Traditions Re-Membered

"Uprooted and transplanted, many of us have lost the threads of any cohesive traditional roots. We are finding our ways back to the future of our dreams and the magic of our past. We are mending the wheel of life, weaving the old, the new, and the not-yet-discovered into a tapestry that will reflect our collective dreams and visions."
Nicki Scully
Power Animal Meditations.

How do we regain those traditions? How do we work to re-create them in the 21st century in a more universal way calling upon our ancestors, our different cultural traditions, and our visions of a world that is comfortable with death and dying?

A really good article that sums it up: The Final Act of Love: I Knew I wanted to Keep Him With Me - Bonnie Malkin, The Guardian, December 26, 2017

Doing it Ourselves

Green Burials

How do Shamanic & Indigenous Cultures Handle Death?

* Art of Aging

* Art of Death & Dying

* Rainy Day Village Network

* Resources

"In Native American lore, the raven is often celebrated as the light-bringer; the one who gifted humanity with understanding and discernment. The raven holds understanding in balance, attributed with the dual ability to both share and keep secrets.

The black raven reminds us that wisdom can be found not only in the light, but also in the dark, shadowy void that our over-culture so fears and runs from.

Carl Jung associated the raven with our shadow, that part of our psyche that we refuse to see or acknowledge. When we contemplate raven energy, we can tap into the courage to hold all of ourselves in awareness. The shadow contains the energy that we need to grow, to change, to break through from egoic pettiness and worry into the full, radiant being that each of us has already become."
-ShamanTube

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