About Dominic de Souza

(He thinks this shot makes him look epic. Please ignore unless you agree.)

With Brazilian-Portuguese background and German-Irish blood, Dominic was born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, studied in Fiji and France, and now lives in the USA. Dominic works as marketing director by day, and sidequests with content and storytelling.

Hi, I’m Dominic, a designer, storyteller, and freedom-seeker who lost everything when I left a doomsday cult, lost my health, developed ADHD, and created a career purely from grit and the relentless pursuit of excellence.

Today, I’ve built a life rooted in creativity, curiosity, and remote work. In 2025, I launched a blog and YouTube channel as a way of sharing what I’ve learned: that the freer you are—in your mind, your work, and your life—the better you can be as a person to serve your goals. With insights from my journey—born in New Zealand, raised in Australia, studied in Fiji and France, and now living in the USA—I want to build a legacy where I help others find their freedom.

I don't claim to speak for the Catholic Church, and my opinions and convictions are how I make sense of the world. Sometimes that puts me in communion with most Christians, and sometimes not.

However my conscience takes me through topics like universalism, reincarnation, theosis, and more, my cult-upbringing crashed me into a truth I will never give up: God is the guarantor of human conscience. I cannot compel, nor be compelled, and so we accompany each other.

My life goal is to study, follow, seek, yearn, and be challenged by this crossing-point forever.

Geeks over epics, mystics, science, the angelic, & movies.

I am riveted by the frontier between faith, science, and history. I converted from radical Catholic traditionalist doomsday cult through archaeology, mysticism, and fiction. That led me to quantum physics, psychoanalysis and mythology, evolution and angels, and the gift of the recent Holy Father Pope Francis. Below I’ve broken out some of the topics I am always reading, learning about, or watching movies on. The research lists are authors I appreciate and/or am wrestling with. I believe it’s important to read widely, from all sides, and to celebrate the good, true, and beautiful wherever it is found.

Catholic spirituality: Being Catholic in the modern world, integrating the reconstruction of Christianity through hermetic and rewilded frontiers, and how to live authentic witness. I am universalist. Research: Pope Francis, Margaret Barker, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Peter Kreeft, Fr Richard Rohr, GK Chesterton, St Therese of Lisieux, St Thomas Aquinas, Valentin Tomberg, Fr Robert Spitzer, Michael Martin, Rudolf Steiner.

Ancient history: The origins of human history, from deep evolution through to the living myths of Genesis. Ancient culture and myth, and how they map against a scientific timelines. How God works with cultures to seed and inspire a positive contribution. Research: Jordan Petersen, Margaret Barker, Graham Hancock, Teilhard de Chardin, Rodney Stark, Rupert Sheldrake, Rudolf Steiner, Fr Robert Spitzer, Michael Martin.

Modern science: Fascinated by the impact of a conscious, living universe and quantum physics, how epigenetics and NDEs reveal souls and angels. Intrigued by the impact of technology on the human person, and how we can build a better future. Research: Jordan Petersen, Teilhard de Chardin, Rupert Sheldrake, Rudolf Steiner, St Thomas Aquinas, Fr Robert Spitzer, Ambrose Andreano.

Myth & imagination: Understanding how to intuit and create meaningful stories and novels, dramatizing the greater truths that we struggle with so that others can begin to see. Myth and story are critical to the human experience, and how we share our love of deep truth. Some favorite authors: JRR Tolkien, GK Chesterton, Stephen Lawhead, CS Lewis, Michael Crichton, JK Rowling, Lois McMaster Bujold, Brandon Sanderson, Lloyd Alexander, Brian Jacques, world myths.