This is a follow-up to my earlier post about designing a Winter Solstice gathering that combined Rationalist Solstice traditions with local Māori Matariki practices. Here's what I learned from actually running the event. TL;DR: People wanted structured conversation more than curated performance. Starting with collective acknowledgment of loss made subsequent...
Here's my talk for tonight's Solstice Gathering, in Lyttelton, New Zealand. <previously: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4oAk2cu489LcuhjWi/creating-my-own-winter-solstice-celebration-southern> The Darkness Meditation V9 < Song - Sound of Silence > "Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again." Because a vision, of this night, became planted in my brain. Why? Why did...
I've been inspired by user: Raemon and his Winter Solstice celebrations. But I'm also drawing inspiration from the Matariki holiday here in New Zealand. I realized I was longing for meaningful community ritual, and I liked the sound of what he was doing. Growing up in areligious family, I always...