Protected: Aqueous
Creative Non-Fiction
Paperback
Cover art • Derek Branscombe
Cover typography • Hewitt Miller
Editor • June Moon
194 pages
ISBN 978-1-988355-83-2
Release date • 09/04/2026
Fall 2026
I dreamt of a container for many dreams.
Mind Bath’s, Aqueous, is a conceptual literary-musical project — a psychedelic odyssey through the land of queer fantasy and mysticism. Part auto-fiction, part perverse hero’s journey where an effervescent stardust boy cuts a hole in the sky and wakes up in a utopic new land, far removed from the oppressive dusty dominions of the violent world on Earth in search of healing and liberation.
Is it odd? Or is it God(dess consciousness)? N.E.W.T. arrives in Aqueous to a wisdom-dropping leather daddy daylily and a transcendental dog. Welcome home, to a new way of being, a universe of pleasure, a sanctuary where dreamers live in harmony with the natural world, guided by a looping energy blueprint from the 10 Days of Celestial Bodies. Only on Day of Moon can one remember what came before. Like a flower turns to face the sun, N.E.W.T faces the shadows of the unconscious mind to plant imaginative seeds of hope.
From radical queer joyous faerie woo to an underground darling’s music career, abuse of power to vignettes of a sex angel, Aqueous is healing text. Enriched by a cast of rebellious artists and sublime outsiders in collective search of liberating the core wound in every gay inner child, Aqueous is an evocative and profound meditation on the fragments of a world of trauma and the resilience, humour, and self-interrogation required to see beyond it — right through to the heart.
The companion album Aqueous by Mind Bath will be available on vinyl and streaming platforms on September 4,2026.
Advance Praise
“In Mind Bath’s luscious, cosmic odyssey we are faced with future queer possibilities and what lies in the spirit of liberation—friendship, care, herbs and food are paramount—as is erotic play, grounding us in the sultry acrobats of the potency (and necessity) of revolution. As we read the words and listen to the sonic universe Mind Bath conjures with his sensuous, melodic words and sounds, all the complex realities of one’s being and desire, we are able to witness and absorb the sheer brilliance of Aqueous. Funny, declarative and extravagant in all the right and juicy ways, this is a profound anthem to stoke our fantastical dreams and move towards living with more authentic vivacity. This is a queer revelation!”
—Fariha Róisín
ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ᴏꜰ Survival Takes a Wild Imagination + Who Is Wellness For?
“The delicate fragrance of a crushed flower embedded in candle wax, the dulcet drip of a hidden waterfall in a northern forest. The Mind Bath portal is a limpid pool of all the languid dreams and supple yearnings of a soul incarnated on a planet of soil to etch dreams into stone with infinite kisses. Aqueous is a tale that so many have ached to see themselves reflected in, a whirlpool mirror that contains all of the multitudes they might not feel safe to share with the world yet. But a looking-glass that reminds them of the beauty of the Piscean path, the comforting certainty of uncertainty, the truth that immersion in the healing waters render all obsessions with perfection as exactly what they are — futile, and thank Goddess for that. Mind Bath, through decades of devotion to the priesthood of artistry, has been the oracle of love and human-ness to all the pockets of humanity they have deigned to encounter. Now, as they conjure the avatar of N.E.W.T., we receive another vessel through which to channel our dreams of queer bliss, helping us understand that the path from dreams to reality is embodied belief. Make love, and love the makings of the Maker.”
—Goth Shakira
ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴇᴛ ɪᴄᴏɴ
Mind Bath
Mind Bath is a musician, writer, DJ, and hippie fagabond. Raised in a small town in the BC Rockies, Mind Bath developed a creative voice shaped by solitude, attuned to nature’s divinity and the inner worlds it unlocks. Across lush queer poetry, left-field production, and intimate vocals, his work has cultivated a devoted underground following rooted as much in spiritual devotion as sonic exploration. Expanding his vision into a multidimensional universe, Aqueous is his first book (published by Metatron Press), accompanying a conceptual full-length album (released by Lighter Than Air). Aqueous is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts ‘Concept to Realization’ grant.