<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Orphic Inscendence ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exploration of mysticism, metaphysics, beauty, ideals & faith.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:51:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[He]]></title><description><![CDATA["Lovers", Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944), Norwegian A trail of hair from his primal separation-wound towards the sleeping god. My hand walks the path. The sleeper awakens to greet my fingers; gently, I touch him. His diaphragm moves, the apple in his throat swallows saliva. His eyes closed, his head turned to the right side, as if seeking to escape the assault of sensations. My lover, so yielding to my touch, to the sensation, so sensitive, so tender, resists his body. The god is awake and so is...]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/___he</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67dc6a63167e7b19c69e9ed9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:25:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_fb5803abd8f4422582facbd62a4c218e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_752,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Which Shall Remain]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article was written exclusively for The Geist  magazine's final publication. I am posting it here in full - found it fitting for the...]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/that-which-shall-remain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6772d8bb288ddbdaa9f747e7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:38:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_61a7a6debb6240fbbecd01f08f970862~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_736,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Short Letter to Those Who Do Not Want to Live]]></title><description><![CDATA[I died in the Beauty’s embrace.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/a-short-letter-to-those-who-do-not-want-to-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668e69b6f408fc147ce74783</guid><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guides and Advices]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:07:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_f1d7aa15014e4d4cb098c1fe0850d43b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_797,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Comb ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the red hair falls down upon the floor beneath me, I offer them as a sacrifice to the Soil, to the Heritage of the Prophets, to the Hand.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/the-comb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">662c406c8e1ff540391b9e91</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:30:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_acbd5b0ed6344163a4c6647147b8945d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nocturne]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the body longing for its depths &#38; its legacy, the Swimmer walked towards the Darkness ahead.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/the-nocturne</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f0a52c4295732e9142683a</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:07:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_829a3b9efac64dc4aa76a6579fbf6b5e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_905,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Saw Her Bathing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Venus at her toilette, Renoir's voluptuous bathers who merge into a singular existence with the dreamlike landscapes, Diana Bathing.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/he-saw-her-bathing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6553dfe3aaa4a4ab5fbe9913</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:45:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_61957ec450c94c01ba54e2894ef2643b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zuleika's Diary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Love has sung the funeral hymns to our sorrowful Romance. And Love has sung the wedding hymns to our Eternal Union.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/divine-lovers-union-zuleika-yusuf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65148b78a29e3cef29014246</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:01:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_d13184acf0bf470486c51cc6c6eadaca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_460,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Courageous Romantics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only the Love that gazes upwards is the one that overcomes Death.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/romanticism-knight-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64087ef79508fa23d12451c6</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:02:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_5ef976c59b3b486998e4b3cc09a28561~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_625,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paradisiacal Gaze]]></title><description><![CDATA[To reclaim the Unity, is to reclaim the Eden - hence the entry into our own Soul being the entry into Paradise.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/paradise-gaze</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f49f44746139376aaaccf1</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:39:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_afadd35589554fd39df5c57ce26f9050~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_947,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Holder of Strings]]></title><description><![CDATA[She the eternal storyteller, the eternal power in its manifestation, and he becomes the one for who the story exists.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/illusion-scheherzade-storytelling-sutradhar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c6e8daac8cfd7aafeba5a0</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_9b2e2b24c8624c8fbeba20766d42f42b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_665,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Story of Senses: Hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The more one listens, the more one becomes sensitive &#38; responsive to the subtle, and the subtle is a peak to that which behind the veil.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/senses-hearing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63761f971c53bc22e44e91b4</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:07:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_f0039c1f142045a1bad2905092851a29~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_637,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of World That Demands a Lie]]></title><description><![CDATA[But one is told not to give heed to thoughts or voices, they lie! Look around you, the wise saints say, be grateful for your daily bread.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/of-world-that-demands-a-lie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6372a742e1e1adb70578e6b6</guid><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:11:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_8cb99fee805e498894a00d79e1fb361c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_721,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Story of Senses: Sight]]></title><description><![CDATA[The intellect lights up and reveals the beauty of the object we are looking at and our pleasure is in the beauty itself.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/sense-sight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63526fc02901ffee0281736f</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:23:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_426a678c97da45d581e05eb80e67cd57~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_703,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Story of Senses: Taste]]></title><description><![CDATA[We may return with the knowledge that we just had a taste of God]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/a-story-of-senses-taste</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62f616cdf872fca9ff74d9ab</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_c61da7fba8d44c38823390542ec26ce3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_471,h_704,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Story of Senses: Smell]]></title><description><![CDATA[A scent is never alone - it is inherently interactive.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/senses-smell-perfume</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62909c34fe435e7aecf2939d</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 11:19:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_e0e2e60b94eb4ddba91e10a128e02a05~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_590,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk To Me, Red One!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Silent, rest &#38; at peace, she trusts to recognise the one true pair of steps over a million of false one.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/talk-to-me-red-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6249af55d9b048487a46ccad</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 16:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_68cab38ef388428cbd51a9256fadabc6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_793,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Story of Senses: Touch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Give me a handful of hair, a fingertip of skin, so I may remember, so I may know something other than me.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/senses-touch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">623d95cc9c257095989d34e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:44:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_038895ed4cf64feba2e95c3169e38108~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_363,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise the Mutilated World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Praised be His Mutilated world, for it is a playful cruelty, and never a cruelty that wounds.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/praise-the-mutilated-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61e86c5c64dbe7001612c9ff</guid><category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:59:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_be6ad2f27fab40e894cf917653fc57a0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_564,h_707,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Inner Apartments]]></title><description><![CDATA[The night permits and allows that which daylight forbids.]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/the-inner-apartments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d9a7a7a64aeb0016b9b4a0</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 17:01:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_78918251f6bf4d12bfe32df711bcde1f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embodying Art and Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[But who knows, maybe she will appear again and say: "Do go gentle into that good night."]]></description><link>https://orphicinscendence.wixsite.com/orphicinscendence/post/courtesan-tawaif-geisha</link><guid isPermaLink="false">619e5f6879122d001644cf9c</guid><category><![CDATA[Imagination]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:39:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/181fbb_26cd46b5a8814841ae28ef77e894c945~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naida | Orphic Inscendence</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>