This is the third post on the Autumn/Winter inquiry cycle of the Sentient River group, turning to reflect on the significance of the inquiry group itself – both human and more-than-human.
Lovely to hear from you and glad you like the posts. I am interested in your use of 'ae'. Where does this originate? We have been experimenting with Robin Kimmerer's suggestion of 'ki'. Our inquiries continue see https://www.dartington.org/event/living-waters/
I feel over the centuries we humans have lost several (many?) channels of perception in relation to the more-than-human world, (and in our dealings with humans). I find your collective experiment is a step forward to regaining such channels; long may it continue.
In the inner world we might say there are at least eight such channels (Will, Soul, Inspiration, Intuition, Imagination, Instinct, Intellect, Bodymind) and that these might somehow relate to communication with the river as a 'co-researcher'.
Dave (quoted above) responds: I was particularly struck by this early paragraph which I feel gets to the heart of our work. I reckon this wonder-ful category unmediated perception calls for some deep contemplation about perception, but also as to what mediates between outer world and inner awareness. Could the phenomenologists help us make sense of how we make sense of sensation> That would be sensational! Are we in the realm of the wild paleolithic mind here…..and David Abram’s ideas about how language and writing have pushed humankind towards abstraction……
Lovely to hear from you and glad you like the posts. I am interested in your use of 'ae'. Where does this originate? We have been experimenting with Robin Kimmerer's suggestion of 'ki'. Our inquiries continue see https://www.dartington.org/event/living-waters/
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Thank you. Will check LeGuin, which now rings a bell. No worry about donations, the point is to get this practice out into the world. P
I feel over the centuries we humans have lost several (many?) channels of perception in relation to the more-than-human world, (and in our dealings with humans). I find your collective experiment is a step forward to regaining such channels; long may it continue.
In the inner world we might say there are at least eight such channels (Will, Soul, Inspiration, Intuition, Imagination, Instinct, Intellect, Bodymind) and that these might somehow relate to communication with the river as a 'co-researcher'.
Dave (quoted above) responds: I was particularly struck by this early paragraph which I feel gets to the heart of our work. I reckon this wonder-ful category unmediated perception calls for some deep contemplation about perception, but also as to what mediates between outer world and inner awareness. Could the phenomenologists help us make sense of how we make sense of sensation> That would be sensational! Are we in the realm of the wild paleolithic mind here…..and David Abram’s ideas about how language and writing have pushed humankind towards abstraction……