Tag: rituals

• What, what, what…?

  Hear this now, O foolish people,Without understanding,Who have eyes and see not,And who have ears and hear not.                                      Jeremiah I would not ordinarily open an essay with a biblical quote, but there can be wisdom in poetry, not to mention melody in sound. It may be hidden, unless it is pointed out -background only. A pentimento […]

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  March 23, 2022

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  Aeon.co, Bruno Nettl, Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, epiphanies, exposure effect, Jeremiah, music, musicalization, pentimento, repetition, repetition in music, rituals, semantic satiation effect, University of Arkansas, University of Illinois

• Necessary rituals

  I have been thinking a lot about rituals recently although I don’t belong to any organization that practices them, nor, for that matter, have I been invited to any in the community for a while. At my age, I should no doubt be anticipating more funerals than weddings, but no summonses to either have arrived […]

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  October 27, 2021

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  BBC Future, Colin MacLeod, Mind, reading aloud, rituals, Sam Duncan, Sophie Hardach, University College London, University of Waterloo