Why does all of this talk about ritual matter? What possible difference could it make to anyone’s life? Possibly none. Maybe it doesn’t matter at all. All I know is, occasionally we may wake up from sleepwalking through life, and realize that something is seriously, seriously wrong. We’ve gained 20 pounds in the last six [...]
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crisis
Posted in bodywork, contemplation, dreams, rituals, wellness
Also tagged crisis, depression, ritual
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soul food
This past Sunday morning I was sitting in the waiting room of the service centre at a Canadian Tire, waiting for my semi-annual tire change (from snow tires to all-weather radials). I had brought along Marion Woodman's Conscious Femininity – a collection of her interviews between 1985 and 1992 – to read while I waited. [...]
Posted in bodywork, contemplation, dreams, read, rituals, wellness
Also tagged body, Conscious Femininity, Marion Woodman, Parabola, ritual, soul, symbol
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ritual gone wrong: addiction
In my 20s and 30s, I used to binge on food regularly. A binge would start when I couldn’t stop thinking about an item of food I really wanted to eat. I was either in school or had a job all day, so I would spend hours planning my binge in my mind: What I [...]
Posted in contemplation, rituals, wellness
Also tagged Addiction to Perfection, Carl Jung, Jungian psychology, Marion Woodman, ritual
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