In truth, after intense sensual immersion, it is clear
to us that these Big Stories imply, in not so subtle ways, that the
concept of “sensual preciousness” is
either meaningless, absurd, evil and/or oxymoronic.
It is the centrality of this common denial
in each of the three Big Stories which we Earthfolk grasp is an act
of misdirection.
This collective denial is not trivial.
Rather, as will be developed and presented, it is this denial of
the possibility of a sensually precious intimacy
which is a defining characteristic of each of the
three Big Stories. However, convincing you that our fundamental
claim that a Big Story is about enabling individuals to
understand and experience intimacy is a key task and challenge of
our work on Pathway B—Seer.
A critical and significant companion
claim that we make is that every Big Story is expressed through
an array of social and personal rituals.
We Earthfolk claim that you, presently,
live ritually—although many of the rituals you enact may not
be apparent to you upon first review.
We define ritual as acts and activities
which consist of
symbolic images and imaginative practices which make present that which
binds a people or a group.
Rituals endow individuals and groups with their sense
of identity and, of great significance to our Earthfolk
understanding, they determine how individuals and
groups experience and express their intimate sensibilities.
Rituals are, not uncommonly, mistakenly confused with religious ceremonial
acts or rites, which are a specific form of ritual.
Continue—Big Stories
