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The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it prove...

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I carry out sun rituals on the slopes of high mountains. But I am also taboo for myself, untouchable...

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I also realized that there were lots of unacknowledged theater forms going on all around. Our lives ...

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Residents of the squatter community of Christiana, Denmark, for example, have a Christmastide ritual...

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David GraeberFragments of an Anarchist Anthropology

Think of the great poetry, the music and dance and ritual that spring forth from our aspiring to a l...

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Like all magical mysteries, the secrets of the Great Work have a triple meaning: they are religious,...

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Eliphas LeviTranscendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual

This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe r...

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My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as...

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What is man if the signs that predate him have such power? A human race has to invent sacrifices equ...

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Our point of departure must be the conception of an almost childlike play-sense expressing itself in...

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Johan HuizingaHomo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

For us the chief point of interest is the place where the game is played. Generally it is a simple c...

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Johan HuizingaHomo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

For us the chief point of interest is the place where the game is played. Generatly it is a simple c...

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Johan HuizingaHomo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in t...

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Everything ritualistic must be strictly avoided, because it immediately turns rotten. Of course a ki...

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People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even fi...

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Michael PollanA Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder

A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the w...

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Insecurity of the spirit demands completeness elsewhere.

I may appear to suffer from some sort of compulsive repetition syndrome, but these rituals are impor...

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Bach felt the beauty and sadness of the moment. These men who defied the power of the Russian heavy ...

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Religion is more than rite and ritual.

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.