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The Power of Ritual (OMEGA INSTITUTE MIND, BODY, SPIRIT)
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Product Description Simple ways to bring ritual and meaning into your life How to create sacred spaces in your own home Step-by-step guidance on creating rituals for births, rites of passage, weddings, and other celebrations--both religious and secular The Omega Institute, the nation's largest holistic education and retreat center, has helped tens of thousands of people in their search for well-being, personal growth, and spiritual development through its world-renowned workshops and retreats. Now the experts at the Omega Institute share their wisdom with you in a unique series of books that provide the guidance, the inspiration, and the skills you need to bring increased meaning and vitality into your life. . . . We all seek spiritual wholeness, a sense of belonging, of individual identity as well as connection to something greater than ourselves. In this remarkable book, one of the Omega Institute's foremost experts explores the power of ritual to transform our lives, offering simple, creative ways to strengthen family, friendship, community--as well as sense of self. Here is inspiring evidence of the role of ritual in secular as well as religious life, and easy, do-it-yourself techniques to help you find inner peace, meaning, and well-being. Whether you find inspiration in religious tradition or wish to create meaningful new rituals of your own, you'll learn: How to explore the sacred through ritual How to tap into new sources of healing and energy Ancient rituals celebrating the seasons, the senses, time and space How to use ritual to strengthen marriage and family bonds Amazon.com Review A common purpose unites each and every ritual, explains author Rachel Pollack, who offers this primer on creating meaningful rituals. At its core, a ritual helps us acknowledge the important moments in our life, whether it is marriage to one's beloved or the welcoming of the spring equinox. A ritual "connects us to each other, to nature, to the cycles and rhythms of life," she explains. "It opens our heart to love and to intense emotion-sadness and longing as well as joy. And it opens a space for what we call the sacred or spirituality to enter our lives." Chapter by chapter, Pollack offers do-it-yourself suggestions for creating grand and small rituals, such as the exchanging of love vows, conceiving a baby, or the saying of a daily blessing. She also explores the many tools of ritual, including sound (humming, turning a rainstick), sight (rock art, working with color), and "Smell and Taste" (preparing food, sipping wine, introducing essential oils). Other rituals include walking labyrinths, making a pilgrimage, celebrating menopause, and burying a placenta. --Gail Hudson Review Without knowing it, perhaps, we have a great deal of ritual in our lives. In "The Power of Ritual," Rachel Pollack recommends that we consciously develop the practice of ritual. If we do, she says, our lives will be transformed. It isn't necessary to believe in a higher power, or God, or special spirits to have a rich practice of ritual. We don't have to belong to a particular religion or accept the beliefs of any single tradition. Pollack tells us that we can "borrow" ideas for ritual from any number of sources and put them together in a way that works well for us, our family, and our community. All it takes is imagination and creativity..... The strong point of this book is the variety of the rituals described. We learn about Buddhist prostrations, American Indian sweat lodges, Japanese tea ceremonies, and the Wiccan May Day. The author invites the reader to partake, and she graciously shares her own experience as an example of a life transformed by this practice. For those who want suggestions for rituals to bring into their lives, this book will be very helpful. -- From the Inside Flap to bring ritual and meaning into your life How to create sacred spaces in your own home Step-by-step guidance on creating rituals for births, rites
