I've read a few general histories of Egypt, all of them after finding the religious end of things; what I'm really actively interested in is the day-to-day life of the common people, so I read that stuff avidly.
The fandom-as-family thing is a very common metaphor/thoughtpattern in general sf fandom; I don't know so much about things like fanfic fandoms and the like, as I have functionally no experience with them.
Attempting to explain the Feri thing; keep in mind I'm working with what I've been able to pick up here and there:
Feri beliefs hold that humans have three souls, and that their proper alignment is critically important for spiritual health -- that they should all be in proper communication with each other, not detached, all healthy, and so on. (This is very like, to me, the discussion of ma'at as having three levels -- the individual, the social, and the cosmic -- each of which has to be healthy and balanced.)
(The workshop I'm attending next weekend is on Triple Soul alignment.)
One soul is the animal soul -- Evolutionary Witchcraft calls it the Sticky One (image: small child that's been out playing in the garden all day). It's primal, passionate, in tune with body and the natural world -- not terribly verbal, but easily engaged with beauty, ritual practice, motion and closely linked to physical health.
One soul is the Shining Body, which is closely linked with the aura; it's also a communicator, an information processor, something that produces clarity of thought, action, and perception, as well as connection out into the rest of the world and other people.
The third soul is the God-Soul. I'm not sure how to explain it -- the location is akin to the halo on Christian icons. It's the spark of the divine carried by humans, the tie between human and divine worlds.
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Date: 2004-11-27 12:55 am (UTC)The fandom-as-family thing is a very common metaphor/thoughtpattern in general sf fandom; I don't know so much about things like fanfic fandoms and the like, as I have functionally no experience with them.
Attempting to explain the Feri thing; keep in mind I'm working with what I've been able to pick up here and there:
Feri beliefs hold that humans have three souls, and that their proper alignment is critically important for spiritual health -- that they should all be in proper communication with each other, not detached, all healthy, and so on. (This is very like, to me, the discussion of ma'at as having three levels -- the individual, the social, and the cosmic -- each of which has to be healthy and balanced.)
(The workshop I'm attending next weekend is on Triple Soul alignment.)
One soul is the animal soul -- Evolutionary Witchcraft calls it the Sticky One (image: small child that's been out playing in the garden all day). It's primal, passionate, in tune with body and the natural world -- not terribly verbal, but easily engaged with beauty, ritual practice, motion and closely linked to physical health.
One soul is the Shining Body, which is closely linked with the aura; it's also a communicator, an information processor, something that produces clarity of thought, action, and perception, as well as connection out into the rest of the world and other people.
The third soul is the God-Soul. I'm not sure how to explain it -- the location is akin to the halo on Christian icons. It's the spark of the divine carried by humans, the tie between human and divine worlds.
Does that provide enough useful context?