Quotes About Ritual

In life, ritual dancing for the Zuñi is sort of a perfect expression of . . ." He paused, searching for the word. "Call it ecstasy, or joy, or life, or community unity. So what do you do when you're beyond life, with no labors to perform? You spend your time dancing.

I heard the Watersprinkler playing his flute.

In the Springtime of his voodoo, he was going to show me spring.

I love to be in my bathroom with my candles lit, morning, noon and night. I like taking hot baths and hot showers, using my body scrubs and lotions.

realistic: The postpartum period is difficult—a rocky terrain. All but a rare few stumble along the way. (More about Mum recuperating during the postpartum period in Chapter 7.) Believe me, I know that the moment you get home, you'll probably feel overwhelmed. But if you follow my simple homecoming ritual, you're less likely to feel frantic. (Remember

He cranked the key until the watch was fully wound, then withdrew the key and held the watch to his ear.

Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and beer. Hana: I daren't ask what a 'hush puppy' is. Hel: Don't.

These pillars, known as Boaz, the pillar of strength, and Jachin, the pillar of wisdom, are normally found side by side in any masonic temple where they are the two basic symbols of craftmasonry.

Spear as a talisman of power

ONE OF the traditional applications of Chöd in Tibet was working with outer demons of disease and epidemics. Those practicing Chöd would give form to demons by practicing the ritual in frightening places where there were diseased corpses, such as cemeteries and charnel grounds. Once they felt the terrifying demons had arrived, instead of fighting them, the practitioners would imagine their own bodies transformed into nectar that fed the demons until they were completely sated.

Moon recognized one of them as Sora. The MudWing was doing some kind of breathing ritual where she imagined mud pouring over all her fears, burying them, so all Moon could see was ripples. Another dragonet was reading, but couldn't concentrate on the words; he kept thinking, Everyone will know I don't belong here.

In the Old Testament, the sacrificial animal received the passing-on of the sins of people by receiving the laying of both hands (Leviticus 16:21).

Why he thought I needed to be up so early was also beyond me but then no one, as I believe I may have mentioned, has ever satisfactorily explained the ritual of reveille in the middle of the night when it must be plain to all and sundry that the natives weren't revolting and the enemy were the other side of the channel. We weren't in Ireland for God's sake.

this land has relied on masquerade for millennia

eating together is an occasion that humans have made into a peacemaking ritual;

But I wondered about the noise and roistering: what had this cacophony and masquerade to do with the Day of the Dead?

The Days of the Dead was just such a fiesta. It was a solemn ritual, it was a vigil in graveyards, it was a masquerade, it was a binge, it was an occasion for dressing up and looking fabulous, it included political protest, and it was a party.

All these Mexican speculations seem true to me—death as a party, a plaything, a protest, a somber ritual.

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.

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

Iga asi on rituaal. Hoolikalt välja töötatud rituaal, mida igaüks püüab võimalikult täpselt sooritada, sest ta kardab, et kui mõni osa välja jääb, läheb kõik valesti. Selle rituaali nimi on rutiin.

All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment.

"The "art of tea" is a spiritual force for us to share."

Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.