Beautiful writing and thinking. You know, you might check out Abraham Joshua Heschel’s The Sabbath. He was writing about the architecture of time and the meaning of ritual a half-century before Byung-Chul Han.
I’m so pleased I’ve found your newsletter! Thank you for unpacking your thoughts on these complex yet fundamental topics. The idea that rituals make time accessible like a home has really resonated with me. As has your whole piece. Your writings about the imaginal realm make a profound sense for me, in understanding the limitations of our western scientific culture. I thought when I read many years ago about the Ancient Greek’s idea of time as chronos or kairos, that I was stumbling in the right area. But our conscious and unconscious (and all the states in between!) perception of time benefits from so much more enquiry. And I love how you go about that enquiry, thank you. It feels like I’ve been looking for a lot of the concepts you describe, for decades. I look forward to reading all your essays. Thank you 🙏
Ahh Jonny, thank you so much for this! That really made me smile — I’m glad this piece has helped you. I love that idea too — that rituals make time like a home. Thanks so much for your generous read and for leaving a comment — it really makes a difference.
Beautiful writing and thinking. You know, you might check out Abraham Joshua Heschel’s The Sabbath. He was writing about the architecture of time and the meaning of ritual a half-century before Byung-Chul Han.
Oooh, thank you, that sounds right up my street. Going to track down a copy.
I’m so pleased I’ve found your newsletter! Thank you for unpacking your thoughts on these complex yet fundamental topics. The idea that rituals make time accessible like a home has really resonated with me. As has your whole piece. Your writings about the imaginal realm make a profound sense for me, in understanding the limitations of our western scientific culture. I thought when I read many years ago about the Ancient Greek’s idea of time as chronos or kairos, that I was stumbling in the right area. But our conscious and unconscious (and all the states in between!) perception of time benefits from so much more enquiry. And I love how you go about that enquiry, thank you. It feels like I’ve been looking for a lot of the concepts you describe, for decades. I look forward to reading all your essays. Thank you 🙏
Ahh Jonny, thank you so much for this! That really made me smile — I’m glad this piece has helped you. I love that idea too — that rituals make time like a home. Thanks so much for your generous read and for leaving a comment — it really makes a difference.
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