Although it was said that the Atom Bomb
was dropped on the Japanese, a very specific and
geographically defined enemy, in fact, with sojourning senses Earthfolk
asked, "Why did you drop the
Atom Bomb on yourself?" Earthfolk
realized the queer fact that the Warrior's Quest
vision imagines the production of the apocalyptic weapon that annihilates the
warrior, himself!
Once the Atom Bomb exploded,
life on Earth for the Warrior Quester was finally
over. In short, the
Warrior Quester had finally
killed Earth,
rendered it lifeless,
slew his Mother.
Yet at the very same moment Earthfolk
gained sight of Mother! and felt the presence
of the Living Earth Mother and Father.
How could this be?
Earthfolk came to understand the role and interplay between
cultural ritual and
individual, personal ritual.
We humans create ritual
practices to
get in touch with and express our deepest
thoughts and feelings. We create
individual, personal rituals, and when
in communities or collective bodies
we create cultural rituals.
Everyone is involved
in ritual practices, although this is not apparent
to everyone. What is not immediately apparent to an individual who lives
within a specific Big Story is how he/she participates
in the deep cultural rituals that make present the
core values of the Big Story.
Continue—Ritual
Living
