Dear Living Dark reader,

Two of the most deeply felt fascinations that have gripped me over the years—and they’re honestly not just fascinations but full-blown obsessions, the chief orienting points of my life—are the matters of spiritual awakening and purpose or calling. You could also call them nonduality (finding out who I really am and what the world really is) and the daimon (understanding the specific energy that moves me, my reason for being, what I am supposed to be doing with the life ex...