From: santyr@mac.com
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 08:15:57 MST
I think that initiation and rites of passage as you mention use a
combination of the 4 modes that joedees presented.
In transmissions such as a hallucinogenic rite of passage the mind set
of the individual is carefully manipulated through the setting in which
the experience takes place. Cultural expectation, costuming, ritual and
spoken word combine to 'program' the initiates experience.
What is transmitted, or revealed, is an archetypal knowledge and a
feeling of inclusion.
Sat
On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 07:33 AM, Michele Wiegand wrote:
> As part of "coming of age" some tribal cultures have a ceremony
> where a person may take a hallucinogenic drug, or have to perform
> some task (like hunting a particular animal, or finding a particular
> plant) on one's own, with the idea of having a common experience,
> but one that can only be appreciated as a self-discovery, alone.
>
> So by going through a ceremony, knowledge is shared, but the
> individual must discover the knowledge for him/herself.
>
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