tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post6463135709835318320..comments2023-07-17T23:10:02.228+10:00Comments on Discombobula: A Thoughtful Westerner Participates in a Fire Ritual in BaliSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-21118516831495900722014-03-16T10:45:04.089+11:002014-03-16T10:45:04.089+11:00Homespun linen and hemp fibres - from what I know ...Homespun linen and hemp fibres - from what I know of you, that suits you down to the ground and reminds me of that lovely post you wrote where you talked about handcrafted linen.<br /><br />Yes, I hate them passionately as well. Let's catch up for a coffee and talk for three hours about why we hate them :P I've thought a lot about this since I did Medical Anthropology last year at uni. One of the major problems for me is that the a visit to the doctor is your stock-standard Western version of doing stuff - impose your control onto the patient, and remove any internal power the patient may have to assist in their own recovery. I HATE it. Luckily it's starting to change as we all wake up to being able to change the crap and destructive elements of our culture. Rawk on.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-50275698867462774412014-03-15T18:03:37.890+11:002014-03-15T18:03:37.890+11:00... "storytelling in the dark with mulled app...... "storytelling in the dark with mulled apple cider evening"... for real?? Count me IN!! Awesome :)<br /><br />For me, I imagine homespun linen and hemp fibres - rustic and real. The stuff long before industrialisation made everything so perfect.<br />I think I'm a Luddite at heart. Perhaps my very own ancestors were too :)<br /><br />I absolutely hate doctors' surgeries/waiting rooms, what does that say about me I wonder? That's a ritual I'm happy to pass on. Makes me feel like climbing the walls.<br />Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-85269875879729841782014-03-15T17:13:43.403+11:002014-03-15T17:13:43.403+11:00Mmm. Myth. Magic. Reality. Yes.
I'd like ...Mmm. Myth. Magic. Reality. Yes.<br /><br />I'd like to incorporate some Liminalian rituals if that space ever becomes a reality. Will you come along to the winter Liminal storytelling in the dark with mulled apple cider evening? That could be a nice ritual :)<br /><br />Woven and meshed soul fibres - what a lovely image :) For some reason I got in my head a picture of, like, jute or something. I must have cruddy ancestors. I would think silk or cashmere soul fibres would be much more comfortable.<br /><br />I like what he said about the doctor's surgery as ritual. I agree, I think there are so many things we do that are rituals and have ritual ingredients. Interesting to think about, isn't it.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-25002244754305876632014-03-15T15:02:33.341+11:002014-03-15T15:02:33.341+11:00I love this post, Sue. I've always found the s...I love this post, Sue. I've always found the subject so fascinating.<br /><br />Rituals. Richly woven from folklore and tradition, borne from an ancient world of long ago. Of our ancestors and their gods - who were an everyday, integral part of life and death for them, and in nature.<br /><br />Many important rituals have been lost in time and translation in modernised and “advanced” societies.<br />Sadly forgotten, but, never truly gone<br />Deep down, our soul fibres are woven and meshed from the DNA of our old ones.<br />Every once in a while, some thing or some one, stirs a memory, a "knowing" that can shake us to the core.<br />We realise nothing is, as we “see it”. Nothing is, black and white.<br />There, in the grey, lies our past. And the rituals that we once knew.<br /><br />Observation, and paying homage, in our “mundane” lives is an important part of re-connecting.<br />And, it’s surprising how many rituals we really do observe :)<br /><br />Myth. Magic. Reality.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16023748614942747415noreply@blogger.com