and so much of the work on religion and on medicine in the ancient world flattens the world to a two-dimensional picture, as though medicine is only texts and tools, religion only ground plans and processional routes and lists of dedicatory inscriptions.
You're talking about a process of recovery I care about very much (even if I've never focused on medicine): people rather than pageantry; earth under the nails. An entire day spent in prayer sounds awesome and austere. Please meet the Yom Kippur service I spent with a distinct and conscious awareness of my voice taking forever to warm up because with nothing in my stomach for hours, all systems were mildly offline.
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Date: 2014-03-29 10:28 pm (UTC)You're talking about a process of recovery I care about very much (even if I've never focused on medicine): people rather than pageantry; earth under the nails. An entire day spent in prayer sounds awesome and austere. Please meet the Yom Kippur service I spent with a distinct and conscious awareness of my voice taking forever to warm up because with nothing in my stomach for hours, all systems were mildly offline.