POEMS ABOUT HUMAN NATURE
This is a place for poems about human nature. They can be long or short, formal or free verse, or whatever illuminates the persona and shadow of being alive here.
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NATURE'S NATURE
This is a space for poems about Nature and the natural world. The picture shows spring buds on trees at La Ville au Roi. Eleusis is definitely a good place in which to worship nature and feel oneself come alive in communion with the natural world...
ZT as ETT
One could characterise Zen Therapy as Existential Tactical Therapy. Existential because it is much concerned with meaning and purpose in life, with spiritual dimensions in collision with reality factors, and Tactical because it employs challenge, dis
Read more…Ceremony & Worship
The Greeks did their ceremonies outdoors. They had temples many of which remain impressive landmarks, but these did not function like churches in present day religions. They were places for housing the images of the god and sometimes for other purpos
Read more…Aphrodite
You may be interested in the following fascinating information about links between the veneration of Aphrodite and of the Virgin Mary in Cyprus from Cyprus Events Net
The series of paintings and icons under the title Pantanassa came about as a resul
Read more…Assisted Auto-analysis
This weekend we have just completed a workshop in Belgium at Zenshin-In on the theme "Anger, Blame, Guilt and Sorrow". This provided an excellent medium for personal growth work and to this end we thought in terms of assisted auto-analysis.
What do w
Read more…The Hours
The Greeks had goddesses of the divisions of the day. These were the Horai, or Hours.
Auge = first light
Anatole = dawn
Musica = music & study
Gymnastica = gym hour
Nymphe = bathing
Messembria = noon
Sponde = libations hour
Elete = prayer
Cypris = ea
Read more…Pessoa on Initiation
The attached article on Initiation by Fernando Pessoa was originally posted on
www.greenmanscreations.com by Nicholas Lecerf and is here reproduced with his permission. It is a translation from a French version of Pessoa's work that is now out of pr
A Song to Eleusis
Eleusis, here I stand,
your land is our companion,
your sky is over us all,
your life is our deepener.
Heaven and Earth were the parents of Rhea,
grandparents of our Lady Demeter,
our patron of fertility and eternal life,
goddess who grieves and g
Read more…Before
This is a record of some of the spaces that we intend to convert. It will be interesting at a later date to compare the finished results as they arrive. It will probably take a good length of time, but if we proceed steadily all can be done. The Acro
Read more…Whatever Happened to Real Psychotherapy?
This article by Lori Gottlieb makes sobering reading. We have seen how the trend to supposedly evidence based practice has led to cognitive work achieving a special dominance in psychotherapy services and here we see how various forms of coaching are
Read more…The journey of the Heart
The original therapeutae were healers who lived in communities in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. From their name comes the modern term therapy. To heal means to cure, save, and make whole, sound and well. To be healthy in body, mind and so
Read more…Demeter
Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of grain, especially wheat, the fromental goddess. The nearest village to Eleusis is Bessais-le-Fromental. Eleusis is in the middle of fields of grain, not far from great rivers (Loire, Allier, Cher) and dark fore
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