{"id":89,"date":"2004-09-19T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-20T01:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=89"},"modified":"2004-09-19T20:48:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-20T01:48:00","slug":"water-fur-and-flame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"water, fur and flame"},"content":{"rendered":"

water, fur and flame<\/a><\/p>\n

Casey writes:
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“ritual is a word that has lost much of its power, i think. people talk about empty rituals, and it is true that a ritual can be empty, or not entirely in tune with our times, but i think more often that we are enacting it emptily (if that’s a word) – – that we are mouthing or moving without really connecting with, learning about and from, and enlivening and bringing into the reality of our lives this ritual for ourselves.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

This is thought provoking. I suspect that I’m going to have a lot to say about this article after I think about it for a while. But here is my first shot across your bow: One reason that people don’t do ritual right… is because ritual done right can change you, and change is frightening…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

water, fur and flame Casey writes: “ritual is a word that has lost much of its power, i think. people talk about empty rituals, and it is true that a ritual can be empty, or not entirely in tune with our times, but i think more often that we are enacting it emptily (if that’s … Continue reading “water, fur and flame”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-1r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1302,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1302","url_meta":{"origin":89,"position":0},"title":"‘Bigotry’ vs ‘Racisim’","author":"Jorah","date":"September 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've ever wondered why some folks differentiate between the apparent synonyms 'bigotry' and 'racism,' here's why I make that distinction: Anyone can be bigoted, but racism is built in to our social structure. 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