metaphysics – John Rector

Cover for The First Mark: a glowing circle of the four cardinal ideas with a spiral of history behind it, above a golden string held between the Immutable Past and the Unknowable Future.

Book, Cosmic Dance, Love, Reality Equation

The First Mark: A Creation Myth for Love, The Cosmic Dance

November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 jsrector

A creation myth for Love, The Cosmic Dance and the Reality Equation: how a world came to stand between the Unknowable Future and the Immutable Past, why it turns instead of running in a line, and why you are the place where love is felt. … readThe First Mark: A Creation Myth for Love, The Cosmic Dance

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Union Is the Wrong Word

August 29, 2026August 30, 2026 jsrector

The radical claim in Sufi metaphysics is not that the self unites with God. It is that independent existence was never available to the self in the first place. … readUnion Is the Wrong Word