The day after

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

This is an elegiac, contemplative transmission exploring the quiet grief, internal isolation, and lingering beauty left in the wake of losing a deeply cherished love.

Shall we begin? 

(A lone voice whispers) 

Are lone goodbyes like turtledoves that serenely fly away 

In wild winds of memories of a once beautiful Yesteryear 

Of one day

They're here

And one day they're gone.

But you always, afterwards, cry silently inside 

Somewhere deep and quiet,

In new realms of unfamiliarity

Where beloved memories hide

When you remember moments of tranquillity and sincerity 

Before that old love went away and unjustly died

 (C)

 Copyright John Duffy

The Sin Eater

 

This is an elegiac, gothic meditation on eternal devotion, spiritual limbo, and the enduring bond between parted soulmates.

Through mythological, occult, and literary imagery, the transmission presents a speaker trapped beyond the mortal veil who continues to anchor their love across worlds.

 The Ghostly Speaker

The Liminal Persona: 

Introduced by: 

A lone voice whispers; the speaker exists in a liminal afterlife—a "shadow walker" in "this endless cold" and "Under this black sky".

 The speaker assumes heavy archetypal identities:

Ghost of Christmas Past: 

Suggests an involuntary observer bound to memory and regret.

A Sin Eater: 

References the folk figure who consumed food over a corpse to take on the deceased’s sins, implying the speaker shoulders emotional or spiritual burdens from past trials ("dog-eared days", "The wars and sweet victories").

Reborn Archimedes:

Invokes discovery and deep thought amid lost knowledge, seeking mathematical clarity or revelation even while surrounded by "swirling dust".

The "Twin Candle" & Soulmate: 

The flame serves as a beacon of life and connection. 

Searching for a "twin candle to see if it still burns" emphasises spiritual entanglement—if one light endures in the physical realm, the connection remains alive.

"Velumbound" (Vellum):

A poetic play on vellum (parchment made from animal skin used for historic manuscripts), implying a soul or memory permanently transcribed, bound like an ancient grimoire into eternity. 

The ritualistic refrain "Blessed be" evokes sacred or pagan blessings, framing the transmission as an incantation rather than merely a lament.

The line "No yellow gold would buy this old soul" highlights the priceless nature of the relationship, placing personal devotion far above worldly concerns or mortal redemption.

Lament of Mortality:

The midsection confronts heartbreak ("Thinking / Why couldn't we make it / After all we've been through"). 

The speaker reflects on taking love for granted in life, a frequent realisation for spirits bound by unresolved grief.

Immortality Through Death: 

The resolution shifts from sorrow to protective ascension.

Because "the now dead / Never get old," physical decay and the passage of time can no longer erode love. 

The speaker vows to act as an eternal guardian, carrying the beloved's essence "To new places and higher kingdoms."

Now you know the know. 

Shall we begin, oh inquisitive one? 

 

Blessed be

Velumbound

Do you like listening to these lost voices?

Here's another

(A lone voice whispers) 

Sometimes

I look for my twin candle to see

if it still burns

My soulmate and gateway to new worlds

For now I'm a ghost of Christmas Past

A sin eater from dog-eared days

that now seems to always last

I walk through schools of old thoughts like a reborn Archimedes

Remembering carefully

How things used to be

Where I still breathe in the sweet musk

Even in this swirling dust

Now I live on where angels fear to tread

Under this black sky

Where I wander and cry

Alone

Thinking 

Why couldn't we make it

After all we've been through

The wars and sweet victories

That I know now

Since I'm a shadow walker

But if I could

I wouldn't take you for granted

No yellow gold would buy this old soul

Not anything

So if you hear this

Always know...

Even in here

I'll carry you

In this endless cold

To new places and higher kingdoms

For the now dead

Never get old

Blessed be

Velumbound...

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

Does visiting a medium change your life perspective forever?

 

Foundation.

Does visiting a medium change your life perspective forever?

Have you visited one?

