Piprahwa Buddha Relics Returned to India: Selling The Buddha
Restituting the Piprahwa relics to Buddhist custodianship| Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
In his poem "Interception," Ben Corvo writes about the aftermath of an imagined ending The post Interception appeared first on The Lehrhaus.| The Lehrhaus
Restituting the Piprahwa relics to Buddhist custodianship| Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
If I have learned anything in this life of teaching, it is this: the emotional labor of teaching is genuine. Routinely, class sessions left me exhausted. After most sessions I […]| Wabash Center
As a nature loving soul who loves to share her musings, inspirations and knowledge on connecting to natures cycles, I have naturally amassed an extensive list of books that I wish to share with you below. Not affiliated to one particular spiritual path or tradition, I would describe my spiritual path simply as attunement with … More The ultimate Seasonal Cycle Resource Guide| The Muse in the Mirror
Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must…| c4 journal
This morning my friend Edward and I attended the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco, part of the Orthodox Church in America. We are cooking up another …| Footnotes2Plato
Previously we exhumed and revived some mystic rituals, with the added details of where they might go wrong if performed by those not fully practised in their execution. This time we're going to look at sorcerous rituals, accompanied by an appropriate image:| Alone in the Labyrinth
revised magic rituals, with fail states including weddings ending in possession or the priest becoming psychically bonded to the happy couple| aloneinthelabyrinth.blogspot.com
The idea of assessing your spiritual progress will get you laughed at, and that's a damn shame.| Samsara Diagnostics
(A longer and more extensive version of this text was originally published recently: O. Dietrich, J. Notroff, L. Dietrich, Masks and Masquerade in the Early Neolithic: A view from Upper Mesopotamia, Time and Mind 11:1, 2018, 3-21 [external link].) Among early prehistoric masks, those from the Judean Hills and Desert [external link] can be considered … Continue reading Behind the Mask: Early Neolithic miniature masks (and one larger-than-life example) from Göbekli Tepe (and beyond).| The Tepe Telegrams
If human social life is more densely structured and institutionalized than the social lives of other animals, that’s due at least in part to the fact that we’re very playful animals. The post Newsletter: October 2024 appeared first on David Egan Philosophy.| David Egan Philosophy
These are suggested guidelines for a coven or working group. Please feel free to adapt them for your group as you see fit.| Dowsing for Divinity
The idea of royalty sharing their beds with the shrivelled corpse of a man yanked out of a grave is nothing short of shocking, but it wouldn’t have been an unusual sight in the court of the Spanish…| Maria J. Pérez Cuervo
For my divination altar, I use a blue and gold cloth that I wove. For the Sacred Fire, I have a candle burner. I use an abalone shell for offerings and to burn incense in. For divining, I have thre…| Neptune's Dolphins
Since the early thirteenth century, ‘grief’ in the English language has referred to “suffering, pain, or bodily affliction,” coming from grever “afflict, burden, oppress” and the Latin gravare, “make heavy” or gravis, meaning “weighty”. In its modern context, grief is perhaps best understood as mental pain or sorrow for the death of a loved one, […]| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
There are a few points to consider here: Zhuang Zhou is not a butterfly, dreaming is not awakening, and knowledge is not ignorance. Yet, these distinct situations interdepend and interchange to the point of where Zhuang Zhou is uncertain of where he is. The two contrasting moments correspond to the Confucian concept of li, ‘ritual’ […]| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
During the last three years, I was engaged in the fight of my life—concerning depression—and I failed in significant ways. I had endured an extended depressive episode earlier in life, but in retro…| BruceAshford.net
