered taikobashi—a bridge form rooted in sacred Shinto and Buddhist precinct design—introduces a bold, ceremonial pop of color (shu-iro) that cuts through the winter monochrome, symbolizing the spiritual crossing between the secular ground and a purified realm.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I wish I could say that my lack of posting on this platform had to do with something like writing, but no, it was mitigation of disasters.
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James Cameron 🇨🇦 @lumin8.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Cause of death:
“Patient laid down the boogie and played that funky music til he died.”
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
My city in the early 1900’s
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Jeff 🏳️‍🌈🥌 @nobody1300.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Don't forget, NASA puts all of their photos up on flickr www.flickr.com/photos/nasah...
Artemis II just after launchA long exposure of Artemis II showing the full path of the rocket after launchA close up of Artemis II backlit by the sunset.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Started writing the new book 📕 today. Let the madness ensue.
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Centre for Experimental Ontology @cfexontology.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Weird coincidence tales still required for: centreforexperimentalontology.com/2025/01/18/p...
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Parasol 7 Call for Submissions
After a lengthy hiatus, the Parasol engines are ready to role again. The focus of the issue will be synchronicity. In particular we want your synchronistic anecdotes of all kinds, big or small. The…
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Movie poster for the 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller Perfect Blue. This fan-made poster by the artist Louis Picard depicts the protagonist, Mima Kirigoe, enveloped by blue flowers and surrounded by floating fish, themes that reflect the film's exploration of identity and reality.
This hauntingly beautiful fan-made poster by artist Louis Picard pays homage to Satoshi Kon’s 1997 psychological thriller, Perfect Blue. The artwork depicts the protagonist, Mima Kirigoe, in a moment of profound vulnerability, her face buried in her hands as she is literally consumed by a dense cluster of blue lilies. Small, vibrant fish with red accents swim through the dark, oceanic space surrounding her, some even darting between the petals that mask her identity. The deep navy background and the cool blue tones of the flowers and Mima’s skin create a somber, submerged atmosphere, reflecting the film's themes of fractured reality and the loss of self. At the top, the film's title is rendered in a thin, elegant red font, providing a sharp contrast to the otherwise monochromatic blue composition.
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Andy Bieman @subsumed.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Now watching: Sun Ra: Do the Impossible. New PBS documentary debuting tonight!
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Sun Ra: Do The Impossible - About the Documentary | American Masters | PBS
Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra, who self-produced more than 200 albums.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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Redirecting...
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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From the LiminalSpace community on Reddit: Not a soul in sight
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Is it just me or does Emmanuel Macron have a face you just want to punch 🥊?
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
How do they know they destroyed 5 Universes back in 2017?
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
On this uchikake wedding robe, the phoenix's elaborate tail feathers demonstrate the masterful yuzen painter's ability to capture both the creature's supernatural power and ethereal beauty, while peacock-eye motifs add layers of symbolic meaning related to wisdom and protection. 1930s, Japan
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Where are all the books about the author’s experiences on the astral plane and the consequences of those experiences?
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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From the occult community on Reddit: Video of French alchemist (Eugène Canseliet, student of Fulcanelli) at work (1965)
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Elizabeth Fraser, Lisa Gerrard, and Kate Bush need to do an album together.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Collective Unconscious =Central Data Centre.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Ideal hangout spot away from humanity lol
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Hyakudan-en (Hundred Stepped Garden) at Awaji Yumebutai, a complex designed by architect Tadao Ando.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This reminds me of the Scholastic book fair in Grade Six when I purchased a split biography on Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer in paperback.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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From the StanleyKubrick community on Reddit: Who else is watching Eyes Wide Shut for Christmas?
