Steven Harper - Meal Chant Stew
Many of us are looking for opportunities to come together with others, to make sense of time and the wild uncertainties of the world out there, and perhaps even to experience ‘enchantment’ in the places where we live! Lots of us don’t feel totally comfortable with formalised religion, so we’ve lost access to many of the rites of passage that were s... See more
In conversation: folk
Of course, the supreme meal is very different for each of us. But according to the principles of the Zen cook, it always consists of five main “courses” or aspects of life. The first course involves spirituality; the second course is composed of study and learning; the third course deals with livelihood; the fourth course is made out of social acti
... See moreBernard Glassman • Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters
But my beloved Myth and Ritual class provided ample opportunity to connect various theories about rites of passage to the remarkable stories of birth.