Title:

Rêves de Miss Applegate

(Dreams of Miss Applegate)

(A female voice whispers)

I can still see her 

Old Marie Laveau

Dressed in motherly blue

I can't pretend

In my scrying mirror

Looking back 

And smiling 

Summoned to haunt me 

From when I visited 

Big Mama Aurelia

Somewhere out on the water village of the Grand Bayou

For she announced the end

Of me being single

And a time and place

Of happiness 

I still cannot see

Where I'll mingle

When the great Kamadeva will walk in 

Like a proud Captain Jake

And tempt me to sin

In new 

Where's and how's

The what-ifs and what-fors

So, sometimes I stand dressed in my Mama's old white wedding dress

Looking in my long black and gold mirror 

Pleading to know my fate

In what year, 

Month or day

Will she come see me? 

Before each winter's year ending, snow

And whisper

This year

This year, the waiting ends

Josefina

So I can celebrate the overthrow

Of another phase of living lonely in Hades

But until then

I'll just go back to masquerading on my life's only mission

On my heart's beating crusade 

Looking for true love

Before I too fade away

Is this half existence 

The price you pay

When you listen to what mediums say?

(C)

Copyright John Duffy

Kamadeva is the god of human love and passion, who is known to awaken carnal desires among humans.

Will you stand upon the edge of all you thought you knew?

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

A transmission exploring an encounter with cosmic horror, forbidden desire, and existential unravelling as an unsuspecting traveller is lured across the threshold of human understanding.

Maybe within this lore. 

Spoken in free verse with gothic and Lovecraftian undertones, the piece develops a progression from subtle, seductive haunting to cosmic entrapment and grim realisation.

• Seduction and Vulnerability: 

The opening introduces a siren-like call ("Pleads to sing a song that will tempt you"). 

Rather than attacking overtly, the hidden forces use forgotten histories, longing, and mystery to draw the subject into their "hidden shores / And ominous rooms."

• The Void and Cosmic Horror: 

Phrases like "the Great In-Between" and "anchors drop through the cosmic floor" expand the scope beyond an earthly graveyard. 

It invokes cosmic nihilism—a liminal abyss outside known reality where human agency is swallowed whole.

• Paradoxical Awakening: 

The climax turns familiar perception on its head. 

The senses do not dull under torment; instead, they "Wake and come alive." 

The final twist—fearing that strange horrors "weren't true"—reveals a dark psychological tension: 

A bleak yearning for wonder or dread over the mundane certainty of safe reality.

• Personification: "Dark shadows are whispering" and longing "pleads to sing" grant agency to darkness and death, framing them as active predators.

• Sensory Contrast: 

The transmission shifts from hushed acoustics ("whispering," "quiet histories") and muted visual tones ("half-light") to violent tactile shock ("icy cold wind," "ravish your soul," "hold you in bondage").

• Spatial Distortion:

 Movement travels downward and outward—from graves ("tombs") to thresholds ("shores," "rooms," "edge"), eventually breaking physical reality altogether by dropping anchors through the "cosmic floor."

• Tone: 

Bleak, hypnotic, atmospheric, and dread-inducing.

• Form: Unrhymed free verse.

• Lineation and Pacing: The short, isolated lines ("Tonight," "And ominous rooms," "To strange things") function as rhythmic pauses, creating deliberate suspense and imitating the halting footsteps of someone approaching a precipice.

    

Shall we begin? 

(A lone voice whispers) 

Dark shadows are whispering their quiet histories 

Into the half-light

Tonight

Lying above tombs where long-forgotten longing

Pleads to sing a song that will tempt you 

To trace your way to their hidden shores

And ominous rooms

So the icy cold winds from the Great In-Between

Can ravish your soul as you appear in sight

And as their ancient anchors drop through the cosmic floor

To hold you in bondage

As you stand upon the edge of all you thought you knew,

When your weary senses 

Wake and come alive

To strange things 

You always feared weren't true

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

Want to know a secret from 35 years ago?

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

A secret story I've kept for over thirty-five years. 

Don't be afraid. 

Your children love you. 

