'Cúlimbas'
A new word from The Susurrium
‘You can teach a person craft, but you cannot teach cúlimbas. You can only dive into the dark and hope.’
Some of the old Celtic bards are said to have taken this quite literally, lying in darkness for an entire day, their eyes covered, before speaking their poems at nightfall. It was a practice of surrendering to the unknown and allowing inspiration to emerge.
Richard’s newest word joins The Susurrium, a gathering place for words that live on the fringes of silence, each a portal into the contemplative state.