The big infodump chapter

New writing: Rakshi

This is the big infodump chapter of my serial Tantric Buddhist vampire romance novel The Vetali’s Gift.

Two characters, with complementary partial understandings of wtf is going on, compare notes. Some pieces fall into place, tying up various loose ends from the story so far. Those who know Tantric Buddhist history, or who follow the explanatory links in the text, will go oooh, and gain a new sense of what may be coming.

In terms of narrative structure, this is the final episode of Act II. (Act I: calamity forces the hero to leave home; Act II: establishing the relationship with the supernatural mentor.)

Content note: blasphemy, body horror, academic politics.

In other news: Opening Awareness, my spouse’s guide to a foundational Dzogchen meditation approach, is newly available in a Kindle edition.

“Opening awareness” is path of meditation that points outward toward vivid perception, interpersonal clarity, and effective responsible action—rather than inward toward non-self, equanimity, and unusual states of consciousness.