Quotes About Ritual

The real rain dance is when the rain dances.

Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.

I wake up every morning singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'

When they realized they were in the desert, they built a religion to worship thirstiness.

Habit has a kind of poetry.

Poetry speaks most effectively and inclusively (whether in free or formal verse) when it recognizes its connection - without apology - to its musical and ritualistic origins.

Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.

God needs blood to fix the universe, but only his own blood had enough magical power to do it, so he gave himself a body and then killed it.

In the morning on Sunday, a drum is sounded at about 8 o'clock.

It is recorded that Tipu made all his troops, Hindu and Muslim, take ritual baths in holy rivers 'by the advice of his [Brahmin] augurs' in order to wash away cowardice and make them superior in battle to the Marathas. Tipu also strongly believed in the supernatural powers of holy men, both Hindu and Muslim. As he wrote in 1793 to the Swami of Sringeri: 'You are the Jagatguru

Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.

Habit is second nature, or rather, ten times nature.

In all my centers of life, in all those times I had seen the hug and the kiss good night, I had only watched. No Mother or Father had ever done those things to me. I knew their power; I knew that this ritual was a great protector of children during their journey through the night.

It's hard to say good-bye and almost impossible to accomplish this alone and ritual is the railing we hold to, all of us together, that keeps us upright and connected until the worst is past.

ritual is the railing we hold to, all of us together, that keeps us upright and connected until the worst is past.

I had been to visitations before and have been to many since and I've come to understand that there's a good deal of value in the ritual accompanying death. It's hard to say good-bye and almost impossible to accomplish this alone and ritual is the railing we hold to, all of us together, that keeps us upright and connected until the worst is past.

A Frith may be made at any time; but the first Monday of the quarter — a' chiad Di-luain de'n Raithe — is considered the most auspicious.

Marriage is like a formality for me.

Anywhere the devout gather to worship, there will always be a parade.

Like most witches Lady Kore was left-handed, and her white sacrificial gown buttoned tightly from wrist to elbow with carved child-bone studs. Loose sleeves led to horrible mistakes.

Residents of the squatter community of Christiana, Denmark, for example, have a Christmastide ritual where they dress in Santa suits, take toys from department stores and distribute them to children on the street, partly just so everyone can relish the images of the cops beating down Santa and snatching the toys back from crying children.