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Ritual, Mysticism & Ancient Religion

When horned women were gods
and how the modern study of religion "civilised" them out of our memory
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Gabriela Gutierrez
3
The Gates of Ivory and Horn
On imposing our own belief systems onto the ancient world and how whipping might just be an antidote to taking ourselves too seriously
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Gabriela Gutierrez
6
The Pagan Origins of Valentine's Day
& a Valentine's gift!
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Gabriela Gutierrez
3
February Ritual Prompt
A free offering
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Gabriela Gutierrez
21
Solstice Ritual Prompt
A free offering
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Gabriela Gutierrez
67
The sacred nature of daily life in Bali
On Ritual (part 5)
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Gabriela Gutierrez
The survival of pre-Islamic ancient religion in Indonesia
The Sasak People of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
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Gabriela Gutierrez
Thanking the Ancestors
One of the oldest continuously practiced rituals
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Gabriela Gutierrez
2
What happened to religion?
On Ritual (part 4) Purification, ordinary divinity and the possibility of religious continuity from Bali to the temples of the deep past
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Gabriela Gutierrez
4
The urgency for both intellectual refinement and a soulful, sensuous life
On Ritual (part 3)
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Gabriela Gutierrez
8
Modern western spirituality, the dogma of organised religion and the need to hearken to something older
On Ritual (part 2)
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Gabriela Gutierrez
On Ritual
"Genuine ritual has the power to maintain the world’s holiness."
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Gabriela Gutierrez
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