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Nissa Tolton

Nissa Tolton

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    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
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  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
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  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry
  • Notes on Dreaming
How like a Song
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How like a Song

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 9 March 202610 June 2026

If you are permanently in a dream world, how do you spend your time? After all, nothing matters.

Daily Religion
  • Philosophy

Daily Religion

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 19 February 202619 February 2026

Civilisation requires compromises. In exchange for comfort, we lost our reason for being here.

Definition of spirituality
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Definition of spirituality

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 27 December 202521 January 2026

The greatest mystery of the universe is how our own ignorance shrouds it.

Dream Wraiths
  • Dreaming

Dream Wraiths

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 27 December 202528 May 2026

The dreaming world is full of creatures that are self-delusional, reckless and wilful. Like you.

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Protected: Testament

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 30 July 202530 July 2025

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

The War on Zen
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The War on Zen

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 14 July 202520 May 2026

If zen is the enemy, what are we fighting for?

Dreams are Life Experiences
  • Dreaming

Dreams are Life Experiences

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 3 July 202521 February 2026

Your dreaming experiences are experiences. Because they are self-modifying, they are to be taken more seriously than your waking experiences.

Only the Cutting
  • Historical
  • Philosophy

Only the Cutting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 20253 July 2025

This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.

Der Kerkermeist
  • Philosophy

Making Decisions

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 202520 February 2026

Making decisions is easy. Building the scaffolding for decision-making is hard.

Heaven is pleasure, and nothing but
  • Dreaming

Heaven is pleasure, and nothing but

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 27 June 202521 January 2026

It is possible for people like me to stumble into a heaven. But it is hard for them to stay.

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