Lucy Lawless Quotes

No one in human history has given as much thought to the interweaving of altered states of consciousness and religion as I have.

The things shamans deal with are extremely practical. They break down parameters of normal historical reality. Magical passes are just one aspect of that.

You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.

I never thought about it, but as an atheist, maybe Nascar is my church?

I'm not clique-y.

There are multiple levels of 'we' and multiple groups that can constitute this idea of who we are. We need to be aware of who we are including and excluding.

I went to the mosque one day, and it came to me, like, 'This is where I belong.'

I welcome the powers of the unknown.

Growing up, I was the only Indian kid around for miles, so I ached to belong. I had a neighborhood pack of nine guys and two girls, and we hung out all the time. We played football, baseball, and broom-hockey on the iced-up lake.

'My Church' - that was really the tipping point of me going from songwriter to artist.

I was always inclined towards spiritualism but was afraid that I would become a sanyasin if I pursued it actively.

Religion is no longer a connection point for most people. Our communities were built on coming together in physical locations once a week or twice a week. These institutions have dissipated.

Hildegard von Bingen conveys spiritual ecstasy, if we're talking of Western music. What bothers me about Western music is that it doesn't have an esoteric dimension in the way the music of the East has, whether it be Byzantine chant, the music of the Sufis, or Hindu music.

We as humans, we're not solitary people, we're like dogs, we like to live in packs and know about one another. And, if anything, fame is people trying to attain community on a mass scale, because when you become famous wherever you go people know about what you've done and what you're about to do.

The one thing we learned about community - you can't force community.

Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of those they live with.

Group think and groups in general allow you to more fully give yourself to something other than yourself and your betterment - to feel a sense of belonging. Now is this a good thing? I don't know, but it's something that is longed for, at least by me.

We all belong to a tribe. You might be a religious or a family person - that's your tribe.

The thing about not being historically a mainstream writer is that everyone feels like you're theirs: you're their friend.

Amputechture' is my personal way of describing enlightenment, or just the celebration of this person who is a shaman and not a crazy person.

I've never been much for becoming a member of a group.

In no way am I a spiritual person. I'm not some guru geek.

We're communal animals. If we're by ourselves, we can feel wrong and crazy and out of step with society. We really need those talking circles.

Community is and must be inclusive. The great enemy of community is exclusivity. Groups that exclude others because they are poor or doubters or divorced or sinners or of some different race or nationality are not communities; they are cliques--actually defensive bastions against community.

Please. They're like the Cult of Four.