From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Wed Jan 16 2002 - 16:18:30 MST
On 17 Jan 2002 at 7:57, Steele, Kirk A wrote:
> This common experience in tribal culture was a fascinating aspect in my
> studies on Adolescent Psychology. That period of sturme and strange' where
> maturation and development at very discontinuous. To alleviate this,
> societies enact rituals to empower the youths in their transition from
> childhood while at the same time sanctifying their new STATUS as an adult.
> The bio-social psychology wrapped up in THE RIGHTS OF PASSAGE does account
> for many semesters of undergraduate study and years of doctoral research.
>
> Kirk
>
Just a note to remind y'all that in TOOLS, LANGUAGE AND TEXT, I
rooted the genesis of ritual in its synthesis of telling (as in epic poetry)
and showing (as in demonstrating a how-to), and its subsequent
blossoming into theatre (plays, opera).
>
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> 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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