I'm inventing a religion. I want to mix the poetry and reverence for nature of goddess-worshipping paganism with hard science, technology, math, and rave culture.
Some things I want in my new religion:
raves
TAZ
drumming
dancing as prayer
the body as sacred "in the flesh, Maharet said, in the flesh all
wisdom begins" --Anne Rice
urban tribes, chosen family, burning man
genderfuck
scholarship, strong ethic of study and knowledge (similar to judaism's
"teach me something" always learning and teaching
study of hard science and math as ways to approach the mystery
sex as holy
Isis, Bridgit, craftswomen goddesses, magician goddesses
I want to see more technology uses in rituals: lasers, techno music, projector screens, computer graphics, fractals, funky chemical reactions, and I also want to see technology become more beautiful and inspired from nature (_Biomimicry_ is a good book about this). I want see nature honored and described thru the lyrical myths and poetry of traditional paganism: "we all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return, like a drop of rain, flowing to the ocean...", and also thru science and mathematics: "what cool things do we know about fluid dynamics?"
I've started a Book of Shadows:
Spirals
Mary Magdalene
The Charge of the Dark Goddess