How we share information about our group sets the first impression of the group. Here’s a few thoughts about web design and group work. . . . → Read More: On websites and covens
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The Witches Weekly blog asks a question this week. This week’s asks about Pagan Pride, in part saying “Do you feel it is just a day to gloat about being pagan, or do you think the genuine purpose behind it is to show that there are strong pagans in every community?” I wanted to . . . → Read More: Witches Weekly ?: Why Pagan Pride? There is no year of my life that has not, at some fundamental level, been wrapped up in the academic calendar. My father was a university professor: our family vacations ran on his schedule. Then there were my years of pre-school, elementary school, junior high, high school, and boarding school (a new and different . . . → Read More: That time of year It’s pretty obvious, if you read various other posts in this blog that I am a big fan of group rituals. But I have not yet talked about exactly why that is. This is that post, brought to you by someone finding this blog via the search string ‘advantages of group rituals’. . . . → Read More: The advantage of group rituals I’ve been quiet for a few days, because I was busily off at the Fourth Street Fantasy Convention (I had a fabulous time and I am already looking forward to next year: many excellent conversations with interesting people about books and thoughts and the world in general.) It’s also sparked some thoughts about some things I really want to change in my life, and more on that in the coming days. Today, though, a short post on something I was discussing else-net. One of the panels I was at this weekend was about the issue of message in a story: is it a good idea to be deliberately push buttons in your readers to make a point? Emma Bull (one of the panelists, and one of my favorite authors to boot) made a comment I’ve been thinking about ever since: that all stories have your assumptions about how the world works. This comes through in the story, no matter what else you do. This got me thinking. Ritual is, in many ways, a story. Rituals are also stories, in their own way. Not in the sense they always have a plot, mind you – but in the sense that they have a context they exist in (what’s in their world), that stuff happens (there is a change between the beginning state and the end state of some kind), and that the successful ones have some kind of desireable emotional effect (because otherwise, we would eventually find them boring and never do them again.) Continue reading Ritual and context |
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