Tag: semiotics
Body September 2023
The Body as Transport Device
Speaking of Bodies It is incredibly difficult to speak abstractly, clearly, and objectively about the thing that defines, translates, and enables our existence in the world. Instead, we often speak ‘analogically’ about the body. Analogical thinking is, for all practical purposes, metaphorical in its approach. We make best case assumptions about what the body is up to by saying, “My experience is like…”, or “The movement of blood in our veins is similar to…”. This…
April Explanation Structure
Scaffolds of the Strange: The Structure of ESEs
The four aspects of an Extraordinary Spiritual Experience help us understand and integrate the event. Set and Setting, Appearance, Revelation, and Disclosure all create a scaffolding for the way we interpret what has happened.
Introduction
The Trail Through the Forest
When I started this website back in 2019, I had big plans for my future. Before this website, I started many others. There is a wasteland of four to seven entries in at least 5 different blogs littering my little niche in the blogosphere, going back quite a few years. Part of that speaks to a lack of focus, an inability to play out an idea to completion. And part of it speaks to the…
