informs the worldview or culture, that constitutes a soulcraft practice,
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
It is the ceremony as a whole, inextricably embedded in the larger web of meaning that supports and
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
True art has nothing to do with impressing or entertaining others with pleasant or stunning creations; it’s about carrying what is hidden in the soul as a gift to others.
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
Soul expression, like true art, is an intrinsic act — we do it simply for the joy it generates.
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
symbolic statement is the middle component. The ending shifts things back from the sacred to the ordinary
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
The beginning of the ceremony ushers us from ordinary space and time to sacred space and time
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
To speak in the Other’s language is to symbolically embody in action what we want to say.
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
powerful emotion, love, death, the voice of God, and epiphanies of nature
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
We hear the Other through the numinous declarations of dreams, deep imagery, inner voices, sudden insights or revelations, synchronicities
Valentina Abalzatihas quoted3 years ago
The inner, then, is the unseen, the non-sensory; outer is the sensory world of form