Ceremony Quote by Andre Dubus

Ritual consists of the external practices of spirituality that help us become more receptive and aware of the closeness of our lives to the…

— Christina Baldwin

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.

— Miller Williams

“ceremony is essential to humans: It's a circle that we draw around important events to separate the momentous from the ordinary. And ritual is…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Dance is one of the most powerful forms of magical ritual...It is an outer expression of the inner spirit.

— Ted Andrews

The purpose of ritual is to change the mind of the human being. It's a sacred drama in which you are the audience as…

— Margot Adler

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.

— Christina Baldwin

The function of ritual... is to give form to the human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement, but in depth.

— Joseph Campbell

Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors…

— Starhawk

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

The preparation for the ritual is the ritual.

— Kate Green

I'm a big believer in the way ritual can put us in connection with our spirituality.

— Sue Monk Kidd

The function of ritual, as I understand it, is to give form to human life, not in the way of a mere surface arrangement,…

— Joseph Campbell