Transmission

This post is part of a gridblog for people around the globe remembering those that have passed away

All Saints Day 2006: Transmission met for house church – for eating, singing, socializing, praying, and ritualizing together. The central part of our ritual (see post below) was based on remembering those who have died before us and contemplating our own mortality. We built shrines in silence and then lay down dead (in the yoga style corpse pose), until Isaac woke us with song. Then everyone shared about their shrine. Below are thumbnail photos of their shrines with snippets of the stories they shared.

Paul built a shrine to his grandfather (a simple man who lived for a time in an orphanage in Ohio);

Isaac assembled one for his great-grandmother from Indiana (a good farmer’s wife who loved to bake);

and Katie commemorated all the relatives and traditions that have been lost, along with the knowledge of her family line beyond her grandparents.

Bowie remembered the victims of Katrina;

Elaina built a shrine to Bono (who’s not dead! but is inspirational in his work to prevent unnecessary death from poverty);

and John molded a lizard out of playdough to represent Jim Morrision (who died at the same age John is now, and who will only seem younger to John as he journeys forward in life).

You can see more photos of our shrines & us on Bowie’s flickr feed

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