In the beginning, the drummers were women. From Egypt to the Indus River Valley, from Cyprus and Crete to Greece and Rome, priestesses and worshipping women used the frame drum to celebrate their goddesses as the endlessly rhythmic energy of life. Priestesses of Inanna, Isis and Hathor, Istar, Astarte, Aprhodite, Rhea, Artemis, Demeter and Cybele… rhythmically beat their frame drums to connect humanity’s heartbeat to the rhythm of the cosmos, celebrating the miracle of creation in sacred rituals. It was a time when the earth itself was revered as the Great Mother of All That Is and all that was, pulsated in unison. It was a time when women were in harmony with themselves, when their bodies were considered a microcosmic reflection of the profound energies of the earth and heavens. Read More…
Health and fitness, diet and exercise, they go together like fish and chips, and sponge and custard. Unfortunate metaphors they may be, but we all know by now, food and health are inextricably linked. To keep ourselves healthy, we should restrict our calorie intake, eat the ‘right’ foods and keep fit with exercise. Read More…
ON FIRST- & SECOND-HAND KNOWLEDGE
What is the surest safeguard against falling under the sway of wrong theories, false doctrines or of being taken in by persuasive politicians, demagogues and religious, ideological, techno-scientific or other fanatics? Philosophers through the centuries, when faced with a confusion of knowledge systems and competing theories, have tried to start afresh from their own personal intuition. Socrates, Augustine, Descartes, Locke and Husserl provide some well-known examples. All of these most influential thinkers’ writings are based on and describe methods of some kind of contemplation by which they derived insight at first-hand. Read More…
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Helen Fields on April 2, 2009
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