Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

Thread. The wedding kiss. TCM practitioners note the Conception Vessel meridian rises from perineum, up the front of the body, to the lower lip; where the Governing Vessel rises up the back of the body, over the head to the upper lip. Our lips are where heaven and earth meet. 1/

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @Sophiologist_ 1/ The wedding bed. I always recall, some 30 years ago, finding the first lines of Daniel Matt's opening to his 'Essential Kabbalah', powerfully, strangely quizzical. Why, I thought, Abulafia's and his emphasis of this essential sense of the meaning and mystery of fertilization?Quoted by@Sophiologist_ 1/ The wedding bed. I always recall, some 30 years ago, finding the first lines of Daniel Matt's opening to his 'Essential Kabbalah', powerfully, strangely quizzical. Why, I thought, Abulafia's and his emphasis of this essential sense of the meaning and mystery of fertilization?Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @serbiaireland That’s a wonderful article, thank you! And yes, writing about kissing is peculiarly delightful, isn’t it? Here, a companion thread, leaning into smackeroo metaphysics. Image from the Pinko’s Portland, OR, turn-of-the-century 24-hour-zine project. Happy #ValentinesDay, friend.Quoted by@serbiaireland That’s a wonderful article, thank you! And yes, writing about kissing is peculiarly delightful, isn’t it? Here, a companion thread, leaning into smackeroo metaphysics. Image from the Pinko’s Portland, OR, turn-of-the-century 24-hour-zine project. Happy #ValentinesDay, friend.Quoted by@MissPotkin @HartWexford Kissums.