neopaganism
late last night i watched a few shows on ABC. one was about pagan archaeology and another about David Gulpilil.
i love the neo-pagan movement, they make great tv.
something that struck me was how trees were religiously symbolic to pagans, yet they were also the material everything they built was made of. so they kindof worshiped the elements they exploited.
i was struck with how important this message seems to be in neo-paganism - to have a great respect for what you exploit. it forces you to take care of your environment and not get greedy.
i wonder how this ideology could be applied to big business managers with regards to their personel? ie: child slave labour. i have overheard some businesses exerting how important their employees are to them. curious
also one of the things David Gulpilil mentioned. he wasn't thinking about it or anything, it was just a figure of speech that i thought was important... he mentioned how "he was just here". i can't remember the exact wording, and i'm unable to put the context surrounding this quote entirely into words. he was on his natively owned land, talking to the camera. the land around him was beautiful, it was really striking how beautiful the places he was in were as teh show went on. he talked about the land, as a part of the land. a lot of the show was about how aboriginals know howto read the land so well. he was talking about how he went to sydney or LA or something as part of the promotion for some movie he was in. how he talked about it: he mentioned how he was just there. it was like... he existed.. wherever he was... and that was all that mattered. no presence needs any explanation. you don't need permission to be somewhere. you are a spirit, mystical like all humans are. and you can thereby be anywhere, in the context of nature your presense is magical. as all beings are magical.
as if we are all so precious and mystereous beings.
it was a real self-confidence rock. it gave off a sense of empowerment. it was like it was just not in the cards for someone to hurt you - for you were just as spiritual as your surroundings, a part of them.
the white man's notions of ownership made no sense. you can't tell someone to get off your land. there is no "your".
a culture that respected wisdom, nuance, intuition, introversion.
looking at teh places they traveled through you can really see why they consider them sacred - they are truly mystical. and how an arrogent whiteman may just claw through it without a clue and with no respect.
i've been dreaming a lot lately - probabaly every night. but havn't been motivated to get them written down. as a result (or maybe it's the cause) i forget them - ie: i can't even remember the dream i woke up from this morning - i remember it was important though.
i love the neo-pagan movement, they make great tv.
something that struck me was how trees were religiously symbolic to pagans, yet they were also the material everything they built was made of. so they kindof worshiped the elements they exploited.
i was struck with how important this message seems to be in neo-paganism - to have a great respect for what you exploit. it forces you to take care of your environment and not get greedy.
i wonder how this ideology could be applied to big business managers with regards to their personel? ie: child slave labour. i have overheard some businesses exerting how important their employees are to them. curious
also one of the things David Gulpilil mentioned. he wasn't thinking about it or anything, it was just a figure of speech that i thought was important... he mentioned how "he was just here". i can't remember the exact wording, and i'm unable to put the context surrounding this quote entirely into words. he was on his natively owned land, talking to the camera. the land around him was beautiful, it was really striking how beautiful the places he was in were as teh show went on. he talked about the land, as a part of the land. a lot of the show was about how aboriginals know howto read the land so well. he was talking about how he went to sydney or LA or something as part of the promotion for some movie he was in. how he talked about it: he mentioned how he was just there. it was like... he existed.. wherever he was... and that was all that mattered. no presence needs any explanation. you don't need permission to be somewhere. you are a spirit, mystical like all humans are. and you can thereby be anywhere, in the context of nature your presense is magical. as all beings are magical.
as if we are all so precious and mystereous beings.
it was a real self-confidence rock. it gave off a sense of empowerment. it was like it was just not in the cards for someone to hurt you - for you were just as spiritual as your surroundings, a part of them.
the white man's notions of ownership made no sense. you can't tell someone to get off your land. there is no "your".
a culture that respected wisdom, nuance, intuition, introversion.
looking at teh places they traveled through you can really see why they consider them sacred - they are truly mystical. and how an arrogent whiteman may just claw through it without a clue and with no respect.
i've been dreaming a lot lately - probabaly every night. but havn't been motivated to get them written down. as a result (or maybe it's the cause) i forget them - ie: i can't even remember the dream i woke up from this morning - i remember it was important though.