Anime Lectio: Spriggan (2022)

                                                            1. Why do Anime Lectio? 

Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel? 

2. Put away all distractions 

(phones, work, etc.)

We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.

3. Deep Breathing

Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface. 

4. Open yourself to God’s Presence

Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.  

5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime

Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime.  The following is an example of such thoughts written by me.

How do we use what we have, what's given to us, and/or what we can use?  What we have is usually what we have earned, which is also usually the case for what's given to us, but what we can use is sometimes what we think we can use because of what we think and/or know about it.  What we think and/or know about what we can use is usually for our own benefit and/or we think it can help others, but it really can't.  The anime Spriggan (2022) deals with this latter issue of what we can use and how we can use it.

6. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

In the anime series Spriggan (2022), an organization known as Spriggan exists to protect ancient powers and knowledge from being misused by people who would misuse them for their own purposes. The main Spriggan agent is a high school boy who has to balance a regular high school life with a life of saving the world, or at least helping to do that, for the organization Spriggan, which also runs the boy's high school. With the help of others in Spriggan, he stops those who would use ancient powers for their own purposes while also maintaining a social life at school.

7.  Reflect on the anime

Has this brief and written explanation of the anime shed any light on what's been on your minds?  The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.

Ancient powers and knowledge can be used by us, but only if we can properly use this power and knowledge. Using it properly usually involves using it for the right reasons, like to help others beside yourself the right way, not in a way you think is right. What you may think is right may not be right for other people, meaning that while you may think using ancient power and/or knowledge may be helpful for others, it may not be what people actually need. It could be that you want to use this power and/or knowledge for yourself and think it'll also be good for others. It could also be that what you already have is enough, but you need to understand that.

8. Final Prayer

Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime.  The following is an example written by me.

Let us pray for an understanding of how to use what we already have and use.