Part of my primary research for this dissertation is the significant and synchronistic details of my own spiritual evolution as they reflect, and are a part of, a larger mythic and magical holism. This is a dream I had at the beginning of my decade-long academic journey. Walpurgis is the eve before the sacred Pagan… Read More
On the arrogance and ignorance of an uninformed academic declaration of what is “superstitious,” anthropological theorist and student of the Amazonian Wayapí tribe says most succinctly and in a direct manner that warms my rebel heart: Who gets to draw the line between what is a ‘coherent set of beliefs giving moral shape to a… Read More
Ok I’m at the wrangling stage of this monster and here are my chapters as I have proposed them. It seems that I desire to cover quite a bit of ground. My committee chair Mara Keller has told me that maybe I oughta combine some of these chapters so that I can get through more… Read More
Truly cool. Early century folks dressed up as witches. Old timey pix. Worth looking at. Of course I love everything witchy. http://sexywitch.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/fourteen-halloween-witches-ca-1910/
“But the oral tradition has prevented the complete destruction of the web, the ultimate disruption of tribal ways. The oral tradition is vital: it heals itself and the tribal web by adapting to the flow of the present while never relinquishing its connection tot he past. Its adaptability has always been required, as many generations… Read More
It’s almost ten and I’m working my little butt off trying to get my dissertation work done and I’ve done really well considering the two half pints yesterday, and working monday today, and I’m feeling all good about myself and as I sit all smuggy while the writing actually is flowing – which is rare… Read More
This is where I write my diss. There are lots of spirit people about as you can see. Click it if you wanna come into my world of a lot of talking ancestors.
When I get stuck in my writing it is because i have a traffic jam of thought in my head. But it is very hard to remember everything I have read and absorbed and very hard to be clear all the time of how it all comes together as a holism. Linear as this is,… Read More
Ok, this is what I am going to call “deep mining.” I have to “get” the connection between methodology, epistemology, ontology, axiology and the academic art of interpretation. Interpretation means who gets to decide on the narrative, who gets to decide on which version of the story guides the people, is relevant in the minds… Read More