Butoh Dictionary

This is a Theokinesis butoh exercise inspired by the sect of Christianity known as the Quakers who engage in a practice in church where everyone sits and does not say a word unless something absolutely necessary has to be said (as if from the holy spirit itself).

This idea is enacted butoh style. The participants can stand in a circle and everything is kept silent. Anybody can communicate in some way utilizing the body, but only if they feel it is absolutely necessary.

A term used in Rhizome Lee's Subbody method, borrowed from quantum physics.

The root of a segment of experience, connected with sensory interpretation. Items in nature such as a stick or a rock will feel very different from each other.

Can be thought of as the inherent properties of experience that can be accessed through introspection alone.

Qualia shares a parallel with spirit and world.

Example use of term: Balloon qualia, water qualia

The transition of one qualia or scenery into another.

Rational example: natural progressions (e.g., fire → smoke → ash → soil → flower).

Irrational example: unexpected or non-sequitur shifts (e.g., fire → baboon judge → ravioli).

Emphasis is placed on stretching the in-between state or ma.

In Shadowbody, a multi-qualia scenery of which a subbody (one person) or cobody (multiple bodies) is to fill.

For instance, if we are to open up a camp fire scenery with cobody, then one or more individuals are the logs, another the fire, and another the smoke.

A Shadowbody term denoting body-part butoh-fu interchangeably called qualia yoga or qualia gong, which are all qualia-guided movement conditioning.

Using qualia/imagery for body work will often naturally let the central nervous system facilitate a more efficient series of muscles to perform whatever action there is to do. In this way, we can break old habits and possible inefficient movement.

This is the idea behind ideokinesis, which is also a discipline of image-based body rehabilitation and posture correction.

A Subbody term where the bugs from Tatsumi Hijikata's Bugs Crawlare replaced with another qualia. The activity is engaged during a slow walk.