<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Essays on Seeking Awen</title><link>https://seekingawen.com/essays/</link><description>Recent content in Essays on Seeking Awen</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://seekingawen.com/essays/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>A quiet path through fog and fern</title><link>https://seekingawen.com/essays/a-quiet-path-through-fog-and-fern/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://seekingawen.com/essays/a-quiet-path-through-fog-and-fern/</guid><description>&lt;p>There are mornings when the world is so quiet you can almost hear the spruce breathe. On those mornings I take my prayer book and a thermos out to the bluff, and I sit until the fog decides what it wants to do. The fog has its own pace. It is not in a hurry to reveal anything, and it has a way of teaching you not to be in a hurry either.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>On the three rays</title><link>https://seekingawen.com/essays/on-the-three-rays/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://seekingawen.com/essays/on-the-three-rays/</guid><description>&lt;p>The awen sign is three rays falling from three points of light. /|\ The bards used it as a shorthand for inspiration&amp;mdash;the flowing spirit that makes the singer a conduit rather than a source. I have been sitting with it for several years now, and I am not sure I have exhausted it.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>What strikes me still is how little it insists on itself. Three lines. Three dots. It does not demand interpretation. It waits.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>