maintain  the  necessary balance,  as  well  as  to bring an
energetic  swirl  to  a graceful landing. ("Sufi dancing," a
more sublime recreation, is also highly recommended.)
     The  proposition then arises that there exist methods,
perhaps  originating  in  something  as  spontaneous  and
primitive  as  a  children's  game,  by   which  people can
experience a  revelation of  the mystery of creation.  As
an  example  of this proposition,  I  described in my first
essay a dream of a "research dance," where people come
together to conduct an experiment in enlightenment and
then  discover  that  dancing  is  to be  the method of the
experiment.  I   also  presented  a  description  of  Jesus'
"Round  Dance,"  from  the  Apocryphal Acts of St. John,
which  may  have  been  an  initiation  ceremony  for  the
Apostles.  Another  example discussed   was  the  Native
American  ceremony for the communal quest for vision,
the Sun Dance.
     If  methods  do exist  for experiencing  in  community
the mystery  of  the  Oneness  of  creation,  the  question
arises,  how  can  we find  a method that will be effective
for  us  in our  contemporary  situation?  Shall  we  adopt
from the past  an archetypal dance?  The effectiveness of
the  Sun Dance, for example, comes only partly from the
ceremony's archetypal form.  A significant  aspect of the
Sun Dance's  integrity comes from  the process by which
this ceremony came into being. The ceremony originated

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