Terms

These are the terms for reading Arcana Mentis. They're short, and they describe the site as it actually is.

Think of them as the ground rules for reading here. Reading is free, and there's no account to sign up for.

Agreement

By using this site, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please leave the site. You don't need an account to read, and we won't ask you to tick a box we don't have.

Educational content

Arcana Mentis offers education about caring for your own mind. Nothing on it is medical, psychiatric, psychological, or therapeutic advice, and the site isn't a clinic. We don't diagnose anyone, we don't offer treatment, and we don't promise a cure.

Mental health and crisis

Pages about depression, loneliness, and related subjects are educational. They're meant to go alongside care and can't substitute for it. Never stop a prescribed medicine, including a prescribed antidepressant, because of something you read on this site, and talk with a clinician about any change in care. Those pages are not yet medically reviewed, so please don't treat them as if they were.

If you're in crisis in the United States, call or text 988, or go to 988lifeline.org. Please don't use the contact page as an emergency line, because it can't answer one. There's no public inbox yet, and a web page can't do what a person on the phone can.

Manifestation, hypnosis, meditation, and mind control

Nothing on this site guarantees a result. Manifestation, as Arcana Mentis uses the word, involves no magic and promises no income or supernatural outcome. Hypnosis and mind control here are for yourself only, and we never teach anyone how to control, persuade, manipulate, or hypnotize another person. Meditation isn't a cure. If a practice makes your distress worse, stop it and seek care.

Guides

The Guides page lists longer guides and their prices. No purchases are processed on this site, so a listed price isn’t an offer you can accept. Before any purchase becomes possible, these terms will be updated with what you’re buying, how it’s delivered, and how refunds work.

Intellectual property

The writing and design of this site are © Arcana Mentis. Please don't republish whole essays without permission. You're welcome to read for your own sake and to print a page for your own use. A short quotation with credit and a link back is a neighborly thing to do. Copying a room and presenting it as your own work isn't allowed.

No warranties and limitation

The site is offered “as is.” We don't warrant that any page is complete, current, or suited to your particular situation. A page can be worth reading and still be the wrong tool for a day when you need a clinician.

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States. We aren't stating a state of incorporation or giving a street address, because we won't invent either one.

To the extent the law allows, Arcana Mentis isn't liable for loss or harm that comes from relying on these pages instead of professional care, or from using the site at all. Some places don't allow certain limits, and where that's the case, the limit applies only as far as the law permits.

Changes

We may update these terms, and the new version will be posted on this page. If you keep using the site after it's posted, you accept the updated terms. If you don't accept them, please stop using the site.

Last updated: November 7, 2026.

Contact

Questions about these terms go to the contact page. There's no public inbox yet, so for now there's nowhere to send a letter. Once an address is posted there, terms questions will go to it. This page can't put you in touch with anyone in an emergency.