My copy of the Earth Mysteries Workbook recently arrived, and I like the concept a lot. It'll be a little while before I can actually work through it, since I need to finish some other commitments first, but I do intend to go through it properly when I have more wiggle room with daily meditation topics. In addition to the earth mystery work itself, psychometry seems really intriguing. Would have been handy to know about back when I was studying archaeology...even if I suppose the professors who taught me back then would have been horrified to hear me say that. ;) Also fun to see you mention the ages of myth-legend-history triad in the latest Wagner post after reading about it in the EWM so recently.
In any case, I have one question after reading it: do you have any advice for deciding on the right size of the area to study? I know this is probably a preference thing, but I wanted to ask anyway. To take my own situation, I live in a traditional district of southeastern Norway that's around 1000km2, or one quarter of Rhode Island. That's probably too small, right? One level up, my area is part of one of three regions that together make up the country of Hedmark, which is about the size of Massachusetts. I suppose that would be the most logical level to work at here?
It should also be said that there's an area about an hour's drive to the east of me known as the Forest of the Finns, due to extensive immigration by Finns from Sweden back in the 17th century. They had a distinct culture and a reputation for sorcery and strangeness that's left a rich legacy of folklore to this day. (compare how Finns tended to be equated to the magical in Norse times). I suspect the fact that it straddles the Norway/Sweden border also contributes to the liminal quality. In other words, this area is one of the richest and most famous in the whole country in terms of weirdness and mystery, so I'd probably be remiss if I didn't make sure to cover it in my study area.
Earth Mysteries Workbook and size of the study area
In any case, I have one question after reading it: do you have any advice for deciding on the right size of the area to study? I know this is probably a preference thing, but I wanted to ask anyway. To take my own situation, I live in a traditional district of southeastern Norway that's around 1000km2, or one quarter of Rhode Island. That's probably too small, right? One level up, my area is part of one of three regions that together make up the country of Hedmark, which is about the size of Massachusetts. I suppose that would be the most logical level to work at here?
It should also be said that there's an area about an hour's drive to the east of me known as the Forest of the Finns, due to extensive immigration by Finns from Sweden back in the 17th century. They had a distinct culture and a reputation for sorcery and strangeness that's left a rich legacy of folklore to this day. (compare how Finns tended to be equated to the magical in Norse times). I suspect the fact that it straddles the Norway/Sweden border also contributes to the liminal quality. In other words, this area is one of the richest and most famous in the whole country in terms of weirdness and mystery, so I'd probably be remiss if I didn't make sure to cover it in my study area.
Thank you for hosting this space, as always.