tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post3002391380514135053..comments2023-05-21T05:56:57.842+01:00Comments on mindfulness and mortality: Is Big Ju-Ju Tabu for Unordained Celebrants?gloriamundihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-65900041946731891522013-05-09T23:28:20.394+01:002013-05-09T23:28:20.394+01:00What an interesting comment, thanks Kateyanne. It ...What an interesting comment, thanks Kateyanne. It seems to me to be based on your final belief statement - what interests me is, given the variety of non/belief in our audiences/congregations, the ways in which we do or don't, can or can't expect to work any juju. Some of the people in front of me may understand a need to connect with something Divine, others may not. How do we see our function in this context?<br /><br />I guess I'm not expecting any final answers here, it's something we all need to keep re-working, perhaps - but the views of different celebrants on this are interesting, valuable.<br /><br /><br />gloriamundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476712899700515223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1456857068476095225.post-3762542318998752362013-05-09T16:35:48.636+01:002013-05-09T16:35:48.636+01:00Celebrants (or anyone creating and holding sanctif...Celebrants (or anyone creating and holding sanctified space) would, I hope, open themselves to mid to big juju - if by juju you mean a connection to the Divine, in a form in which the group in front of you understands. I take my guidance from the people I am serving on that unique occasion. If there is a religious request, I ask that someone in the family or group say that prayer or take that action, and I am open to doing it if appropriate. As the Celebrant, I invite the group (silently, by my intent, and also with words if appropriate) to allow their hearts to open to connect with each other and what is sacred in this time/space - and believe my greatest value is in creating a container and holding it throughout the ceremony for their connections to safely grow. That is juju, no matter what I am wearing. Love/God/Divinity is in us all, whatever name you give to Her.Kateyannehttp://www.emergecelebrant.comnoreply@blogger.com