tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post2901802645264184077..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: without a city wallDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-67278468111782178272008-03-28T16:32:00.000+00:002008-03-28T16:32:00.000+00:00Yes, you get out of them what you put into them, I...Yes, you get out of them what you put into them, I suppose. One of my favourites was an anglo-saxon wart charming I performed on a senior engineer chap, a few years ago.I put lots of headology into it; he got quite worried; "Nothing <I>bad's</I> going to happen?" he asked....Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-16182262090203389872008-03-28T14:34:00.000+00:002008-03-28T14:34:00.000+00:00I like to make my own rituals... though I have fel...I like to make my own rituals... though I have felt the power of some Christian ones... one of the most powerful was a friend's baby's baptisim but then next one I went to was so lacking in anything it clearly isn't always present. <BR/><BR/>Funny things rituals!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-41212158247265505372008-03-26T04:41:00.000+00:002008-03-26T04:41:00.000+00:00I agree. But I also like the use of ritual to mark...I agree. But I also like the use of ritual to mark arrivals and passings. If I use a Christian frame for that sometimes, it's because I was brought up in that tradition and I'm nodding back at that sense of wonder I had back then. And I like old architecture, which might be a theologically suspect motive but works for me. This, from R S Thomas, strikes a chord:<BR/><BR/>Religion is over,<BR/>And what will emerge from the body of the new moon,<BR/>no one can say,<BR/>But a voice sounds in my ear: Why so fast mortal?<BR/>These very seas are baptised.<BR/>The parish has a saints name time cannot unfrock.<BR/>In cities that have outgrown their promise<BR/>People are becoming pilgrims again,<BR/>If not to this place,<BR/>Then to the recreation of it in their own spirits.<BR/>You must remain kneeling.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-64447417213615069052008-03-25T18:26:00.000+00:002008-03-25T18:26:00.000+00:00I've never felt the need of a religion to help me ...I've never felt the need of a religion to help me celebrate living and surely Spring is the great re-awakening after the winter sleep?Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.com