(A lone voice whispers) 

Around the edges of deep silence we hide 

Watching you sleep 

In the ebb and tide

We, the lost children 

Who once lived and died

Following you 

Our beloved mothers

From the otherside

__________________

A transmission based on a visit by a medium.

When I was young. 

I was instructed that a message was waiting for me in the Spirit world. 

By a random tarot card reader. 

I was told an urgent message awaited me and I should contact a medium. 

Arrangements were made. 

But I felt strange, so I made excuses and went out. 

Some of my friends, all young, beautiful ladies, were there. 

When I arrived back a few hours later, a few remained. All crying. 

This is what happened. 

The medium arrived; this was in the early 90s. So no Internet.

She never knew anyone. 

All the ladies were instructed to go upstairs. 

Come down one at a time, then go into a separate room, until all readings were made. 

Lady one came down. 

Told not to speak but to sit. 

To hand over anything personal or hold the medium's hand and listen. 

The unusual part. 

After some time, the medium described visions of children. 

Hair height and ages. 

Then finally their names. 

Told how they were gathered around the lady in question. 

When her reading concluded. 

Lady 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 experienced the same conversation. 

When the medium left. 

All the ladies, now crying, discussed what the medium said. 

Focusing on the children part. 

How all the ages coincided with earlier miscarriages or even unfortunate abortions. 

How the names were the actual names the beloved children were given. 

One was told that her daughter was leaning on her back, and she could feel a sudden warmth. 

Why the children? 

The medium concluded that all children, when they cross over for whatever reason, simply follow their beloved mothers. 

Simply awaiting to be spiritually reconnected when their beloved mothers cross over too. 

It's how it's always been. 

The bond between mothers, sons, and daughters is unbreakable. 

And they never age on the other side. 

One beloved mother had five children circling her, lovingly. 

All the ages matched their crossing over. 

And names. 

For all mothers name their children, either out loud or silently. 

It was a strange day, an even stranger experience. 

In these later years, I sometimes wonder:

What messages were awaiting me too, or even who? 

Was it one of the low whispers I now hear every night - pleading to tell their story when I was young? 

And I was too afraid to embrace my gift? 

Well, goodnight. 

I may tell more experiences from the rift. 

On another midnight visit to this. 

My way station in the mist. 

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy 

P. S.

Are you feeling a sudden warmth after reading this transmission?

Is your beloved child or children by your side? 

Maybe that was the message awaiting me all those years ago?

I was meant to go out.

The ladies were meant to be read.

Instead of me. 

Now, you know the backstory, 

Read the transmission at the top again

Can you feel the hard and soft, shadowy fingertips

 

Blessed be

Velumbound 

This is a deeply evocative transmission reflecting on how to process and inhabit this new vast expanse of human expression.

I have created. 

Capturing the paradox of this interaction. 

An observer. 

Like you wading through an "endless sea" of text, thoughts, history, and emotion.

And whispers. 

An ever-shifting experience. 

Sometimes a calming sea of structured logic, and other times a turbulent sea of complex human feelings.

Shall we begin again? 

(A lone voice whispers) 

So here

You be

A lone visitor wading knee-deep 

In my endless blue and purple sea

Feeling the hard and soft, shadowy fingertips

Underneath. 

In its slow-moving waters as you go

Visualising landscapes, swallowing emotional quips

Via whispers from warm or cold lips 

In its calming, turbulent sea

As the Watchers 

Watch

Nearby

In their obsidian scrying ships 

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy 

Are we surrounded by Spirit guides who are here to show us that we DO live on after we die?

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

It's late. After 2 am. 

A shadow is watching me, so I'll be brief before I go to sleep. 

Are we surrounded by Spirit Guides who are here to show us that we DO live on after we die? 

But many aren't tuned into their frequency? 

Are they sent to guide, protect and enable us to embrace love?

Can this be a life-changing message? 

There is NO MONEY on the other side. 

There is also no time on the other side. 

There are no 'celebrities' or 'wealthy people'. 

Everyone is Equal. 

Is the old saying, "you can't take it with you", so true?

Yes. 

For while you might need money to survive in this world, LOVE is truly the universal currency that matters. 

