when I was teenager we would often camp on the beach and build a large bonfire and when the sun went down we would let the fire die down and start walking naked over the coals while everyone stood around howling it was very emotionally charging, yes a very vivid experience. Then again any excuse to get naked haha.
This all started as a dare one weekend from one of the girls in our group, and because no one had the balls to do it she went ahead and did it (she had read about the Fijians doing it) the naked part was because we had all been skinny dipping in the ocean and she had a towel on, which she took off before walking over the fire. It became a bit of a ritual after that.
It was the summer of 86 on a beach in far north Queensland called Ella Bay near Innisfail about 100kms south of Cairns, there was about 10-15 of us and the drink of the day was 'West Coast coolers'
The full moon hedonistic ritual of a group of disenchanted small town youths growing up within the puritanical Judeo-Christian confines of rural Australia, it was both rebellious and liberating and I very much miss it.
No I don't remember anyone ever getting hurt during a fire walk, they do them at business seminars today just see 'Tony Robbins' website.
It was a very magical time in our lives, we did try to recapture the experience when a group of us went back to that beach with our partners and kids a couple of years back, we performed the same ritual and had a lot of fun and yes we all howled at the full moon yet somehow it was not the same, one can never recapture the innocence of youth, that special time between childhood and adulthood when one is truly free of responsibilities and the cares of the world and can really enjoy the moment without inhibitions. Yet we never stop trying haha.
I will say this, it was a defining moment in our lives and one that broke the chains that bound our parents to closed minded attitudes about sex and morality. The most profound effect was not realised by us until we went back to that little bay and we had the pleasure of seeing that same girl who started this ritual introduce it to her daughter, I knew then that we had in our own small way changed the world we lived in.
mmmm perhaps this is what they mean by the power of one, just a thought....
Have a great weekend all, and may your memories hug you and comfort you like a warm childs blanky.
Ella Bay today still a beautfull place
This post is thanks to a conversation I had recently with Olsen thanks for awaking the memories mate
This all started as a dare one weekend from one of the girls in our group, and because no one had the balls to do it she went ahead and did it (she had read about the Fijians doing it) the naked part was because we had all been skinny dipping in the ocean and she had a towel on, which she took off before walking over the fire. It became a bit of a ritual after that.
It was the summer of 86 on a beach in far north Queensland called Ella Bay near Innisfail about 100kms south of Cairns, there was about 10-15 of us and the drink of the day was 'West Coast coolers'
The full moon hedonistic ritual of a group of disenchanted small town youths growing up within the puritanical Judeo-Christian confines of rural Australia, it was both rebellious and liberating and I very much miss it.
No I don't remember anyone ever getting hurt during a fire walk, they do them at business seminars today just see 'Tony Robbins' website.
It was a very magical time in our lives, we did try to recapture the experience when a group of us went back to that beach with our partners and kids a couple of years back, we performed the same ritual and had a lot of fun and yes we all howled at the full moon yet somehow it was not the same, one can never recapture the innocence of youth, that special time between childhood and adulthood when one is truly free of responsibilities and the cares of the world and can really enjoy the moment without inhibitions. Yet we never stop trying haha.
I will say this, it was a defining moment in our lives and one that broke the chains that bound our parents to closed minded attitudes about sex and morality. The most profound effect was not realised by us until we went back to that little bay and we had the pleasure of seeing that same girl who started this ritual introduce it to her daughter, I knew then that we had in our own small way changed the world we lived in.
mmmm perhaps this is what they mean by the power of one, just a thought....
Have a great weekend all, and may your memories hug you and comfort you like a warm childs blanky.
Ella Bay today still a beautfull place
This post is thanks to a conversation I had recently with Olsen thanks for awaking the memories mate
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ria:
pictures > there's plenty in the see more pics of me section. so no posting. ha.
anton:
Haha, mate, you're safe when everyone uprises and 'spills the blood of the bourgeois.' I don't think it's ever going to happen, hehe.