Coming back to the topside world
Well I spent a few days studying Korean shamanism,really it took me into a dark,transitional time where I learnt so much of the mysteries,of the full embodiment of the goddess, and the sacredness and importance of ritual and ancestral tradition.I saw my own experiences all mirrored in Sinbyeong and it gave me such acceptance and context.
But ultimately I did make it back up to the bright topside world this afternoon,the land of the living,of the common,and the worldly and I was grateful.Though the heights and depths are not the same here,down below it becomes quite dark but in this darkness there is an intensity of things,felt and realised.I read in old Irish the world for black, has connotations of dire and melancholy, but also expresses intensity.
I admit I don't want to live down there where the shamaness must go - to primal waters,so I truly waited to get back out,whether I am best to do so,I don't know.But now here I am studying the celts as always mostly that terrible fury the morrigu,and Caer and Aengus for the second time because it's such a beautiful story.
I've taken up almost a religious devotion to my Celtic studies and it's has almost my entire attention upon it.
One thing that mudangs(Korean female shamans) do that I've taken away and will do since I'm an artist, is that they build an altar of paintings to their personal pantheon of gods and goddesses,those deities they embody or have had personal encounters with.
Doing so would heal and transform so many of my experiences into something sacred.But returning again to the real word of cosiness,cottages and courses atm is something to my delight right now.
But ultimately I did make it back up to the bright topside world this afternoon,the land of the living,of the common,and the worldly and I was grateful.Though the heights and depths are not the same here,down below it becomes quite dark but in this darkness there is an intensity of things,felt and realised.I read in old Irish the world for black, has connotations of dire and melancholy, but also expresses intensity.
I admit I don't want to live down there where the shamaness must go - to primal waters,so I truly waited to get back out,whether I am best to do so,I don't know.But now here I am studying the celts as always mostly that terrible fury the morrigu,and Caer and Aengus for the second time because it's such a beautiful story.
I've taken up almost a religious devotion to my Celtic studies and it's has almost my entire attention upon it.
One thing that mudangs(Korean female shamans) do that I've taken away and will do since I'm an artist, is that they build an altar of paintings to their personal pantheon of gods and goddesses,those deities they embody or have had personal encounters with.
Doing so would heal and transform so many of my experiences into something sacred.But returning again to the real word of cosiness,cottages and courses atm is something to my delight right now.
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