Greetings to all...
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:35 pm
Greetings all...
It's a pleasure to be part of this forum. I think what Cat and all the people at Lucky Mojo do is terrific. I'm a professor at a major midwestern "research" university (which really only means that it's an expensive place for the students to attend lol) and I teach courses in the blues and folklore. I received my PhD in folklore and American ethnomusicology from a rival midwestern university. For several decades I've been active in researching the kinds of topics I assume we're all interested in and spend a lot of time in the deep South. Although my academic background probably disdains actual work in such things as hoodoo, rootwork, conjuring, or whatever other sobriquet one wishes to give our interests, the reason I originally became interested in all this is because I think that traditions exist with great time depth because there is at least an element of truth in them. And, I've seen things in working with sacred practitioners on several continents that validate for me that the "western scientific method" is really just a bias and has as many flaws in it as anything else (perhaps even more). I look forward to joining you all in discussions and our mutual journey.
Best to all...
Hawk
It's a pleasure to be part of this forum. I think what Cat and all the people at Lucky Mojo do is terrific. I'm a professor at a major midwestern "research" university (which really only means that it's an expensive place for the students to attend lol) and I teach courses in the blues and folklore. I received my PhD in folklore and American ethnomusicology from a rival midwestern university. For several decades I've been active in researching the kinds of topics I assume we're all interested in and spend a lot of time in the deep South. Although my academic background probably disdains actual work in such things as hoodoo, rootwork, conjuring, or whatever other sobriquet one wishes to give our interests, the reason I originally became interested in all this is because I think that traditions exist with great time depth because there is at least an element of truth in them. And, I've seen things in working with sacred practitioners on several continents that validate for me that the "western scientific method" is really just a bias and has as many flaws in it as anything else (perhaps even more). I look forward to joining you all in discussions and our mutual journey.
Best to all...
Hawk