January 30th

discussion of Joseph Campbell and his work with myth and the hero’s journey
Australian Aboriginal society believed that there is no timeline
“The Map of Molongee”
the catfish dreaming
Route that his family/band around the territory that the catfish dreaming created
for them to exist in
doorway into the world of dreaming, the world of creation
undergo a mental transformation from real space ->mythic space (liminality/threshold)
liminal = not here and not there, a place that is in between and doesn’t exist

“God is the Architect of the World”
Gothic architecture is famous for it’s flying buttresses
Gothic cathedral is Directional Sacred Geometry. The Apst is in the East, which Jerusalem is east, so facing the alter means facing the Holy Land when you worship. When one walks in the church, one is entering upon a spiritual journey.

Nandnla

Mihrab
Niche or marker used to indicate the direction of prayer usually in a mosque. ( HYPERLINK "http://archnet.org/library/dictionary/entry.tcl?entry_id=DIA0470" http://archnet.org/library/dictionary/entry.tcl?entry_id=DIA0470)

Shiva

Narasimha = manifestation (avatar) of Vishnu – god charged with protecting and serving the human race

Dusk and Dawn are two times of day when the spirit world gateways are open because they are liminal. In a doorway because it’s a threshold.

Anamism = (an·i·mism) (an¢[ibreve]-miz-[schwa]m) [L. anima soul] 1. the obsolete doctrine that the soul is the source of all organic development. 2. the belief that nonliving objects and phenomena (such as clouds) are inhabited and motivated by a nonphysical agent; it is a characteristic of the thinking of early childhood. 3. the theory that behavior is controlled by an immaterial mind or soul.
animism
animism 2

Relic’s are direct link (ex. Blood of the animal is the life force of the animal