The tradition of the May tree represents a fertility ritual associated with the return of leaves to the trees. During the month of May, a tree is ceremoniously planted or a pole representing it is erected. This custom has spread throughout Europe, and different names are associated with it: tree of joy or May tree, … Read more
The Renaissance is one of the brightest periods in Western history, a transition from the medieval harsh darkness to classical clarity and elegance. In our time, many thinkers contemplate the coming of a new Middle Ages; the thought of the Renaissance clearly indicates how far we are from it. This era of brilliance in the … Read more
Every sacred space is characterized by the fact that it is a place of transition, a breakthrough between levels, which allows communication between what is above and what is below, and vice versa. Individuals in traditional societies could only live in a space “open” upwards, where the breakthrough of levels was symbolically ensured and communication … Read more
Aborigines believe that there are moments in a person’s life when they symbolically die to one phase in order to make way for a new one. This transition is accompanied by special initiation ceremonies that every boy must go through in order to be accepted into adult society. We are only familiar with the formal, … Read more
