I wonder whether the late 19th/early 20th century spiritualism movement, which I think existed here as well as in Europe, wouldn't be one vein to mine--I do think of it as city based.
Here's something from Native American lore, too, though it's less urban--there's this strong sense of place. That this or that mountain is sacred. And looking up at the mountains here in the desert is a pretty good way to feel the numinous.
I think the hard thing is finding the numinous in a new city. I, at least, need something beyond the city itself, more based in the land it's build on. This may be less true in Europe, though, where the cities are much older, part of the land themselves, in some ways.
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Date: 2007-07-16 09:20 pm (UTC)Here's something from Native American lore, too, though it's less urban--there's this strong sense of place. That this or that mountain is sacred. And looking up at the mountains here in the desert is a pretty good way to feel the numinous.
I think the hard thing is finding the numinous in a new city. I, at least, need something beyond the city itself, more based in the land it's build on. This may be less true in Europe, though, where the cities are much older, part of the land themselves, in some ways.