I really like the term "raver spirituality" to describe a loose constellation of affects borne out of a particular social context.
Maybe it might be read as dismissive but to me it feels like a solid characterization :)
@starkatt this makes sense. I don’t think anyone who’s done raves would find it dismissive. Which makes sense; raves and furry cons are the closest most modern Americans get to those big preindustrial festivals, there to address key spiritual needs. You’ve read “Dancing in the Streets” right?
@Leucrotta I haven't read nor heard of it!
@Leucrotta also I was gonna write a followup post about how raver spirituality becoming a thing is a sign that there's a huge spiritual vacuum in our culture as a whole.
@starkatt @Leucrotta I can't say that I'm surprised. Most of the "gods" that came before have been found to be outdated, unwanted, or just plain inadequate to the needs of reality in the 21st century. Probably why a lot of systems I see now are not mono-thiestic. it seems to me that reality is too complex, and faith is too fragile to just have one god propping the whole of it up. overlap and load-balancing is needed.
@kelseyhusky @starkatt I have opinions about this one if you want?
@Leucrotta @kelseyhusky I'd like to hear 'em
@kelseyhusky @starkatt Okay! So to me, monotheism really answers BIG abstract philosophical stuff with an overarching, encompassing concept of divinity.
But on the ground that can play out as remote, and even sterile, and most religions answer this with polytheism or pantheism; monotheists get saints or tathagatas, polytheists get fulltrui, "heads." Something easier to wrap your head around and work with unless you're a specific type of mystic.