Posted on by John Halstead
Ritual is the product of a conscious form applied to unconscious content. The most evocative rituals I have created came from somewhere other than my rational mind. They combined intuitive bodily movements with what W.H. Auden called “privately numinous words”, words that I had read or heard which had a talismanic-like effect on me.
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Posted on by John Halstead
Ritual is the product of a conscious form applied to unconscious content. The most evocative rituals I have created came from somewhere other than my rational mind. They combined intuitive bodily movements with what W.H. Auden called “privately numinous words”, words that I had read or heard which had a talismanic-like effect on me.
Read MoreCategory: John Halstead, Latest Posts, The Naturalistic Pagan Toolbox, uncategorized Tags: body, gestures, light, listening, movement, Natural Pagans, nature, poetry, ritual, solstice, unconscious
Posted on by NaturalisticPaganism
What if we are like the stars? What if the energy we emit remains in the universe after we are gone, traveling far beyond the spheres we knew, continuing to provide warmth and light?
Read MoreCategory: Death and Life, Meg Pauken Tags: consequences, death, effects, energy, legacy, light, memory, star
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