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On Resonance: Caves, Hooves, Hearts, Harps... and the Birth of Culture

The Emerald

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The Greatness of the Universe Is Only Tolerable and Reconcilable

The vastness of the universe is only tolerable and reconcilable because, despite its vastness, it resonates within us. If it was us over here in vastness up there, and no thread in between, then this world would be intolerable. Through ritual we feel and enact resonance. We enter a space in which we can feel the vibrant, pulsing relationship with each other and with nature and with at is resonance bridges the intermediate space between us and the cosmos.

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