The Tell of Captain Walker (“Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome”, 1985)
The Lost Tribe enact the sacred ritual of the Tell in this mesmerizing scene from the third Mad Max movie.
“… a goddamn druid or something …”
American journalist William Weston – the first foreign reporter to be allowed into the country of Ecotopia (formerly the American region encompassing Northern California, Oregon, and Washington) offers his first impression of Ecotopian religion: This got very exciting. Eyes shining, she leapt out of tub and ran out the door, dripping. I looked after her, … Read more“… a goddamn druid or something …”
“Psychotechnologies for the Age of Collapse”
Writing for Emerge, Euvie Ivanova argues that the present age of compounding crises may be met by new psychotechnologies: Collective Sapience must include and integrate the practices that: a. Restore wholeness of body and mind, a wholeness of selfb. Restore wholeness of self and other, a collective intimacyc. Restore wholeness of self and world, an … Read more“Psychotechnologies for the Age of Collapse”
“The surprising power of daily rituals”
Karan Johnson writes for the BBC on the psychological benefits of ritual: A ritual is defined by psychologists as “a predefined sequence of symbolic actions often characterised by formality and repetition that lacks direct instrumental purpose”. Research identifies three elements of a ritual. First, it consists of behaviours that occur in fixed succession – one after another – … Read more“The surprising power of daily rituals”
Seven Secular Sermons
Daniel Böttger’s Seven Secular Sermons project offers poetic introductions to/meditations upon seven fields of knowledge – Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Cognitive Science and Philosophy. Here, Daniel performs an excerpt from the first Sermon, Adrift in Space and Time:
Aretéanism
The Assemblage of Areté promotes: (…) a new, humanist religion focused on developing personal and communal areté (ahr-uh-tay), or human greatness. While we encourage skepticism of religions, we define the word ‘religion’ to mean a cohesive set of philosophies and rituals, requiring active participation; and Aretéanism is exactly that. Unlike many religions however, Aretéanism specifically rejects … Read moreAretéanism
“Meet the African women reviving traditional religions”
BBC Africa profiles several women who are reviving aspects of pre-Colonial spiritual practice.
Witches’ Cradles by the Center for Tactical Magic (2009)
The Center for Tactical Magic conjures a radical reinvention of the “witches’ cradle” as an immersive ritual experience.