The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
Casper ter Kuilegoodreads.com
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The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
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Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
Alexander Beinerbeiner.substack.com
Understand that people are already turning to brands to fulfill their need for connection
Casper ter Kuile • The Seismic Spiritual Shifts Shaping Digital Campfires — The Digital Campfire Download
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Ritual is vital because it gives us a sense that we belong to the world. A sense of connectedness, whether to society, nature or the divine, is in turn linked to a sense of psychological wholeness and lower rates of mental illness.
Social media offers the opposite; connection without relatedness.
Alexander Beiner • Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
This isn’t the same kind of attention we give to our Instagram and TikTok feeds. It is a ritualised form of intentional presence directed to a shared sense of meaning and history.
As a result, our digital commons has become commoditised and overrun by the cult of self. When we shout ‘listen!’ on social media, we are demanding that others ‘Listen to... See more
As a result, our digital commons has become commoditised and overrun by the cult of self. When we shout ‘listen!’ on social media, we are demanding that others ‘Listen to... See more
Alexander Beiner • Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
David Pennington added
In a mainstream that places insufficient emphasis on communal ritual, we may be losing access to cultural technologies that have been used throughout human history. By consciously attempting to ‘re-enchant the world,’ we can help to create and maintain social bonds as well as our connection to the living earth.
openDemocracy • Why Does Ritual Matter for Social Change?
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For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World
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