The Rose, no.4, group 3 by Hilma af Klint How do older land-based traditions survive when they are subsumed by conquering empires and dominator cultures? They hide as stowaways in the new religions, fusing symbiotically with holidays and gods so as to survive. Saint Valentine’s Day is probably another such occurrence, overlapping neatly with the older spring and fertility festival Lupercalia celebrated on February 15
I enjoyed this historical context and mythology so much. Reading the end of your essay, I drew some parallels between the themes present in adrienne maree brown's "pleasure activism." From the book: "There is no way to repress pleasure and expect liberation, satisfaction, or joy ... Pleasure is not one of the spoils of capitalism. It is what our bodies, our human systems, are structured for; it is the aliveness and awakening, the gratitude and humility, the joy and celebration of being miraculous." Thank you for sharing, as always. I'll be thinking about this for a while. 💗
I lived in Guatemala back in the mid ‘80s and I still ‘venerate’ a syncretic Guatemalan saint, Maximon, the patron saint of ... whores and drunks. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%C3%B3n?wprov=sfti1) I still have a statue of him in my house!
I enjoyed this historical context and mythology so much. Reading the end of your essay, I drew some parallels between the themes present in adrienne maree brown's "pleasure activism." From the book: "There is no way to repress pleasure and expect liberation, satisfaction, or joy ... Pleasure is not one of the spoils of capitalism. It is what our bodies, our human systems, are structured for; it is the aliveness and awakening, the gratitude and humility, the joy and celebration of being miraculous." Thank you for sharing, as always. I'll be thinking about this for a while. 💗
flowers and chocolates?
come in my love, my desire
spend only your time
I lived in Guatemala back in the mid ‘80s and I still ‘venerate’ a syncretic Guatemalan saint, Maximon, the patron saint of ... whores and drunks. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%C3%B3n?wprov=sfti1) I still have a statue of him in my house!