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Dirck van Bekkum
Dirck van Bekkum Welcome to an Anthropo-Gazing way of being-in-the-world.

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Controlled Folly

Controlled folly is a concept introduced by anthropologist Carlos Castaneda (1971) as a procedure to follow your call to become a scorcerer.

Complementary female-male worlds, Controlled Folly, Cultural Selfreflection, Gender Complementarity

(Nederlands) SCHAARSE HUMOR EN ZELFIRONIE

Dirck van Bekkum Jan 31, 2017

Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.

Applied Mythology, Controlled Folly, Cosmic Jokes, Cultural Selfreflection, Organisms as Selfcorrective Systems, Recoding Songs/Poems, Rituals of Passage and Affliction, Transitional Spaces

Sport, Play and Loteries as As-If Communication Patterns

Dirck van Bekkum Jan 1, 2017 Tagged with fallen from grace, soul maintenance

To stay in touch with our distant animal pasts we, humans,  frequently ‘need to eat humble …

Sport, Play and Loteries as As-If Communication Patterns Read more →

Applied Mythology, Controlled Folly, Improvising Systematically, Systematically Getting Lost, Vision Quest

The Art of Getting Lost

Dirck van Bekkum Sep 25, 2016

My teacher, and mental-spiritual-martial art mentor, dr. Ronald ‘Back Horse’ Chavers taught me, between 1980 and …

The Art of Getting Lost Read more →

Controlled Folly, Cosmic Jokes, Systematically Getting Lost

Cosmic Jokes

Dirck van Bekkum Feb 1, 2015

Making and laughing about cosmic jokes is a form of ultimate wisom. If we are able …

Cosmic Jokes Read more →

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