Cosmic Play

As was just mentioned, most tricksters are male and thus Jurich (1998) proposes a female version of the trickster who she calls the tricksta

In less rational times, trickster tales were considered sacred, because they describe the world and are often creation stories.

First of all, as tricksters are ultimately indefinable, they evade description.  Don’t take my word for it, Hynes (1993)

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