Amissio

In the divinatory art of geomancy, amissio symbolizes the classical elements of fire and water, intent and reflection, loss and giving and love. This website is the little gift of a philosopher and mystic to those who also seek a way Beyond.

Writing

I write quite a bit: mostly meditations on classical philosophy, accounts of weird things I've experienced, or summaries of things I've read lately. It's really all just written for myself, but I post it online in the hopes that some of it may be of interest to others, too.

(I am presently in the process of archiving old materials from various sources. Expect more to appear in time.)

• Dreamwidth Journal
• Notes on Spirituality and Study
• Cynic Stories
• The Enneads of Plotinos
• The Myth of Isis, Osiris, and Horos
• Diary, Winter 2020
• Diary, Autumn 2020
• Diary, Summer 2020

Transcriptions

We moderns have access to a wealth of public domain texts on the Internet, but these are often in the form of poor-quality scans, which are not very pleasant to read. I have transcribed a number of these using LaTeX, so that I might print and read them more comfortably.

• Æschylus; Oresteia I, Agamemnon: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Æschylus; Oresteia II, Libation Bearers: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Æschylus; Oresteia III, Eumenides: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Apuleius, Cupid and Psyche: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Apuleius on the God of Socrates: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Gilbert Murray, The Story of Nefrekepta: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Homer, Iliad: Greek UTF-8 Plain Text
• Homer, Odyssey: Greek UTF-8 Plain Text
• Plato, Apology: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Plato, Myth of Er: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Porphyry on the Cave of the Nymphs: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Porphyry to Marcella: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Porphyry, Sentences: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Proclus on Dæmons: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Sallustius concerning the Gods and the Universe: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Synesius on Dreams: US Letter, A4 (Source)
• Xenophon, Socrates' Defense to the Jury: US Letter, A4 (Source)

Software

Once upon a time, I was a computer programmer; these days, I'm retired, and mostly use software as a tool to help me understand some problem or other.

• Most of my recent (post-career) software can be found on Github.
• Heliacal Rising and Setting of the Planets

Geomancy

Geomancy is a divinatory art, and is useful as such, though I think it is even more interesting as a sort of calculus or logical system for understanding change. I participate in a study group on Dreamwidth, and have made several tools in order to facilitate discussion there.

• Conjunctio Dreamwidth Group
• Geomantic Figures
• Geomantic Chart Generator

Templates

One of my computer science teachers used to say, "Good programmers always draw their pictures." I suppose that's stuck with me: I prefer to work on paper rather than on screen whenever possible. To facilitate this, I sometimes make little templates that I can print out and work with.

• Twelve geomancy house charts: US Letter, A4
• Ruled paper for writing: US Letter

All content on amissio.net is dedicated into the public domain.