Cosmic Play

While some may see liminality in terms of chaos, others see the creative potential of this chaos.

In Mary Poppins, we see this leveling process alluded to in the chimney sweep scene when all are covered in soot.

Synchronistically, in 1964, V. Turner wrote a paper about liminality called “Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage.” 

Communitas is characterized by spontaneity and immediacy, and is not usually long lasting.

Here we go again with liminality, which shows up about as often as the eternal return, and it should, because liminality is intimately relat

Mary repeatedly takes the children into new spaces, wanting them to have more than just a “banking education,” Paulo Freire's term for educa

These dynamic are also at play within Mary Poppins: George represents the gerontomorphic strategy, while Winifred and the children would be

Shulman (1997) notes that in 1969, Westcott saw two widespread strategies that crossed all life, both biological and cultural, which Westcot

Now let us get a bit more “gamey” and bring in some more “properties” from the Cosmic Game.

During the opening credits, Mary Poppins is seated, floating on a cloud, a brief allusion to the imaginal realm, a Neptunian world of dreams