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What do you know about sacred clowns

“If the fool would persist in his folly, he would become wise.” –William Blake

>> No.6758827

Nietzsche said he'd rather be a buffoon than a saint.

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They’re not comedians, per se, though they can be

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In Tibetan Buddhism it’s referred to as Crazy Wisdom

But perhaps the most popular type of sacred clown is the Lakota equivalent of Heyoka, a contrary thunder shaman who taught through backwards humor.

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sacred clowns create a cultural dissonance born from their Crazy Wisdom, from which anxiety is free to collapse on itself into laughter

>> No.6758886

Teachings from the American Earth has a fantastic chapter on sacred clowns in Native American societies

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Sacred clowns have the ability to plant this seed of sacred humor

>> No.6758899

>>6758803
yurodivy and the idiot come to mind

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Almost all types of sacred clowns combine trickster spirit with shamanic wisdom to create a kind of sacred tomfoolery that keeps the zeitgeist in check

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Their methods are unconventional and typically antithetical to the status quo, but extremely effective

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They are a conduit to forces that defy comprehension, and by their absurd, backwards behavior, they are merely showing the ironic, mysterious dualities that exist within the universe itself

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The main function of a sacred clown is to deflate the ego of power

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But without the courageous satire of the sacred clown, there would only ever be the overly-serious, prescribed state of cultural conditioning

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Mr. Natural's a good one

>> No.6759168

Where is the clown—or, for that matter, the humor of any kind—in Christianity?

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>>6759168

>> No.6759252

>>6759168
God

>> No.6760446

>>6759163
Crumb's satire IIRC. What makes him famous?
t. non-anglo.