Sunday, a day of rest and recuperation.
I sometimes use it as a day to tidy my mind, as usually reflected in tidying the house.  Somewhere between the dust and the cobwebs I realised what I really needed was a mission…
Your story is your operating system; Hack the code.
Hi, I'm Clay Lowe.
I'm a narrative alchemist and spiritual technologist working at the intersection of depth psychology, chaos magick, alchemy, and myth-making in the AI age.
I treat stories as spiritual technology—the code we use to construct reality. I build games, practices, and tools for inner transformation through narrative alchemy.
This is my laboratory. The experiments are real. The magic works.
Narrative Alchemy
Narrative Alchemy is the practice of treating stories as spiritual technology—seeing inherited scripts clearly, releasing what isn't yours, and consciously authoring new myths to live by.
It's where Jung meets chaos magic, where the imaginal becomes operational, and where inner transformation reshapes outer reality.
I build games, practices, and frameworks that make this work tangible. Magus Eternal is one of those tools—a tarot RPG designed as a container for threshold crossing. The Narrative Codex is another—a living archive of techniques, lore, and experiments.
This isn't coaching or therapy. It's spiritual technology for people ready to hack their own operating system.
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Good idea to set aside specific time to clear ones mind. When I was younger and had more time I used to do this. At the time did not realise I was doing it and I really do think it’s what we humans do naturally. The other week I meditated of sorts for the first time and felt really refreshed afterwards. Do you have any tips? May be
Last year I set some personal goals and targets. No surprise, but achieved those that I dedicated time and worked on. I really should do a mind map and get back to these.
Hi Dave,
I think it’s important to set aside mind clearing time. I try to do a session daily by going for a 60 min walk in the morning. It’s a great time for me to reflect and think about my goals. I also use some of the time to think about the day ahead and what I want to accomplish for that day. Sounds like you’re a man that’s strapped for time, so one idea might be to get up 30 minutes earlier than you normally would and use that as your quiet think time. Another thing to try is carving out 10 minutes in the day to clear your mind and then another 10 minutes in the evening (if you can longer then 10 minutes then go for it, other-wise work with the 10 minutes). C