Wynn Wagner's writing

Non-fiction
Poetry
Religion

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...you are called to a deep interior life perhaps even to mystical prayer, and to pass the fruits of your contemplation on to others. And if you cannot do so by word, then by example.

Thomas Merton, The Seven Story Mountain

But... but... but....

Wynn Wagner, reading The Seven Story Mountain

Non-fiction

HIV: Day One: What to do if you just tested positive for HIV. This essay is at AEGIS, the largest HIV web site in the world. Day One has been read by millions of people worldwide. It is the most widely read article on HIV.
Day Two: Coping With Serious Illness: Experience, strength, and hope. This is an email message Wynn sent to his step-mother after she was diagnosed with Lou Gerig's disease (ALS).

Poetry

Words, words, everywhere.
And not a drop of ink.

Walpurgis: Destiny Mountain (3kb): You've waited for your destiny. Then it appears, and it is really scary.
Contemplation in the New Age (1kb): If you feel like your life is going in circles, said Alan Watts, you are in good company. If you go outside and look in the sky, you'll see that's what all the planets and stars are doing!
Shadow (2kb): Poem about the Shadow Self (described by C. Jung as the hidden part of self that we don't like)

No Say (1kb): Poem written for handfasting. December 17, 1999. (for Rick) If you speak the title of the poem aloud, it means "I don't know" in Spanish.
Spiritual Planets (7kb): How many planets are there? What do they all mean? Fall, 1998.
Out Of Focus (1kb): Winter, 1999.

Religion

RELIGION: Western

Saintly Butt of Assisi (8kb): Anatomy lessons and Saint Francis of Assisi (2002)
Chaos, Kemet, and Christianity (4kb): On becoming a mystical crucible of the gods (2002)
Kaballah Notes (960kb): Originally written in 1981 but heavily revised in 2001.
The Rose and The Cross (5kb): Some thoughts on the Emerald Tablet. (2000)

The Primordial Goo (290kb): Spiritual Autobiography (1998)
Fear And Loathing In Chalcedon (2kb): Rome VS Constantinople: The Untold Story -- and you saw it here first, ladies and gentlemen... (2001)
Karma'Quences (7kb): Karma, Pond Slime, Visualizations, and Purgatory (2002)

RELIGION: Reiki

Usui Level: BASIC: Password-protected (workbook for Wynn's Usui Level One students)
Usui Level: PROFESSIONAL: Password-protected (workbook for Wynn's Usui Level Two students)
Usui Level: MASTER: Password-protected (workbook for Wynn's Usui Level Three apprentices)
Usui Level: MASTER/TEACHER: Password-protected (workbook for Wynn's Usui Level Four apprentices)
Karuna Level 1: BASIC: Password-protected (workbook for Wynn's Karuna Reiki students)
Karuna Level 2: PRACTITIONER: Password-protected (workbook for Wynn's Karuna Reiki students)

The Chakras (366kb): Notes on the importance of the number seven. (2001)
Reiki Symbols (Usui): Password-protected (high-quality digital images, USUI)
Reiki Symbols (Karuna): Password-protected (high-quality digital images, USUI)
Reiki Symbols (Other): Password-protected (high-quality digital images, USUI)

RELIGION: Kemet

YAPR (192kb): YAPR is "yet another pentagram ritual." The ritual is said in Egyptian and includes a bi-directional offering in tune with "As Above, So Below." This PDF document includes YAPR in Egyptian and the LPR in Hebrew... all with pronounciation and translations. First used in public on the Feast Of Sekhmet (11-2), 2001.
Samhain 2001 (171kb): A ritual for Samhain, 2001 with a special "Silver Thread" section for the victims of the World Trade Center attack.
Hyacinthia (8kb): A ritual for the vernal equinox, told at the Ides Of March in 2001.

Esbat Ritual (136kb): Elemental Pore-breathing exercise. December 10, 2000. This PDF file is designed for 2-sided printing. It will result in a booklet.
Ritual for the Lunar Eclipse (399kb): January 20, 2000.
Handfasting Ritual (23kb): December 17, 1999

RELIGION: Journal, grimoire, b.o.s.

No discussion of "Do What Thou Wilt (2kb): Can I discuss the Whole Of The Law? If I can't then there are two wholes of the law.

Musings (1kb): A few journal entries made over the past few years, including questions that I can't answer.

WYNN'S STUFF ELSEWHERE

Wynn's Personal Page
AEGiS: The largest web site in the world.

Handy links

Ordo Missae: This is the last official version of the "Tridentine Mass" dating from 1964 of the Common Era.
The Coptic Liturgy: by Saint Basil