Opening the circle, letting out the pigs

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moss M
moss Apr 30, 2006 12:17:57
Replying to Littlestone

"Perhaps the space within the circle was seen more as the primeval sanctuary"...

Lateral thinking - the primeval was outside the circle, the circle is the beginning of civilisation - thought everyone knew that ;) in it this circle, which is the ego of course, religion, politics are formed, manipulation and domination takes place and the whole history of humanity evolves..... and since stone circles sometimes replace timber circles (which I suppose could be construed as primeval forest!) they are not a "natural" sanctuary... just a more durable material.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Apr 30, 2006 15:42:42
Replying to moss

>...the primeval was outside the circle, the circle is the beginning of civilisation...<

Ahh but is it? Was the primeval inside or outside the circle? What do we actually do when we enclose a space (and sometimes make it sacred?). Was a circle a sanctuary? What's the meaning of a sanctuary? Hang on, I'll just check that. <i>Sanctuary "...a place where birds wild animals, breed and are protected." "...a place of refuge..."</i> Perhaps circles, shrines and temples, in fact any place of 'sacredness', is a place where the ancients and all that is connected to them dwell.

At the heart of a least one religion there is nothing other than the original spirit - the primeval 'sense' of it all, protected forever from the turmoil of transformation. Nothing happened there, nothing need happen, it had already happened.