Nature Connection

Draft version still being edited, pre-release. ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆★★ Survivalism or Bushcraft? Both terms are interchangeable. Initiation Cultures in the Postmodern Collapse. We don't really have coming-of-age ceremonies in the Industrialised world. These transitions seem more important to cultures that have either not been fully assimilated into capitalism or that have maintained their more ancient traditions. Some Sufi sects still practice an initiation rite that bestows responsibility and requires the initiate to lead a simple life of devotion, peace, and compassion. The Sufis are the peace and love hippies of Islam.  My Asian family are followers of Jalaluddin Rumi. But their Sufism is markedly different from Western Sufism. I do periodically hear Core Shamanism practitioners podcasting about initiation culture and trying to found one. Just to be clear, whatever they do in their initiation, it will be unlike anything I might suggest from a survivalist point of view. Initiation Based...