How do rituals work? – Ritual Design Toolkit
Ritual has power. I learned that lesson early on. Growing up in the English countryside, my family wasn’t religious, but we observed folk celebrations that gave meaning to each season and structure to our days. We danced around the maypole on May Day, gathered around a St John’s Fire at Midsummer and sang in the streets at Michaelmas. These rituals... See more
Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning | Working Knowledge
Michael Nortonlibrary.hbs.eduThrough ceremony we set an intention into motion. This opens up a door into the invisible realms where the “as within” meets the “as without,” creating a resonant energy that leads to change. Ceremony creates a relationship between humans and the creative forces of the universe where intention leads to an action that manifests as change in the
... See moreSandra Ingerman • Walking in Light: The Everyday Empowerment of a Shamanic Life
Both ritual and writing have stages we follow to step outside of the world. In ritual it can be elements such as casting a circle or invoking our deity. With writing it is the process of finding a comfortable space, turning off our phone or other distractions and making those first tentative marks on the blank page.