How can you experience your surroundings, as guided by lithic entities?

Part of Lithic Attunement Exercises

• Psychogeological drift
• Written in stone
• I’m not afraid of the dark
• To be a stone
• A pebble in my pocket
• Correspondence

Duration: An hour or longer

Location: Outdoors

This exercise is based on the Situationists’ psychogeographic drift, an approach to exploring urban environments that emphasises associative drifting, or the dérive. In a psychogeographic drift, you let yourself be drawn by particular aspects of your surroundings, observing how they affect your emotional, embodied state of (dis)orientation. In this psychogeological meander, focus on the lithic entities you encounter – stones, rocks, bricks, sand… Conduct the exercise individually and in silence. You can record or document your experience if so inclined.

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Look around you.

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When your attention is drawn to a particular lithic entity, walk slowly towards it. Pause at a distance that feels appropriate, and focus your senses on this entity. Notice its presence, its experiential qualities, patterns, and relations to the surroundings. Notice what arises in you as a response — sensations, emotions, thoughts, ideas. Let these responses pass through you, without interpreting them. When you feel your attention starting to drift, or be pulled towards another charismatic stone or geological pattern, move on. Repeat. Continue drifting for at least half an hour.

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Return to your point of origin and reflect on what you uncovered. What did you experience? What did you notice? What do your surroundings look like from the perspective of geological patterns? Note down your reflections. If you are doing this as a collective exercise, share your individual insights with the group.

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