Christopher Shenefelt
The Dragon of Deseret
A Living Archive.
Art. Photography. Thoughts on Mormonism, Daoism, Zen, Consciousness, and Phenomenology.
Harmonic Theism
Creatio ex Concordia and the Divine Arrangement of Worlds
A symphonic theology in eight movements. The first volume reframes the central attributes of God not as static absolutes but as living harmonics — omniscience as shared knowing, omnipresence as manifest resonance, omnipotence as collaboration, eternity as cadence. Weaving LDS theology with Daoism, Zen, contemporary science and literature, and more, it proposes creatio ex concordia — creation from harmony — as the most coherent way to read both the cosmos and the soul.
Read more →The Golden Heart of the Eternal God | An Interpretation of Lehi's Dream
Read the essay →- Essays
Writing
Long-form pieces on harmonic theism, Mormon metaphysics, phenomenology of altered states, and the texture of belief.
33 entries - Studio
Artwork
Artpocrypha.
132 entries - Lens
Photography
Field notes from the eye.
92 entries - Notes
Margins & Excerpts
Marginalia from the books, the dreams, the long conversations. Short forms.
27 entries - Reports
Altered States
Field notes and phenomenology from Altered States: Vision, Sleep Paralysis, Meditation, Cannabis, LSD, DMT, Psilocybin.
17 entries - Current
Now
What I am painting, writing, and reading at this moment.
- art May 3, 2026 2026-05-03
- art May 2, 2026 2026-05-02
- art April 20, 2026 2026-04-20
- art April 20, 2026, #2 2026-04-20
- photo April 5, 2026 2026-04-05
We suffer because we overlook the fact that, at heart, we are alright. D.E. Harding · The Science of the First Person