Dutch Quote by Ambrose Bierce

“a post-agrarian religion in which literal sacrifice had been replaced by symbolic; they opened their meals with a re-enactment in effigy of that, then…

— Neal Stephenson

Ritual is one of the ways in which humans put their lives in perspective, whether it be Purim, Advent, or drawing down the moon.…

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The Garden is a metaphor for the following: our minds, and our thinking in terms of pairs of opposites--man and woman, good and evil--are…

— Joseph Campbell

The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path.

— Larry Dossey

But we must not forget, this ritual expressed, certain ideas which lie at the very root of true religion, the fellowship of the worshippers…

— William Robertson Smith

“By bringing a soulful consciousness to gardening sacred space can be created outdoors.”

— S. Kelley Harrell

gardening is something more than a pastime; it is a religion.

— Patience Strong

Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite.

— Algernon Blackwood

To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Rituals are the kindergarten of religion. They are absolutely necessary for the world as it is now; only we shall have to give people…

— Swami Vivekananda

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.

— Conor McGregor