Archive - La La Chimera

I glimpsed heaven & it showed me the door (Jhourney retreat report)

The title is a double-entendre

Mar 5 • Tyler Alterman

February 2026

Against “spirituality”: a manifesto

Clown Spirituality part 1

Feb 24

Dionysus on the dance floor

Practical polytheism, part 4 of 4

Feb 17 • Tyler Alterman

Movies as spells: reviews of films that altered my consciousness (& made me cry)

A top 10 + honorable mentions

Feb 12 • Tyler Alterman

The gods of modernity

Practical polytheism, part 3 of 4

Feb 10 • Tyler Alterman

How to relate to gods

Practical polytheism, part 2 of 4

Feb 6 • Tyler Alterman

Practical polytheism

Part 1 of 4: Gods as cognitive strategy

Feb 2 • Tyler Alterman

January 2026

Unblocking genius as a mystical path

Worldly genius: compatible with enlightenment?

Jan 29 • Tyler Alterman

My dive into the world of telepathy

I learned how to do it. I still don't know if it's real. Does anyone?

Jan 22 • Tyler Alterman

"Men used to value their own beauty"

Jan 18 • La La Chimera

Strong cultures ritualize their own disruption

Or, why we must enshrine the clown

Jan 14 • Tyler Alterman

Defense against the dark arts

Jan 14 • Tyler Alterman

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