Thanks for the year in review. Today's a good day to discover some new melodic house.
The lack and loss of initiation rituals is something I've also noticed and attempted to nudge into. I'm now deliberately seeding intergenerational "activities" with my teens and friend network, as well as seeking out a coming-of-age camp for my teenage son and me to experience together.
I'm eager to read Catafalque. I was introduced to Jungian psych in Grade 11 by an amazing English Lit prof and it's come roaring back into my life in the last 2-3 years. So grateful to have leaned back into long-form reading so I can revisit classics (currently rereading Brave New World) and gems on Substack to balance out the deluge of 'infinite near now' content.
I'm always curiosu how others are doing those rites and rituals: especially as my kids get a little older.
Catafalque isn't cheery, but there's something powerful about it. TBH I have been surprised about how well it has been received by most people I've recommended it to.
Our near-daily ritual of gratitudes at family evening meals in the form of 2x Roses, 1x Thorn and 1x Bud has been most valuable in our family practice. It gets us sharing and engaging with both the present beautiful, the future beautiful and the occasional thorny situation yet to be resolved (or treasure frustratingly yet to be unlocked).
We're now entering the teenage and young adult years, the more meaningful transition times that seem appropriate to rites of passage.
Thanks for the year in review. Today's a good day to discover some new melodic house.
The lack and loss of initiation rituals is something I've also noticed and attempted to nudge into. I'm now deliberately seeding intergenerational "activities" with my teens and friend network, as well as seeking out a coming-of-age camp for my teenage son and me to experience together.
I'm eager to read Catafalque. I was introduced to Jungian psych in Grade 11 by an amazing English Lit prof and it's come roaring back into my life in the last 2-3 years. So grateful to have leaned back into long-form reading so I can revisit classics (currently rereading Brave New World) and gems on Substack to balance out the deluge of 'infinite near now' content.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Jasen! Check out my ongoing melodic house playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2UaVdtuk6L50VDQsP8xwLd?si=f4e9af65bd194b1d
I'm always curiosu how others are doing those rites and rituals: especially as my kids get a little older.
Catafalque isn't cheery, but there's something powerful about it. TBH I have been surprised about how well it has been received by most people I've recommended it to.
Our near-daily ritual of gratitudes at family evening meals in the form of 2x Roses, 1x Thorn and 1x Bud has been most valuable in our family practice. It gets us sharing and engaging with both the present beautiful, the future beautiful and the occasional thorny situation yet to be resolved (or treasure frustratingly yet to be unlocked).
We're now entering the teenage and young adult years, the more meaningful transition times that seem appropriate to rites of passage.