Methodological Travails: A Taling

Allan Parsons May 2015

Language

Lingua franca

Power

Hegemony

Globalisation

Language as a spatial practice[Sub-theme: communication is not transparent]

Language

Familiarity

Community

Ethnos

Nation

Homely

Heimlich

Un-Homely

Un-Heimlich

Sub-theme: the ethno-nation is not the political nation-state

Language

Tradition

Culture

Convention

Other traditions, Other conventions

vastu shastrathe sacred space system from the Vedic tradition in India

feng shuithe Chinese system of placement for homes and other buildings which is derived from vastu shastra

wabi sabi the Japanese aesthetic philosophy that values elegance, beauty, serenity, simplicity, a meditative quality, and appreciation of, and connection with, nature

wu weithe Taoist practice based on the ability to intuit placement that creates a good flow of energy and is in alignment with the Tao.

'universal life energy' or ‘cosmic energies’

prana ch’iqiki

Life – Energy - Spirit

The new materialism: rhizomaticity

Life

Energy

Spirit

Flow

Flow

Deleuze and Guattari’s ecophilosophy

Flow of energy

Flow of spirit

Narrative flow

The performative

'impermanence' or 'conditionality'

The sacred

Diagram

Mandala

Yantra

Much of Tantra is concerned with worship in a ritualistic form, using the three basic tools of mantra, yantra and mandala.

Sub-theme: ritualistic performance as kind of performativity

Vastu Shastra

Vastu Shastra

Yantra

The word 'yantra' means 'instrument, 'machine', 'apparatus', or 'implement'.

A yantra is the yogic equivalent of the Buddhist mandala.

According to Tantra, the human being is a miniature universe.