Indigenous initiations into adulthood sometimes ended in death. California Natives disposed of young misfits or “sociopaths” during ritual medicine ceremonies. Matriarchal kinship rules prohibited taking the life of a blood relative, but there are several stories of hiring a “poisoner” or shaman to dispose of unwanted people who could not internalize the culture’s rules of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Matrix’
The Hunger Games
Posted in Initiation, Movie Reviews, tagged Myths, Psychology, The Matrix on March 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Crane Dance
Posted in Carl Jung, Dreams, Elder Activities, Liberal Catholic Church, men's issues, tagged Indwelling Spirit, Men's Movement, Self, The Matrix on January 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I met a man my age. He said his name was, Ken Self. He had white hair like me. He greeted me by coming close enough to touch. Then we both stood on one leg, and leaning at the waist, he backwards, me forward, he lifted my right leg with his left. Up and down [...]
Pitfalls in Mentoring
Posted in Initiation, men's issues, Mentoring, Psychology, tagged Growth, The Matrix, Wisdom on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mentoring has natural pitfalls built into the relationship. These are illustrated in the legend of Mentor/Telemachos/Odyssos and elaborated by my years of experience. A thumbnail sketch of 7 things of which to be aware and to avoid when possible.
Peace in the midst of change
Posted in I Ching: Book of Changes, Mental Health, tagged economic recovery, The Matrix on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The meditation on Peace in the Book of Changes has the following transitional line: Everything on earth is subject to change. Prosperity is followed by decline: this is the eternal law on earth. Evil can indeed be held in check but not permanently abolished. It always returns. This conviction might induce melancholy, but it should [...]
Avatar 3D Making the Invisible Visible
Posted in Dreams, Initiation, Movie Reviews, Psychology, Spirituality, Synchronicity, tagged Avatar, Dreamwork, Indigenous, Psychology, Spirituality, The Matrix, Wisdom, Zeitgeist on December 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Art is prophetic and Avatar in 3D shows us how to manifest the future. Cameron’s visual feast demonstrates a very familiar story of conflicting values between the indigenous cultures and the conquering mindset. It also makes visible the relationship between us and our dreams, how we can be Dream Walkers in an alternate reality. The myth of Pandora structures the magical setting for Avatar. Her curiosity about what is contained within the mysterious box creates its opening. She releases pain, suffering, and death upon the people. What is the last gift in the box? Hope. That’s what Avatar is all about, hope for the future if we can act together to save our Mother Gaia.
The Self
Posted in Carl Jung, gnostic wisdom, Marie-Louise von Franz, psyche, Psychology, Spirituality, Theosophical Society, Uncategorized, tagged Divine Intelligence, God, Grandmothers and Aunties, Psychology, Self, Spirituality, The Matrix, Wisdom on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Self is our image of god, resulting from cultural context and inner neuro-psychic structure. In the process of maturing as an individual, we often experience numinous, magical, mind blowing events, which can expand us into wholeness or drive us mad. We are summoned from within to encounter our depths.
Are you spam?
Posted in psyche, tagged Men's Movement, Psychology, Spirituality, The Matrix, Wisdom on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Internet spam evoked interaction with my memories of the Matrix and its opposite, Neo, the New Man. Conflict creates the need for peace and self-sacrifice can accomplish resolution, for a time. Turtle Island’s Iroquois form of government brought peaceful, self-sustaining practices for hundreds of years, but their Seitgeist was matriarchal. Can we remember how to save ourselves?
