Something I'm interested in, and have trouble finding info on is rites of passage. Religion has plenty of info on child rearing and youth training/indoctrination, but the western occult path of self-knowing, will training, and initiation appears to mostly assume adulthood as a starting point. I understand that to a point and understand JMG's recommendations on protecting youth and allowing their various channels to open on their own; annnnd, when my own worldview is shaped by this learning and my own daily is founded on daily spirtual cleansing/banishings and meditation - my children are naturally curious and interested in the occult teachings I work with/from; and when they ask questions about how the universe works, my answers are often as full of my esoteric learning as anything I learned in academic classes.
From various anthropological sources, it seems that many indigenous peoples tightly controlled how and when stories were told to children, often leading into various initiations and rites of passage. This feels like desperately needed knowledge in this time when most youth are bombarded with story (sometimes hours of it daily) but without coherent message or worldview. These stories are supposed to form a foundation upon which youth build a realized adult self through elder-guided self-exploration, will training, ethics formation, and initiation.
I feel overwhelmed trying to hold-back/reign-in the flood of stories, while feeling like my own ability to educate is underwhelming. I suppose I am also trying to save my kids my own pain at finding so much of what I was taught as a youth (in terms of patriotism, religion, public schooling) to fall apart as it faced actual scrutiny.
I do my best to form a foundation with natural sciences, logic, and observation, memory, and will training games (like Kim's game.) With all the various education materials of antiquity, and the myriad homeschooling curriculums and resources available now, it would be lovely to find more guidance from history in how to prepare children for life in the world from the perspective of western occultism.
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Re: Germanic Astronomy and Neglected Occultism
Date: 2022-11-07 08:34 pm (UTC)From various anthropological sources, it seems that many indigenous peoples tightly controlled how and when stories were told to children, often leading into various initiations and rites of passage. This feels like desperately needed knowledge in this time when most youth are bombarded with story (sometimes hours of it daily) but without coherent message or worldview. These stories are supposed to form a foundation upon which youth build a realized adult self through elder-guided self-exploration, will training, ethics formation, and initiation.
I feel overwhelmed trying to hold-back/reign-in the flood of stories, while feeling like my own ability to educate is underwhelming. I suppose I am also trying to save my kids my own pain at finding so much of what I was taught as a youth (in terms of patriotism, religion, public schooling) to fall apart as it faced actual scrutiny.
I do my best to form a foundation with natural sciences, logic, and observation, memory, and will training games (like Kim's game.) With all the various education materials of antiquity, and the myriad homeschooling curriculums and resources available now, it would be lovely to find more guidance from history in how to prepare children for life in the world from the perspective of western occultism.