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Ritual,
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Sacred Space: Clearing and Enhancing the Energy of Your Home by Denise Linn. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
A wonderful resources for those who view their home as their own sacred space. It includes techniques for clearing the energy in your space, and then enhancing and protecting the space you live in. |
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Rituals
for Our Times: Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our
Lives and Our Relationships by Evan Imber-Black,
and Janine Roberts. New York: HarperPerennial, 1992.
Provides instruction and numerous examples of
how to (and how not to) plan and implement personal and group
rituals that
support relating,
changing,
healing,
believing, and celebrating. |
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Deeply
into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage by
Ronald L. Grimes. Life Passages. Berkeley, CA: U of California
P, 2000.
Based on a solid understanding about the dynamics of rituals,
Ronald Grimes explores how to create meaningful
contemporary rites of passage for such transitionally times
as birth, coming of age, marriage, and death. |
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Betwixt & Between: Patterns
of Masculine and Feminine Initiation by Louise Carus
Mahdi, Steven Foster, and Meredith Little. La Salle, IL:
Open Court, 1987.
An excellent series of essays
from a diverse group of contributors that covers everything
from ancient to modern rituals, rites of passage for young
and old,
and initiatory
experiences
that are unique to men and women. |
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Liberating
Rites: Understanding the Transformative
Power of Ritual by Tom Faw Driver. Boulder, CO: Westview Press,
1998. |
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Mythography:
The Study of Myths and Rituals by William G. Doty.
University, AL: U of Alabama P, 1986. |
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Of
Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation
in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice
Somé. New York: Putnam, 1994. |
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Rites
and Symbols of Initiation: The
Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth by Mircea Eliade. Dallas: Spring, 1994. |
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The
Rites of Passage by Arnold van Gennep. Chicago:
U of Chicago P, 1960. |
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Rites
of Passage: Celebrating Life's
Changes by Kathleen Wall ,Gary Ferguson.
Beyond Worlds, 1998. |
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Ritual: Power,
Healing, and Community. The African Teachings of the Dagara by
Malidoma Patrice Somé. Echoes of the Ancestors. Portland,
OR: Swan/Raven & Co., 1993. |
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The
Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure by
Victor Witter Turner. The Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures,
1966. Chicago, IL: Aldine, 1969. |
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The
Rituals Resource Book: Alternative
Weddings, Funerals, Holidays & Other Rites of Passage by
Susan M. Mumm. Alexandra Yul Pub., 1995. |
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Sacred Rituals at Home by Jane Alexander. New York: Sterling, 1999. |
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The
Smudging and Blessings Book: Inspirational
Rituals to Cleanse and Heal by Jane Alexander. New York: Sterling,
2001. |
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Weddings
from the Heart: Ceremonies for an
Unforgettable Wedding by Daphne Rose Kingma. Berkeley,
CA: Conari Press, 1991. |
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