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J G Orudjev | collage . mixed media art @nineteendegrees.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
New work experimenting with layering mass and texture. Figure 5. found papers, acrylic, wax, gel plate print, and an element from Cut Loose No. 1, a project from @twincitiescollage.bsky.social #art #artist #collageart #mixedmedia #artsky #artwork
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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From the HighStrangeness community on Reddit
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MichaelJMcM 🇳🇿 @michaeljmcm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The late, great Tatsuya Nakadai in Goyokin - 1969
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Ansgar Allen @ansgarallen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
JONATHAN MARTIN, a novel - first page ansgarallen.com/jonathan-mar...
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Wisteria Bridge, Kyoto, Japan.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
From Evan Isoline’s “Deadmath”
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
To be working on a book about the afflictions of synchronicity, time manipulation, the Anima etc at this juncture is fantastic, if you’re into that kind of thing. Luckily, I am.
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Centre for Experimental Ontology @cfexontology.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Please consider. Only requires your weird tale of coincidence. Your literary ability is not an issue. Theoretical reflections are welcome but by no means the emphasis here.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Toda Erika in Kimono. (Kyoto Kimono Yuuzen)
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Before the dark times…
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NPR @npr.org · 20/10/2025
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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MichaelJMcM 🇳🇿 @michaeljmcm.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Blade Runner (1982) // Akira (1988) 💊
A Blade Runner streetA street in AkiraTwo men in a smoky office with a ceiling fanTwo people in a prison cell wearing orange outfits
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Centre for Experimental Ontology @cfexontology.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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AI Writing and the Memory of the Trace
When Plato tells the story of Theuth in the Phaedrus, the god offers his invention as a gift to humankind. King Thamus declines, with the warning that writing will “implant forgetfulness” and give …
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minor literature[s] @minorliteratures.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
From              tense         to future tense,    , rock      to stone ... Epithalamium, a consortium — @robmclennan.bsky.social
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Epithalamium, a consortium — rob mclennan
Never in our selves, but beyond.           Rosmarie Waldrop, Blindsight (1998) Marriage: a portin the storm                     or the storm,                     enough      to…
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.
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Ansgar Allen @ansgarallen.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
my novel JONATHAN MARTIN has arrived at the publishers in Prague (photo courtesy of Louis Armand) | *out later this month* ansgarallen.com/jonathan-mar...
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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
For the inaugural issue of Draught Journal @draughtjournal.bsky.social: On Bookmarks and Other Ruins—a reflection on the bookmark as a fragile site of memory, desire, and incompletion, accompanied by images of my own bookmarks. draughtjournal.com/article/on-b...
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On Bookmarks and Other Ruins
<p>There is something indescribably intimate about the act of interrupting one’s reading, the act of marking one’s place in a book, a subtle gesture t
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I often think about books that were probably written 50-100 years ago and probably still haven’t found their time in the Sun. Patiently waiting for readers to unravel their secrets and enigmas…
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 06/10/2025
Lake Kawaguchi and Mt. Fuji Koitsu Tsuchiya
water colour of a landscape, with a large snow capped mountain, a clump of trees on an island in a lake, and on that lake a boat
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
“This leather-bound edition of William Gibson is personally signed by *Count Zero*” After a thousand, I’m hallucinating.
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Centre for Experimental Ontology @cfexontology.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Dreams as Event
The nature of dreams of seems almost taken for granted as an area to be decoded rather than respected as actual experience. Dreams might indeed be of the nature of a disconnected blurred sense in w…
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The best books don’t provide you with answers, or even necessarily deep insights, but with more questions, threads and a sense of stepping into the Unknown.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The I Ching is a profound mystery indeed, based partly on the interrelation of the elemental forces.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Beautiful Japan. Photography by hamapenguin on Flickr.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Furifu coordinate. Furifu is a Japanese fashion company.
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Ryan Madej @esotericemerald.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If you’re ever lost in space and need a map back to Earth.
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Christina Tudor-Sideri @dreamsofbeing.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Once, the soft sand and tender grass unfurled like a horizon of belonging; now only brittle gold remains, a witness to where our laughter lived. The riverbank remembers in hush, carrying silence like a wound—the echo of togetherness unraveling into absence.
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