Quotes About Ritual

It's witchcraft with all the crusts cut off, and real witchcraft is ALL crusts.

mother, thought Claire, cannot knight her own son. It must be done by another man.

Maura moved quietly to the alcove. There she lit three candles for three women. One for Sister Ursula. One for Sister Camille. And one for a faceless leper whose name she would never know. She did not believe in heaven or hell; she was not even sure she believed in the eternal soul.

If indeed these various attacks in different States are linked, then we're dealing with a set of highly complex ritual behaviors," said Dr. Lawrence Zucker.

She would sip an elderflower tisane and he would drink a dark, aromatic espresso.

Drinking tea or coffee can be one of our daily pleasures if we partake of it fully.

Chopping wood is meditation. Carrying water is meditation. Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and reciting prayers. Each act must be carried out in mindfulness. Each act is a rite, a ceremony. Raising your cup of tea to your mouth is a rite. Does the word rite seems too solemn ? I use that word in order to jolt you into the realization of the life-and-death matter of awareness.

My son was baptized in the River Jordan.

The Day of the Dead is a joyful celebration when you can connect with and remember your ancestors.

Things that become important to economies become ritualized and become deified. Because I'm Jewish, I always thought it was interesting that in Judaism, salt seals a bargain, particularly the covenant with God. Some people, when they bless bread, they dip it in salt. Same thing exists in Islam.

I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

I knock on my board to unjinx myself.

Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.

It's about time! It's supposed to be a ritual, not a marathon.

A child's fingernails should never be cut in the first year. The mother must bite them off or he'll become a thief. But when they are first cut at a year old, they must be buried under an ash tree so that witches can't take them and cause the child harm. Lincoln

Some say the customer the cripples wedding dates back to the time before men were christian. It is said that marrying two cripples together in the graveyard at the community's expense well turn away Divine wrath and protect the village from whatever pestilence or sickness rages around it.

springs from dark, blood magic, the most potent kind.

Ritual numbs the brain. Repetition is grass for sheep.

The preparation, cooking, and eating of food is a sacrament. Treating it as such has the potential to elevate the quality of our daily lives like nothing else.

We met every morning, still bearded with toast crumbs from our continental breakfasts.

En trouwens, alleen al hoe ze elkaar begroetten! Ze pakten elkaars handen vast. Is dat normaal? Het moet onhygiënisch zijn en bovendien zo intiem dat het beschamend is. Ekaars lichamen zo aan te raken, opzettelijk! Ze beweerden dat het een heel oude begroeting was, die ze nieuw leven hadden ingeblazen, maar je hoefde het niet te doen als je niet wilde, je werd nergens toe gedwongen.

I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.