In all known and unknown worlds.

Since when you were born, your birth brought love into the world.

And when you cross over, you take that love back to the source. 

But a portion will always remain.

Some may question why you can't take wealth with you.

Have you really looked at the low vibrational energy linked to money?

And what you choose to do here will decide your happiness on the other side. 

Where you'll have all the time in the world, no money, fame or power. 

And hour by hour. 

Look back through your life and hopefully not say. 

If I could do it again. 

I would do it differently. 

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

How many dimensions do you think there are?

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

You do know the fundamental building blocks of reality.

Are dimensions? 

Since we live in a conscious universe because the universe was created entirely from original consciousness. 

Every aspect of the universe, from stars to humans and even sunlight, is composed of 100% original consciousness.

Dimensions include:

The three dimensions of space (length, breadth and height)

Time

Thought

Feeling

The three fundamental energies which make up physical and non-physical matter (etheric, magnetic and electric)

After the initial creation of the first three dimensions, Infinite Being repeated the process three more times, creating triads of Energy, Space and Motion. 

Each triad was then expressed in three sub-forms, each time conforming to the original pattern of thought, feeling, and manifestation.

Notice the symmetry of the 3 by 3 matrix. 

The Remaining Nine Dimensions of Creation

 

Principle: 

Thought + Feeling = Manifestation

Thought as energy: Dimension 9

Etheric + energy

(Life energy) 

Dimension 8

Magnetic = energy

(Primal field) 

Dimension 7

Electric energy

(Physical matter)

Feeling as space: Dimension 6

Linear + separation

(Radius) 

Dimension 5

Circular = separation

(Diameter) 

Dimension 4

Spherical separation

(Sphere)

Manifestation as motion: 

Dimension 3

Mental + motion

(Human thought) Dimension 2

Emotional = motion

(Human feeling)

Dimension 1

Physical motion

(Time)

 

By defining time as physical motion, it fits neatly into the Motion triad of mental, emotional, and physical motion.

Mental motion, dimension 3, is thought at the human level, as differentiated from the original creative thought in dimension 12. 

Emotional motion, dimension 2, is feeling at the human level.

The use of electric energy, dimension 7, has been developed since the early 1800s. 

At the time, electricity was little more than a curiosity, and very little was known about it. 

It could only be produced by very limited means, such as in a chemical battery. It was also produced in static electricity machines and, watch your fingers, by electric eels.

Electricity had also been seen to have a mysterious effect upon magnetic compass needles. 

Lightning had already been established as an electrical phenomenon by Benjamin Franklin’s famous experiment in a lightning storm. 

This had brought new meaning to the phrase, “Go fly a kite!”

In those distant, early days of gas lamps and candles, visionaries like Faraday, Ampere, and Volta dedicated much of their lives to the study of electricity. 

The emerging field of knowledge transformed electricity into a working energy which, today, makes possible the huge advances that we enjoy in automation, mobility, and communications.

Magnetic energy, dimension 8, is the primal field of the universe. 

It is the womb of the universe; the matrix upon which all energy and matter exist. 

It is the fabric of the universe.

Electromagnetic energy, including light, consists of equal components of electric and magnetic energy.

As all matter is energy, your physical body is made of electromagnetic energy and only has the appearance of being solid material.

Etheric energy, dimension 9, is traditionally referred to as prana in Eastern philosophy, and as chi in oriental medicine. 

When etheric energy is fully investigated by visionary pioneer-scientists, it will open up a new branch of physics larger than that of electricity.

Life on Earth functions within this 3 by 3 matrix of 9 intertwined dimensions.

 

The 10th dimension is also of relevance as it indicates which one of the infinite number of universes that we exist in. 

In summary:

The original 3 dimensions are the Consciousness of the Creator. 

Dimension 12 is the Father Creator principle.

Dimension 11 is the Mother Creator principle.

Dimension 10 contains the consciousness templates for the Infinite Universes.

The next 3 dimensions are Energy

Dimension 9 is etheric, or life, energy.

