Producing emotional tears is a universal and uniquely human behavior. Until recently, tears have received little serious attention from scientists. Here, w
Communion is the second sacraments of initiation. After receiving first communion the sacrament becomes open to do every time we go to church. St Paul’s, written between 40 and 64 AD, speak of the festivity of the Eucharist and its origins in Jesus’ words and action at the last supper....
Initiation and consistency are the antidotes to avoidance and anxiety. The hope of future generations rests in our ability to shed avoidance and anxiety of intimacy from our masculinity. Current fathers who model emotionally close male friendships for their children are a step ahead...
Working with the mercurial British actor Richard Harris on the 1970 A Man Called Horse, Cody began to insist on authentic portrayals of initiation rites and medicine rituals, often over the demands of the producer. Although Iron Eyes played bit parts in dozens of Westerns over five decades, it...
We turn too much to food for solace and celebration, and we do it with less and less reference to traditions or even formal mealtimes--to the detriment of our figure and our health. If the routines we have built around food are complex, it's because we have been working on them for...
Early Soto koan use seems to have been a bit different from the Rinzai approach. Soto masters used koan language and actions, besides in koan training (monsan), in secret initiation (kirigami) rituals and funeral ceremonies. One or two examples of Soto koan use, which call for non-verbal ...
Current fathers who model emotionally close male friendships for their children are a step ahead in setting the bedrock for the future we all want, one in which the epidemic oflonelinesssubsides and men have better social skills. While it may take another 100 years for that ...