Table of Contents
RITUAL OF WILD
“And perhaps that’s the most fitting way to begin a study of ritual: not by defining it, but by letting it reshape the one who seeks it.”
Volume I
The Search
Part I
The Living Journal
Entries
Dreams
Motherhood
Questions
Part II
The Study
Psychology
Anthropology
Neuroscience
Spiritual Traditions
Nature
Symbols
Part III
Experiments
Family Rituals
Daily Practices
Photography as Ritual
Seasons
Grief
Celebration
Part IV
Emerging Philosophy
What is Ritual?
What is Wild?
What is Transformation?
What does it mean to remember?
Notice that none of this requires you to know where you’re going. It simply requires you to stay curious.
Why these symbols? Why now? What relationship am I building with them? Hearts and circles.
What are the practices that help human beings remember how to belong… to themselves, to one another, to the Earth, and to the mystery of being alive?
Questions like:
- What makes something a ritual instead of a habit?
- Why did I instinctively go to the river after losing Stella?
- What did that place know that I didn’t?
- Why do humans need witnesses?
- Why does beauty seem to make grief more bearable?
- Can photographs become rituals?
- Why do children naturally create ritual through repetition?
- What is the difference between control and ceremony?
- What have modern women lost that ritual once offered?
- What is “wild” asking me to remember?
Listening to Dermot – grieving Juniper, 1 yr in 3 days.
You call arrows to fall short
Because the snow is at our feet
And when embraces subside, and the lilies have died
It comes down to her tears on a sheet
But it’s alright because
You cause lanterns to light
And force demons disperse
And if Lucifer may fear the swift drying of tears
Then, for evil, you could not be worse
But I see you now, yeah, I see you
And release me now, kinda like dreams do
And I see you now, was hard to see you
Just don’t forget to sing
Remember everything
And you’re the only little girl I know who’d bring a kite in the snow
Said, “You just gonna hold it up?”
Said, “Nah, I’m gonna let it go”
And when your heart hurts, days like today are the antidote
If you think just maybe it’s her
Then promise me, young man, you’re gonna let her know
You won’t go lonely, yeah
You won’t go lonely, yeah
You won’t go lonely, yeah
You won’t go lonely, yeah
It’ll all be better in the morning
‘Cause while you sleep, I’ll build a wall
Pick a weapon up or something
We’re ’bout to have ourselves a brawl
In dead of night, one window open
He heard her singing down the hall
Singing ’bout him, least he was hoping
She left her listener enthralled, woo, ooh
Community circle at the garden? protection
Am I sacred of the energy that may arrive?
You call arrows to fall short
Because the snow is at our feet
And when embraces subside, and the lilies have died
It comes down to her tears on a sheet
But it’s alright because
You cause lanterns to light
And force demons disperse
And if Lucifer may fear the swift drying of tears
Then, for evil, you could not be worse
But I see you now, yeah, I see you
And release me now, kinda like dreams do
And I see you now, was hard to see you
Just don’t forget to sing
Remember everything
And you’re the only little girl I know who’d bring a kite in the snow
Said, “You just gonna hold it up?”
Said, “Nah, I’m gonna let it go”
And when your heart hurts, days like today are the antidote
If you think just maybe it’s her
Then promise me, young man, you’re gonna let her know
You won’t go lonely, yeah
You won’t go lonely, yeah
You won’t go lonely, yeah
You won’t go lonely, yeah
It’ll all be better in the morning
‘Cause while you sleep, I’ll build a wall
Pick a weapon up or something
We’re ’bout to have ourselves a brawl
In dead of night, one window open
He heard her singing down the hall
Singing ’bout him, least he was hoping
She left her listener enthralled, woo, ooh
Lyrics
When love was found
I kept my hope just like I’d hoped to
Then sang to the sea for feelings deep blue
And coming down
And we’ve had problems that we’ve grown through
But I bet you dream of what you could do
At seventeen, I was alright
Was like nothin’ I could feel inside
And wishing you were here tonight is like holding on
But I still get to see your face, right?
And that’s like nothing they can take, right?
So there won’t be no feeling in the firelight, hoping this’ll be right
Time to show your worth, child
I remember when her heart broke over stubborn shit
That’s no way to be living kid
The angel of death is ruthless
And I’m always thinking summertime with the bikes out
Pushing our luck, getting wiped out
Days with nothing but laughing loud
Underneath my coat, won’t you tap my shoulder, hold my hand
Nights with nothing but dark in there
You could be my armor then
Island smiles and cardigans
The nights that we’ve been drinking in
We’re here to help you kill all of this hurt that you’ve been harboring
Confessions should be better planned
Alone, that night, I’m surely damned
Run away, I’ll understand
What’s important is this evening I will not forget
Purple, blue, orange, red
These colors of feeling
Give me love, I’ll put my heart in it
And I think about it all the time
Lights went out, you were fine
You kinda struggle not to shine
I still love you, though
I still love you, though
I still love you always
So hold me when I’m home
Keep the evenings long
Crack and break and part ways
I still love you, though
I still love you, though
I still love you always
So hold me when I’m home
Keep the evenings long
Let’s not crack and break and part ways
And I wonder if I could let her down
It’s for real, it’s for real
It’s for real, it’s for real
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