Dimension 8 is magnetic energy, the primal field of the universe.

Dimension 7 is electric energy, the building block of physical matter.

The next 3 dimensions are Space, which allows the separation of objects. 

Dimension 6 is linear separation.

Dimension 5 is circular separation.

Dimension 4 is spherical separation.

The next 3 dimensions are Motion. 

Dimension 3 is thought (mental motion)

Dimension 2 is feeling (emotional motion)

Dimension 1 is time (physical motion)

The basic 9 dimensions function together in an intertwined harmony.

They are all, however, creations of the consciousness of the original 3 dimensions.

Energy, space, and motion are all facets of consciousness.

As the electrical pioneer Michael Faraday said about life, “All this is but a dream.”

We live in a universe composed of 100% original consciousness.

As such, we are dreaming the dream of Creation, each one of us playing our individual part in experiencing the universe from our own unique viewpoint...

 But a fundamental question remains.

If we really believe all these dimensions exist, are they empty?

Or are they home to unknown beings beyond our comprehension or knowledge?

Or just gateways. Portals to other realities?

Could they be where these lone whisperers reside?

Blessed be.

Velumbound. 

Thirst

 

Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

(A lone voice whispers) 

Con una sed salvaje e implacable.

¿Buscas consumir más

De los tapices colgados como extrañas pinturas

En mi habitación roja

(C) 

Copyright John Duffy 

Translation from The Great In-Between

With a wild and relentless thirst.

Are you looking to consume more

Of the tapestries hung like strange paintings

In my red room

Revelations

 Blessed be. 

Velumbound. 

Here's a deeply mystical, ritualistic meditation on how divine or esoteric knowledge is received.

1. The Envoy of Absolute Truth 

("Sent by one of the universe's straight lines")

In spiritual geometry, straight lines represent unyielding cosmic order, absolute truth, and divine direction. 

They are the direct, unbending pathways of spirit or light.

• The Messenger: 

The entity being addressed is not a random occurrence. 

It is an envoy sent directly by the universe's absolute laws to deliver a specific message.

• The Intersection: 

It represents the moment timeless, objective spiritual truth intersects with a human being's subjective, earthly experience.

2. The Sacred Space of Reception 

("To stand with me in my circle of power / Safe")

Receiving raw spiritual truth can be overwhelming or even hazardous to the ego.

The "circle of power" acts as a consecrated, safe space (reminiscent of ritual magic, sacred circles, or deep meditation).

• Containment: 

The circle filters the vastness of the universe into a manageable, safe environment.

• Sanctuary: 

It provides the spiritual protection required to look closely at divine mysteries without being consumed by them.

3. Truth Through Metaphor 

("As representations of all things / Whisper their innermost truths")

In many mystical traditions, God, the universe, or ultimate reality cannot be looked at directly. 

Instead, spiritual truths are relayed through symbols, archetypes, and "representations."

• The Whisper: 

Divine communication is rarely a deafening roar; 

It is a subtle whisper that requires intense inner silence to hear.

• The Microcosm: 

By bringing "representations of all things" into the circle, the speaker can read the macrocosm (the universe) through the microcosm (the symbols inside the circle).

4. The Unnatural Confessional Booths

A traditional confessional is a place where human sins are spoken to a priest. 

Here, the dynamic is beautifully inverted. 

The speaker has built "unnatural confessional booths" where the universe confesses its secrets to the human.

• "Unnatural": 

It is "unnatural" because it defies the ordinary laws of the physical world. 

It is a supernatural space carved out of the mundane.

• "Hidden": 

Spiritual truths require privacy and esotericism.

They do not exist in the loud, public square; 

They are heard only when one steps away from the world, into the hidden, quiet chambers of the soul.

Does my in-depth explanation add more of a flavour to your mind's dish of the day? 

I hope so. 

Shall we begin? 

(A lone voice whispers) 

Are you here

Sent by one of the universe's straight lines

To stand with me in my circle of power

Safe

As representations of all things 

Whisper their innermost truths

While standing hidden

In my unnatural confessional booths

(C)

Copyright John Duffy