Jack Preston King
@jackprestonking.bsky.social
Author of In Defense of Magical Thinking: Essays in Defiance of Conformity to Reason and other books for rebels against the spiritual, creative, and cultural status quo. Writes unruly poems, short stories, and novels, too. jackprestonking.com
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Jack Preston King
Jack Preston King - author, poet, philosopher
jackprestonking.com
For anyone interested, my author website currently has over 200 essays, short stories, flash fiction, poems, a novel, bunches of book reviews and more, all free to read. No subscription needed! Just a good old fashioned author website full of cool things. Come see what I'm about! jackprestonking.com
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“But here the irrational obtrudes.”
-- Joseph Cornell, Dream Journal 7/31/71
-- Joseph Cornell, Dream Journal 7/31/71
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“But here the irrational obtrudes.”
-- Joseph Cornell, Dream Journal 7/31/71
-- Joseph Cornell, Dream Journal 7/31/71
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There is nothing more magic and beautiful than lines forming across paper. It’s all there is. It’s all there ever was.
― Charles Bukowski, On Writing
#quote
― Charles Bukowski, On Writing
#quote
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There is nothing more magic and beautiful than lines forming across paper. It’s all there is. It’s all there ever was.
― Charles Bukowski, On Writing
#quote
― Charles Bukowski, On Writing
#quote
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When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.
~ Lewis Howes
~ Lewis Howes
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.
~ Lewis Howes
~ Lewis Howes
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For your Friday ~ this beautiful poem.
What's Unsaid
~ Dr. Maya C. Popa
—Only once did a boar burst out of the woods like a question just as soon retracted. Then we were alone again with everything we didn't say
What's Unsaid
~ Dr. Maya C. Popa
—Only once did a boar burst out of the woods like a question just as soon retracted. Then we were alone again with everything we didn't say
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
For your Friday ~ this beautiful poem.
What's Unsaid
~ Dr. Maya C. Popa
—Only once did a boar burst out of the woods like a question just as soon retracted. Then we were alone again with everything we didn't say
What's Unsaid
~ Dr. Maya C. Popa
—Only once did a boar burst out of the woods like a question just as soon retracted. Then we were alone again with everything we didn't say
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My #BookReview of Felicia Day's Audible Original full cast audio production of Third Eye
#fullcast #audiobook #FeliciaDay #Booksky
#fullcast #audiobook #FeliciaDay #Booksky
Third Eye: A Full Cast Audio Blast!
If you loved Felicia Day’s late 2000’s nerd comedy web series The Guild, which she created, wrote, starred in, directed and produced, drop everything and treat yourself to her 2023 Audible Original…
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November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My #BookReview of Felicia Day's Audible Original full cast audio production of Third Eye
#fullcast #audiobook #FeliciaDay #Booksky
#fullcast #audiobook #FeliciaDay #Booksky
My #BookReview of They Flew: A History of the Impossible, by Carlos Eire
#miracles #wonder #humanflight #levitation #bilocation #Booksky
#miracles #wonder #humanflight #levitation #bilocation #Booksky
They Flew: A History of the Impossible
When someone claims to have experienced what science labels impossible (out of body experience, communication with the dead, precognition, etc.), devotees of materialist science generally respond…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My #BookReview of They Flew: A History of the Impossible, by Carlos Eire
#miracles #wonder #humanflight #levitation #bilocation #Booksky
#miracles #wonder #humanflight #levitation #bilocation #Booksky
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“The apparitional nature of childhood itself.”
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From the essay, “What is it like to be a dead ghost? Oh, do tell me Tom, I've been simply longing to know': Hauntology & Spectrality in 1989’s BBC television series Tom's Midnight Garden
(Stella Miriam Pryce)
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From the essay, “What is it like to be a dead ghost? Oh, do tell me Tom, I've been simply longing to know': Hauntology & Spectrality in 1989’s BBC television series Tom's Midnight Garden
(Stella Miriam Pryce)
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“The apparitional nature of childhood itself.”
👻
From the essay, “What is it like to be a dead ghost? Oh, do tell me Tom, I've been simply longing to know': Hauntology & Spectrality in 1989’s BBC television series Tom's Midnight Garden
(Stella Miriam Pryce)
👻
From the essay, “What is it like to be a dead ghost? Oh, do tell me Tom, I've been simply longing to know': Hauntology & Spectrality in 1989’s BBC television series Tom's Midnight Garden
(Stella Miriam Pryce)
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Negative Capability
First articulated by John Keats, theorizes access to truth without the pressure and framework of logic or science. Contemplating William Shakespeare, Keats supposed
First articulated by John Keats, theorizes access to truth without the pressure and framework of logic or science. Contemplating William Shakespeare, Keats supposed
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Negative Capability
First articulated by John Keats, theorizes access to truth without the pressure and framework of logic or science. Contemplating William Shakespeare, Keats supposed
First articulated by John Keats, theorizes access to truth without the pressure and framework of logic or science. Contemplating William Shakespeare, Keats supposed
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Interview with psychologist Tim Brigham, former resident of Gulf Breeze, Fl., talking with editor/host Brent Raynes on UFOs and the psychic/psychological implications on various anomalous experiences apmagazine.info/index.php?op...
AP Magazine
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November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Interview with psychologist Tim Brigham, former resident of Gulf Breeze, Fl., talking with editor/host Brent Raynes on UFOs and the psychic/psychological implications on various anomalous experiences apmagazine.info/index.php?op...
