Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 29, 2022 10:03:40 GMT 12
Caleb Anderson: THE EMERGENCE OF A STATE RELIGION
In recent years karakia (Maori prayers or chants) have become relatively standard at special (and even not so special) events. I know of an incident recently when a visiting departmental head preceded and finished a regional visit with a karakia, even when politely asked beforehand that a karakia not be performed.
Government documents, press releases, and news reports, sometimes contain allusions to pantheism, and associations to things mystical.
Government buildings are being adorned with spiritualistic images (including of ancient gods and even taniwha) and incantations to past gods and ancestors are commonplace.
A fifty-meter-high statue was proposed at the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour in honour of the Maori Earth Mother......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/05/caleb-anderson-emergence-of-state.html
In recent years karakia (Maori prayers or chants) have become relatively standard at special (and even not so special) events. I know of an incident recently when a visiting departmental head preceded and finished a regional visit with a karakia, even when politely asked beforehand that a karakia not be performed.
Government documents, press releases, and news reports, sometimes contain allusions to pantheism, and associations to things mystical.
Government buildings are being adorned with spiritualistic images (including of ancient gods and even taniwha) and incantations to past gods and ancestors are commonplace.
A fifty-meter-high statue was proposed at the entrance to the Waitemata Harbour in honour of the Maori Earth Mother......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2022/05/caleb-anderson-emergence-of-state.html