nous sommes hors du mondenous sommes hors du monde - LiveJournal.combees in birds and bugs in brains- September 30, 2007 Seussian nightmares.The other day I was walking up the street and looked down to see a dead bird in the gutter. This wasn't disturbing in itself, even with its guts splayed open to the morning sun, but there swarming about in the bird's chest was a handful of bees, not just flitting about with an idle buzz but actively digging into the avian. It was actually kind of beautiful, and if I hadn't been so shocked and on my way to school I would have gotten my camera to take a picture of it. In...http://metatait.livejournal.com/247327.html Faster than a Speeding Pharisee- September 15, 2007 I finally nerved myself up to talk to Dr. Clothey in person, which if anything will allow me to finally get some sleep and stop imagining what I might say to him. Admittedly I was a bit surprised by how unresponsive he was to the work I've done and plans for studying dreams and myth, but perhaps that was mostly due to being a bit more nervous than I expected to be and not presenting myself clearly. And when it comes to dreams, Clothey claims to not treat them as all that important, rather...http://metatait.livejournal.com/247171.html jodorowsky on life- September 11, 2007 I wanted to write something about psycho-spiritual crises, about my reasons for dreaming, studying myths and literature, about what I am looking for in myself, in the world......but Alejandro Jodorowsky's words (from a recent interview) might have to suffice. "Do you pray And if so, to who or to what"No, I dont believe in praying to an external god, but I think in the interior of ourselves, we have what I call the interior world. A world which is a clear point of light, which is not you, but...http://metatait.livejournal.com/246723.html myth is alive and well (though not for goats)- September 6, 2007 For my Myth Symbol and Ritual class I was asked to keep in eye on the media for themes of a mythic quality to share in class later today. Though this article is much more related to an instance of ritual than myth, I thought it perhaps a perfect example of how ancient beliefs are still alive in the modern world. Goats sacrificed to fix Nepal jet. (via Monkeyfilter)Two goats were sacrificed in front of a Boeing 757 at the Kathmandu Airport to the Hindu deity Akash Bhairav. After the...http://metatait.livejournal.com/246069.html |