Craig Chalquist
@drchalquist.bsky.social
Depth psychology, philosophy, mythology, storytelling, terrapsychology, imagination: let’s blend them. Author the Lamplighter Trilogy of hopeful, near-future SF. Chalquist.com.
These days Washington reminds me of something a construction supervisor I once knew would say when he saw something catastrophically senseless: “What a fucking fuckup.”
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
These days Washington reminds me of something a construction supervisor I once knew would say when he saw something catastrophically senseless: “What a fucking fuckup.”
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Going to be sharing this a bit often in hopes of finding the souls who want & need it…
As I said in an email to my peeps…Georgia O’Keeffe drew me there, the land calls me back over & over…
As I said in an email to my peeps…Georgia O’Keeffe drew me there, the land calls me back over & over…
I’m taking a small group of people to Ghost Ranch for a retreat in May to find their center & hear their heart again. humansontheverge.com/ghostranch
Join us?
Join us?
Ghost Ranch Retreat — HUMANS ON THE VERGE
Ghost Ranch Retreat
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February 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Going to be sharing this a bit often in hopes of finding the souls who want & need it…
As I said in an email to my peeps…Georgia O’Keeffe drew me there, the land calls me back over & over…
As I said in an email to my peeps…Georgia O’Keeffe drew me there, the land calls me back over & over…
Because of recent events, there are lists going around about how to discern a true guru or spiritual teacher from a false one. A better question is: Why do we assign our spark, shine, wisdom etc to someone else instead of taking responsibility for cultivating it ourselves?
February 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Because of recent events, there are lists going around about how to discern a true guru or spiritual teacher from a false one. A better question is: Why do we assign our spark, shine, wisdom etc to someone else instead of taking responsibility for cultivating it ourselves?
Leaving behind aptly named Microsoft
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Leaving behind aptly named Microsoft
Fiction and comedy can help push us out of our denial.
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Fiction and comedy can help push us out of our denial.
Winter serenade / by the cricket behind the / fridge near the window.
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Winter serenade / by the cricket behind the / fridge near the window.
Difficult times can engage the imagination
February 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Difficult times can engage the imagination
What an old story can tell us about projection.
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
What an old story can tell us about projection.
My students strive to become better people in a dark time. 
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
My students strive to become better people in a dark time. 
An old story shows us that heroic resistance to injustice, which is often necessary, is not the only mode of action available.
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
An old story shows us that heroic resistance to injustice, which is often necessary, is not the only mode of action available.
A friendly grasshopper helping me water the plants.
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
A friendly grasshopper helping me water the plants.
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Strangely some of my favorite topics are death & grief. I think it’s because they’re such powerful human experience that changed me in the deepest ways.
youtu.be/inJ0lrVwtcc
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George Carlin’s Daughter on His Death
YouTube video by DEAD Talks Podcast
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January 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Strangely some of my favorite topics are death & grief. I think it’s because they’re such powerful human experience that changed me in the deepest ways.
youtu.be/inJ0lrVwtcc
youtu.be/inJ0lrVwtcc
As we grieve everything that we are losing right now, let us also consider that times of difficult transition are also openings.
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
As we grieve everything that we are losing right now, let us also consider that times of difficult transition are also openings.
A suggestion for people wanting to become effective during a time of chaos and injustice.
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
A suggestion for people wanting to become effective during a time of chaos and injustice.
A suggestion for people wanting to become effective during a time of chaos and injustice.
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
A suggestion for people wanting to become effective during a time of chaos and injustice.
Is there a term for the soulless wait to talk to bureaucrats (just spent an hour and a half) to get them to fix a problem they created? And that has huge consequences? How about “Sisyphrustration”? (My first thought was “sublimated rage.”)
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Is there a term for the soulless wait to talk to bureaucrats (just spent an hour and a half) to get them to fix a problem they created? And that has huge consequences? How about “Sisyphrustration”? (My first thought was “sublimated rage.”)
Let’s make 2026 make the 1960s look like the 1950s
December 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Let’s make 2026 make the 1960s look like the 1950s
We need new guiding stories.
December 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We need new guiding stories.
“Explain it to me like I’m five.” Okay.
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“Explain it to me like I’m five.” Okay.
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Mañana we gather, shed, and spark.
Feel like you need a little time to contemplate your year outside of the shit show? I’ve created a fun & rich way to unpack the year and then dive into your soul to bring forth your desired future.
We’re going to need our best selves in 2026.
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We’re going to need our best selves in 2026.
humans-on-the-verge.mn.co/plans/192702...
Gather The Gifts Winter Solstice Event
The cure for never enough-ness disease!
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December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Mañana we gather, shed, and spark.
“Your Mythic Life” starts 1/31. Pronoia.org/your-mythical-life
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Your Mythic Life” starts 1/31. Pronoia.org/your-mythical-life
Despite repeated “less like this,” this app isn’t getting that I have absolutely no interest in stories about spectator sports. None.
December 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Despite repeated “less like this,” this app isn’t getting that I have absolutely no interest in stories about spectator sports. None.
Subject to changes via capricious whimsicality.
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Subject to changes via capricious whimsicality.