The Sheltering Sky – BEAT – Steve Vai. Acrylic paint on canvas by Attila Kárpáthy.
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The Sheltering Sky
Eric Johanson concerteaza la București pe 28 noiembrie
Eric Johanson, chitaristul din New Orleans cu un album pe locul 1 în Billboard Blues, concertează în premieră la București pe 28 noiembrie
Artistul american vine în turneul european al noului album, The Open Bayou, lansat pe 16 octombrie 2026. Bucureștiul este singura oprire din Europa de Est a turneului. Concertul are loc la The Pub Universității, în cadrul seriei Transilvania Blues Nights. Read more Eric Johanson concerteaza la București pe 28 noiembrie
2026, a different 1989
Donald Tusk’s coup d’état in Poland, supported by the E.U. Commission, is in line with the cancellation of the 2024 presidential election in Romania.
People still don’t get it. It’s not about left or right, nor is it about ideology or whom you support. It’s about democracy and the future we’re building through our decisions and involvement.
What makes the coup in Poland more significant is that it appears to be part of an operation to involve a N.A.T.O. country in a direct war with the Russian Federation.
I said that 2026 will be a more violent 1989, and the world will be completely reshaped. I’m not a prophet, but I’m no fool either.
What has happened so far in 2026? Read more 2026, a different 1989
Waiting on the Bench, Chapter Eight
“Waiting on the Bench” is an innovative, esoteric novel.
It combines two separate yet correlated works.
On the one hand, the novel consists of 22 chapters and presents the death and afterlife trials and tribulations of a man during 40 days, according to the Orthodox canons.
On the other hand, for each chapter, there is a corresponding so-called counter-chapter dealing with one of the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck.
“Waiting on the Bench” was inspired by my own near-death experience resulting from my encounter with the covid infection in October 2021.
Five years later, I almost finished the book—five years of my own trials and tribulations.
Today I offer you one full chapter.
Enjoy!
Chapter Eight
The dead of a party. Discovering the bench. A portal to the other side. A similar world but still different. Getting through the twenty customs.
The burial afterparty had ended. The last handful of mourners drifted away as the sun slipped behind the hills and the afternoon bled into evening. I felt hollowed out and frightened, though I couldn’t have said exactly what. Of whatever came next, I suppose. That’s the trouble with the end: it never turns out to be the end.
My legs shook. I sank onto a bench.
The bench held a peculiar place in the cemetery. Most visitors hurried past without a glance. Only now and then did I see an elderly widower settle there to mourn the one he had lost.
The cemetery sprawled across the hillside beneath a canopy of trees. Beyond the rusty Read more Waiting on the Bench, Chapter Eight
Roger Waters or James Hetfield? And why?
I was born and raised behind the Iron Curtain. Reading xeroxed books, watching movies from VHS tapes at secret gatherings, and listening to rock music were forms of resistance. Wearing long hair as a man was an act of bravery. The very few of us who had long hair were rebels, artists or undercover governmental agents, respectively, provocateurs.
In the 80s, I was a teenager, and besides various bands from Hungary, I fell in love with Motorhead, The Clash, and other similar monstrosities. We devoured every single record smuggled into Romania, from the Beatles to Venom, without discrimination. So, I emerged into Read more Roger Waters or James Hetfield? And why?
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Who’s in charge?
We blame and hate politicians, but are they actually in power, or are they only marionettes?
I learned not to have expectations.
I don’t want to talk about Trump, not yet anyway, but he is a perfect example.
Trump’s first term was a total disaster. Whatever idea Read more Who’s in charge?
The trials and tribulations of an independent creator
Let me be clear: I’m not complaining; it is what it is. And ultimately, it’s not even about me.
I am an independent writer and Tarot deck creator.
I created my first deck, the Unified Esoteric Tarot, in 2017, and I decided to self-publish it.
It won the best self-published deck category at the 2018 CARTA Awards, and it earned me the honour of serving on the judging panel in subsequent years, until I decided to resign after the 2024 competition.
Between 2018 and 2020, I created and self-published over 10 decks, and created a couple more, but kept them in my drawers. I submitted none of my work and preferred to keep my work “independent,” with all its ups and downs.
Likewise, I wrote and self-published several books using Lulu. One of the main reasons I have chosen Lulu is that they print locally. They don’t print in China, but use various printing companies near the customer who has submitted their order.
All my “products” are print-on-demand, making the manufacturing costs considerably higher.
I am also aware that most publishers would likely have rejected my work for its original, non-traditional content. I have no issue being the black sheep. As the song goes, “It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it.”
Coming back to the self-publishing of Tarot decks, after Read more The trials and tribulations of an independent creator
The Karpathy Wheel for August 2026
I owe you some explanations regarding the prediction for August 28-29.
Just a reminder, according to my calculations, the critical moments related to the Saturn-Neptune conjunction are:
May 14-16 – the Six of Disks (Steadiness).
July 6-8 – the Three of Cups (Devotion).
August 28-29 – the Eight of Disks (Multiplication).
October 19-20 – the Four of Swords (Originality).
December 9-10 – the Nine of Wands (Exploration).
February 1-2 (2027) – the Six of Swords (Departure).
So far, these dates have proved quite accurate.
At first sight, nothing spectacular, not to say “catastrophic,” happened last week.
Well, at least two major things come to mind.
The first, and perhaps the most dramatic, is the imminent Read more The Karpathy Wheel for August 2026
September 2026
08.29.2026. September 2026.
The Kárpáthy Wheel for September 2026.
On September 10, Mercury enters Libra. The Tarot card representing this aspect is the Two of Swords, which signifies diplomacy.
Considering the rising tensions between the collective Western world and the East – Russia, Iran, and, not least, China – perhaps this is a great opportunity to de-escalate the situation and find an amicable solution.
It’s also the day Read more September 2026
