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 →A Skin of Blackness: Disease and Inflammation in the Promised Land
Read the essay →- Essays
Writing
Long-form pieces on harmonic theism, Mormon metaphysics, phenomenology of exotic states of consciousness, and the texture of belief.
33 entries - Studio
Artwork
Artpocrypha.
133 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
Exotic States of Consciousness
Field notes and phenomenology from Exotic States of Consciousness: Vision, Sleep Paralysis, Meditation, Cannabis, LSD, DMT, Psilocybin.
16 entries - Current
Now
What I am painting, writing, and reading at this moment.
- art October 16, 2026 | x3 2026-10-16
- writing A Skin of Blackness: Disease and Inflammation in the Promised Land 2026-10-15
- writing The Signifier Signified: A Deconstruction of Korihor's Demands for a Sign 2026-10-05
- art October 2, 2026 2026-10-02
- art September 26, 2026 2026-09-26
Content Dictates Form. Less is More. God is in the Details. All in the service of — Clarity. Stephen Sondheim · Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981).