tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post373323823315089597..comments2023-11-07T23:58:28.619-09:00Comments on Pray to the Moon: Public Animas Ceremony Part 6: Offerings. (More? Really?)Moma Faunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-72057640267369425622014-09-23T10:40:28.399-08:002014-09-23T10:40:28.399-08:00Ah! I always wondered about that basket -- my husb...Ah! I always wondered about that basket -- my husband brought that home from I-don't-know-where a couple of years ago. He has knack for finding such things. Just looking at it you can tell there was a great deal of work put into it. It might be grass though. We use it as a fruit basket -- perhaps we shouldn't. >.<Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-62943997199019359972014-09-23T02:49:11.755-08:002014-09-23T02:49:11.755-08:00Oh my...this is just beautiful, like a trip in wor...Oh my...this is just beautiful, like a trip in words and pictures, a virtual breath of fresh air! The ceremony must've been amazing. No detail was spared, even down to those wonderful baskets, especially that pine needle one holding Dancer's floral and fungal offerings (I make baskets of all kinds, including pine needle ones, and there is at least 20 hours in that one for sure). There is no substitute for a sincere investment of communal time, joy, and love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-80183755657155613812014-09-21T09:42:30.317-08:002014-09-21T09:42:30.317-08:00Thank you! It was a service & I aim to please....Thank you! It was a service & I aim to please.<br />The intimacy of human-human relationships is certainly cause for a want of privacy, yet it does not seem to stop people from airing their interpersonal *grievances* at length. Funny, isn't it? But yes, I also do not go on about my people relationships in public detail. My aside had more to do with the driving premise for the ceremony which was to draw in/draw upon Passion *for the benefit of our people.* This being in contrast to many animist activities which are more often geared towards honouring, regognizing, healing, etc. an "other" (for lack of a better term). In this situation, I was answering a pressing call(?) to serve the people, as opposed to say, the "Earth Mother" or the "Land" or some spirit beings of a particular sort. I hope that makes a wee bit more sense. ;)<br />May you have a lovely Equinox as well. Moma Faunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656419605056782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5807299091001611550.post-24710589977936598182014-09-21T08:21:29.886-08:002014-09-21T08:21:29.886-08:00Once again I'm impressed with the care, love, ...Once again I'm impressed with the care, love, energy, and fun, you evidently put into this ceremony. Re your aside, and as your documentation of the event reminds us, yes, of course, relations with other humans are pivotal. But all the 'work' we put into them, even the fun stuff, can be difficult to share publically, for a variety of reasons (good and bad). I hope that's the main reason why your fellow animists don't appear to be writing about them :).<br /><br />Have a Happy Autumn Equinox<br /><br />Brianbrian taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432791319342135885noreply@blogger.com