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History of Ideas: Rituals

2016

Our societies have dropped ever more rituals from our calendars. The long history of rituals seems to be winding down. That’s a great pity.

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Dance, the Sacred Art: The Joy of Movement As Spiritual Practice

Unlock the transformative power of movement as a life-changing spiritual practice. “If you’re thinking ‘But I’m not a dancer’ or ‘I feel awkward,’ I hope to reassure you. You don’t need a special talent to move. You don’t need to be ‘graceful’ or especially coordinated.

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Cynthia Winton-Henry
2025
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Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser

The bestselling author of Work as a Spiritual Practice presents a user’s life guide to aging well and making every year fulfilling and transformative. Everything changes.

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Lewis Richmond
2012
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The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices

We are in crisis today. Our modern technological society has left too many of us—no matter our ages—feeling isolated and bereft of purpose. Previous frameworks for building community and finding meaning no longer support us.

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Ter Kuile Casper
2020
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Rituals Roadmap: The Human Way to Transform Everyday Routines into Workplace Magic

From our morning cup of coffee to the standing Wednesday morning meeting with our team, our lives are steeped in rituals.

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Erica Keswin
2021
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle...

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Mason Currey
2013
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Listen with the Heart: Sacred Moments in Everyday Life

There are moments in life that are either too numbing or too exhilarating, too sad or too exciting for us to absorb. Death and marriage, loss and victory can overwhelm us.

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Joan Chittister
2003
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Teilhard de Chardin—The Divine Milieu Explained: A Spirituality for the 21st Century

A series of ground-breaking spiritual methods that integrate science and faith according to the evolutionary spirituality of Teilhard de Chardin's The Divine Milieu.

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Louis M. Savary
2007
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Pray Every Day for the Waters of the Earth~

We live in water in our mother’s womb,’ Hopi grandmother Mona Polacca explains. ‘Moments before we come into this world, the water of our mother’s womb gushes out, and we follow behind. That is why the Hopi call water our first foundation of life.’

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Mystic Mamma
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The Way of Silence: Engaging the Sacred in Daily Life

The Way of Silence draws heavily on Buddhist teachings to cultivate the practice of "deep" listening: turning away from noise and distraction, paying attention, and embracing quiet. The Way of Silence embraces paradox: absence versus presence in silence. Dynamic tranquility.

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David Steindl-Rast
2018
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The Spiritual Practice of Kindness

I wonder how the world would be, how we would live, how children would learn if we intentionally cultivated the spirit of being kind each day. In a world filled with fear and cruelty, we are itching for an outbreak of this characteristic.

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Jean Wise
2016
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