Wednesday, April 28, 2010

#5 Wilderness as Sacred Place: Community vs. Communitas

Afton Reed

Community is simply people living together in the same vicinity. It is conventional and utterly meaningless. But communitas is so much more. Communitas is people forced together in somewhat extreme circumstances who form this inexplainable bond. People form this connection from the experience. People who are living memorable, meaningful experiences are so overwhelmed with emotion they can't help but connect and relate those people to that experience.Communitas often incorporates flow. People just feel like everything is going right between them. Everyone is focused on eachother and sending eachother good vibes. Communitas is rare, and community is every day.

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