Crafting Secular Ritual: A Practical Guide - Softcover

Gordon-Lennox, Jeltje

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178592088X ISBN 13: 9781785920882

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

Answering the call for new rituals in our secular age, this book recognises the essential importance of rituals to the psychological, physical and spiritual health of individuals, families, organisations, and society as a whole. The book examines and explains the history, function and place of emerging rituals in different cultures, as well as providing practical guidance for creating your own secular rituals. The author includes examples, risk factors and checklists for the stages of planning new rituals for life events such as birth, marriage, and death, as well as for public occasions such as graduation and protest marches.

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About the Author

Jeltje Gordon-Lennox is an author of books in English and French about ritual studies theory and the role of the senses in the contemporary practice of secular ritual. She is also a psychotherapist with expertise in the field of world religions. In 2002, she founded the Ashoka(.ch) Association, where she trains secular celebrants in the craft of secular ritualization.

Jeltje lives in Switzerland with her husband, a professional jazz musician, and their two children. She enjoys music, theatre, modern art, reading fiction, hiking and k-dramas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178592088X
• ISBN 13: 9781785920882
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176