An aboriginal woman in her 80s explained on Michael Pollan’s show Cooked, “you hunt after the fire.”
She was describing how her community chooses first to set fire to an area of land before hunting for food to feed their families.
Why? It gives a distinct advantage to the hunter as animals are flushed out into the open and therefore easier to locate. Some are even cooked in their dwelling, creating a natural oven.
The concept of “hunt after the fire” is fascinating.
Meaning, at times we might need to set fire to something in our lives before what we are looking for emerges or can be caught. That fire could be old, worn out ideas (like brush where the aboriginal woman’s tribe hunts). Or it could be anxiety, doubt, fear, or memories that need to be expunged.
The normal sequence is we hunt and then build a fire, but sometimes a better approach is other way around.
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