All rituals are paradoxical and dangerous enterprises, the traditional and improvised, the sacred and the secular. Paradoxical because rituals are conspicuously artificial and theatrical, yet designed to suggest the inevitability and absolute truth of their messages. Dangerous because when we… — Barbara Myerhoff Copy Share Image
[Ritual] dwells in an invisible reality and gives this reality a vocabulary, props, costume, gesture, scenery. Ritual makes things separate, sets them apart from… — Barbara Myerhoff Copy Share Image
All rituals are paradoxical and dangerous enterprises, the traditional and improvised, the sacred and the secular. Paradoxical because rituals are conspicuously artificial and theatrical,… — Barbara Myerhoff Copy Share Image
The best lives and stories are made up of minute particulars that somehow are also universal and of use to others as well as… — Barbara Myerhoff Copy Share Image
![“[Ritual] dwells in an invisible reality and gives this reality a vocabulary, props, costume, gesture, scenery. Ritual makes things separate, sets them apart from ordinary affairs and thoughts. Rituals need not be solemn, but they are formalized, stylized, extraordinary, and artificial. In the name…” quote by Barbara Myerhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86f/barbara-myerhoff-71321_affair_ritual-dwells-in-an-invisible-reality-an_1483884.jpg)
