Codex Corvus is the first part of a triptych that explores the movement from knowledge to action to being. Where its companions—Codex Taurus and Codex Quercus—will focus on pragmatism and existence, Codex Corvus begins with perception. It is the work of gathering fragments, testing insight, and recording what is often overlooked.

This project is my effort to map what I have learned through years of study, practice, and lived experience. It is not a manual of answers but a record of inquiry: the pursuit of clarity amid distortion, of seeing through appearances, and of naming forces that shape the world we inhabit.

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About the Author

My name is Leo Barrera. I am a writer and student of philosophy, politics, and the esoteric. I have years of experience as a husband and father, community and union activist, worker, and student. I have degrees in social science, public administration, and negotiation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. I have studied, formally and independently, subjects as diverse as politics, social justice, religion and the occult, economics, leadership, and the arts; this has included exploration of technical subjects such as metaphysics, epistemology, ontology and phenomenology.

I come from a working-class, Mexican-American background. I carry these roots into everything I do. My professional life has been devoted to advocacy and collective power. My intellectual and creative work has focused on building frameworks for justice, dignity, discipline, and transformation.

Codex Corvus represents the beginning of a larger body of work. A record of knowing, doing, and being—that I intend to build, refine, and share. Come with me on this journey of exploration.