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Literature out of context:
”She had to remind herself that, first, he was a priest of a cult that demanded celibacy from its clerics, and, second, an hour earlier he had been a corpse.”
(I love this sentence)
”She had to remind herself that, first, he was a priest of a cult that demanded celibacy from its clerics, and, second, an hour earlier he had been a corpse.”
(I love this sentence)
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Literature out of context:
”She had to remind herself that, first, he was a priest of a cult that demanded celibacy from its clerics, and, second, an hour earlier he had been a corpse.”
(I love this sentence)
”She had to remind herself that, first, he was a priest of a cult that demanded celibacy from its clerics, and, second, an hour earlier he had been a corpse.”
(I love this sentence)
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… the more numerous and the more significant the unconscious contents which are assimilated to the ego, the closer the approximation of the ego to the Self even though this approximation must be a never-ending process.
~ C. G. Jung, Collected Works Vol 9
~ C. G. Jung, Collected Works Vol 9
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
… the more numerous and the more significant the unconscious contents which are assimilated to the ego, the closer the approximation of the ego to the Self even though this approximation must be a never-ending process.
~ C. G. Jung, Collected Works Vol 9
~ C. G. Jung, Collected Works Vol 9
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We know not what we do if we know not what we are
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We know not what we do if we know not what we are
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sad minds think alike,
Mary Ruefle
Mary Ruefle
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
sad minds think alike,
Mary Ruefle
Mary Ruefle
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Nah, I'm not
underestimating my own magic anymore.
underestimating my own magic anymore.
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nah, I'm not
underestimating my own magic anymore.
underestimating my own magic anymore.
The bare bones, most direct path to the achievement of personal, cultural and planetary human awakening is remarkably simple.
#spirituality #spiritualawakening #enlightenment #mindvirus #memetics #freeyourmind
#spirituality #spiritualawakening #enlightenment #mindvirus #memetics #freeyourmind
The Simplest Path to Personal and Planetary Awakening: FREE YOUR MIND : Jack Preston King : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
“Anyone can do this. Spiritual awakening, in Jack Preston King's view, may be hard work, but it is not complicated work. The path to enlightenment is really...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The bare bones, most direct path to the achievement of personal, cultural and planetary human awakening is remarkably simple.
#spirituality #spiritualawakening #enlightenment #mindvirus #memetics #freeyourmind
#spirituality #spiritualawakening #enlightenment #mindvirus #memetics #freeyourmind
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November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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“The UFOs do not come from outer space. They come from the collective human psyche—and they have been with us for thousands of years, wearing whatever mask the times demand.” – John Keel
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“The UFOs do not come from outer space. They come from the collective human psyche—and they have been with us for thousands of years, wearing whatever mask the times demand.” – John Keel
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Manifesto's have changed the world, Jack.
You put into words a lot of how I've tried to live.
Idealists and idealism have changed the course of society, it's the dreamers, poets, and artists who have pointed the way. Yes, there may be suffering involved but it's the hero's path.
You put into words a lot of how I've tried to live.
Idealists and idealism have changed the course of society, it's the dreamers, poets, and artists who have pointed the way. Yes, there may be suffering involved but it's the hero's path.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Manifesto's have changed the world, Jack.
You put into words a lot of how I've tried to live.
Idealists and idealism have changed the course of society, it's the dreamers, poets, and artists who have pointed the way. Yes, there may be suffering involved but it's the hero's path.
You put into words a lot of how I've tried to live.
Idealists and idealism have changed the course of society, it's the dreamers, poets, and artists who have pointed the way. Yes, there may be suffering involved but it's the hero's path.
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Poem For your Thursday - 🔥
~ Jessica L. Walsh
When My Daughter Tells Me I Was Never Punk
—I say, hon, my being alive is punk. I made my life out of grudges when I saw the odds placed against me,
when my role was to marry a man who'd kill me/ How did I get here? I say, By my fucking teeth.
~ Jessica L. Walsh
When My Daughter Tells Me I Was Never Punk
—I say, hon, my being alive is punk. I made my life out of grudges when I saw the odds placed against me,
when my role was to marry a man who'd kill me/ How did I get here? I say, By my fucking teeth.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Poem For your Thursday - 🔥
~ Jessica L. Walsh
When My Daughter Tells Me I Was Never Punk
—I say, hon, my being alive is punk. I made my life out of grudges when I saw the odds placed against me,
when my role was to marry a man who'd kill me/ How did I get here? I say, By my fucking teeth.
~ Jessica L. Walsh
When My Daughter Tells Me I Was Never Punk
—I say, hon, my being alive is punk. I made my life out of grudges when I saw the odds placed against me,
when my role was to marry a man who'd kill me/ How did I get here? I say, By my fucking teeth.
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Delighted to help make this happen! I studied Jann Haworth and Peter Blake’s Looking Glass School when I was an art student. Jann and I shared a friendship with Sir Ken Robinson and later we ended up working together on various experimental arts education projects. www.brlsi.org/whatson/jann...
Jann Haworth- My life with Sergeant Pepper!
Renowned pop artist Jann Haworth reflects on her extraordinary life & co-designing the "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" cover with Peter Blake!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Delighted to help make this happen! I studied Jann Haworth and Peter Blake’s Looking Glass School when I was an art student. Jann and I shared a friendship with Sir Ken Robinson and later we ended up working together on various experimental arts education projects. www.brlsi.org/whatson/jann...
