SAINT BRENDAN AND THE SEA MONSTERS - taken from the life of St Brendan of Clonfert (St Brendan the Navigator, 484 to 577) and the legendary search by him and his companions, on the high seas, for the 'Isle of the Blessed'. He is patron saint of sailors and travellers.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
oceanic
http://www.pep-web.org/
(1999). Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 35:507-521
Awe and the Transforming of Awarenesses
Jeffry J. Andresen, M.D. Author Information
On the Oceanic Experience Related Papers
Irving B. Harrison, M.D. Author Information
February 11, 1988
Werman (1986) regards "merging" as an experience unique to the oceanic feeling, and conducive to a "pantheistic world view" toward which, he states, the oceanic feeling directs one; he seems to endorse this as a goal in life stating that "the oceanic experience can play an incisive role in creative activity" (p. 136), that Freud's "regression model omits several crucial elements" (p. 37), and that Romain Rolland's "reality-focused achievements were actually enhanced by his oceanic experiences, which by their very nature brought Rolland into greater connection with humanity" (1986).
(1977). Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 46:547
American Imago. XXXIII, 1976: Sigmund Freud and Romain Rolland: The Terrestrial Animal and His Great Oceanic Friend. James Fisher. Pp. 1-59.
Csikszentmihalyi
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
cleaning your river
Alberto Villoldo
On one level, you brush your teeth and have a cup of tea in the morning like everybody else. On a deeper, more internal level, you are in communion with all of nature at all times. And your practice is one of finding how you can be in service, as a steward of nature and to the world that you want your children’s children to inherit. So the core task of the shamanist is to dream her world into being. Otherwise, she has to settle for the collective nightmare that is being dreamt by others.
KOL How does the shaman dream her world into being?
Alberto Ah, that’s the trick. We now know that whatever you vibrate, you create and attract to yourself. So, you work on healing yourself in order to create peace around you. You become peace. If there’s conflict living within you, you cannot live in a world of peace. The world mirrors back to you perfectly the condition of your love and of your intent. And if the world you’re living in is not a world that is at peace and at joy and at grace, then you have to find peace, joy, and grace within you.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
liminality~sacred places
"Be like a river in generosity and giving help. Be like a sun in tenderness and pity. Be like night when covering others' faults. Be like a dead when furious and angry. Be like earth in modesty and humbleness. Be like a sea in tolerance. Be as you are or as you look like!.". - Mevlana Celalettin Rumi
WATER in ART Professor Chris Witcombe
The study of water in art may initially involve examining the different ways in which it has been represented. Water has often been shown or indicated in the form of a symbol or stylized in some way.
At other times, during the Renaissance and later, it is represented more realistically. Many artists painted water in motion - a flowing stream or river, a turbulent ocean, or even a waterfall - but also enjoyed views of tranquil waters - lakes, slow-moving rivers, and views of a calm sea. In each case, the water determined the overall mood of the image.
While some artists showed a direct interest in water itself, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who was fascinated by water and studied it both as an artist/scientist and as hydrological engineer, many others represented the many attributes of water conveyed literally, metaphorically, symbolically, or allegorically in mythology, religion, and folklore. One category of images can be grouped together under the heading Waters of Change. Another category may be labelled Waters of Destruction.
Since ancient times, art has served cults of water, contributing images that personify both the physical and metaphysical aspects of water and the numerous water divinities.
Female water divinities have received particular attention from artists, an interest which has evolved into a certain pre-occupation with women bathing.
Artists have also played an important role in conveying in visual terms belief in the sacredness of water.
In more practical terms, Roman architects built great aqueducts in order to move water from one place to another, and huge baths and while sculptors have designed many beautiful fountains.
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