We are being lived by powers we pretend to understand. W.H.Auden
Exploring Creative Aging
Aging is just another time of transition, challenge and opportunity. This 3rd Age or 4th Quadrant of life is not like the others. It has its own ways. They can be learned and worked with. They have to do with that Top, Crown Chakra opening a bit more. The practices of Casual Alchemy can assist in the adjusting required to make this a time of vitality. We first have to recognize and engage with these new "powers" Auden
talks about. Start exploring the emerging/fusing archetypes:
The Hermit, the lure to the Cave, actually the Back of the Cave.
Saying a positive "No" to too much engagement, which just might be distraction from important tasks that need quiet and solitude to develop.
The Trickster is all about activity, the Hermit tempers that with positive quiet and may be a form of the Elder Trickster.
And they all seem to be a part of what's called "intrinsic maturation" -- you change, perhaps becoming more introverted as you get older. Duh.
But is does help to know all of us are on this path and it's not just some weird time what The Misanthrope waiting inside has its momnet to jump out and take over.
His workshops are based on his ongoing project, The Casual Alchemist --an approach to well-being through the act of making things.
