Feb 19 / Ceremonial Stages - Conclusion

 

 Unit: A Dance of Presence

Theme: Natural Energetic Transfer

I

  Introduction

As explained in Huellas Vivas del Indocubano, Cordon dance consists of five independent stages, namely: “Beginning of the Ceremony; Opening of the Raft; The Healing; Closing of the Raft and End of the Ceremony” (García Molina et al., 2007, p. 270). One stage leads to the next in consecutive order, so that the ritual accomplishes the objective programmed for every stage.


 II

 Learning Objectives

  • Understand the meaning of Cordon's 5 independent stages
  •  Explain the use of the 5 stages as a model to create a methodology for alternative integration of connection and balance
  • Gain an awareness of the transitions of the dance from one stage to the next
  • Experience the metaphoric application of the stages in the elaboration of a healing practice
  • Reflect on the work done in class


 III

 Main Lesson


1

(20:00 - 21:30) Being acted upon

https://youtu.be/OUz-ceZu4XA?si=6N1yLGrftlMBZMnD 

Yanomami Shamanism: The Interpretation of Inner and Outer Realities. The Carter-Jenkins Center

 

2 

TEXTBOOK LINK:
Mary Whitehouse 
(Page 75) Authentic Movement


3

 From Areyto to Cordon

https://scholarship.miami.edu/esploro/outputs/991031787120302976 

Read about the 5 Stages of Cordon dance.

 

4

Discuss the possibility of using the stages as metaphors to create a methodology for an alternative healing practice.

 

 

IV

 A Note to Remember

 Thus, the cordoneros are a group of men and women, a group of mediums, who, holding hands and swinging from side to side in the same place, create an ambience that invites the disembodied entities or spirits into the room. The transmission, in reference to the singing and swinging, is “slow, soft and sweet” in order to facilitate the mediums’ concentration in the work ahead (García Molina et al., 2007, p. 271).

 

V

 Case Study

Spiritual and religious identities predict the use of complementary and alternative medicine among US adults.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3770857/

  Read the article on (CAM) Complementary and Alternative Medicine

 

VI

Sources

Yanomami Shamanism: The Interpretation of Inner and Outer Realities. The Carter-Jenkins Center. https://youtu.be/OUz-ceZu4XA?si=6N1yLGrftlMBZMnD 

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