“The purpose of seasonal festivals is periodically to revive the topocosm. Gaster coined this word from the Greek - topo for place and cosmos for world order. Topocosm means "the world order of a particular place." The topocosm is the entire complex of any given locality conceived as a living organism, not just the human community but the total community - the plants, animals and soils of the place. The topocosm is not only the actual and present living community but also that continuous entity of which the present community is but the current manifestation.” WorldLifeHumansMeanPurposeOrderGivenCommunityJusticeAnimalParticularPlantComplexesCurrentsGreekManifestationSoilCosmosEntityOrganismsFestivalsWorld OrderReviveLiving OrganismsLocality Author:Dolores LaChapelle
“One can never be bored by powder skiing because it is a special gift of the relationship between earth and sky. It only comes in sufficient amounts in particular places, at certain times on this earth; it lasts only a limited amount of time before sun and wind changes it. People devote their whole lives to it for the pleasure of being so purely played by gravity and snow.” PeopleWholeEarthLastsCertainPleasureSunSkySpecialParticularWindAmountWhole LifeSnowBoredSufficientGravityPowderSkiingEarth And SkySpecial Gifts Book:Earth Wisdom Source: Earth Wisdom
