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If I were to disclose all their rituals, I think that it would be easy to prove that witches are not diabolists; but the oaths… — Gerald Gardner
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and if one of the team cannot handle the forces, everybody is going to suffer. A… — Dion Fortune
No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no… — Mary Douglas
We should think of a photographer as a Samurai who makes rituals, moves and gestures in order to develop his techniques and his instinct. — Alex Majoli
A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety, patterning… — Margaret Visser
What we need to be assured of is not that we possess an excellent system of doctrine and ritual, but that the gift of the… — Roland Allen
I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on… — Kelly Jones
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of… — Xunzi
When the Way is lost there is virtue. When virtue is lost there is benevolence. When benevolence is lost there is righteousness. When righteousness is… — Laozi
Rituals are the end of fidelity and honesty, and the beginning of confusion. — Laozi
You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him to go on and get… — Nancy Gibbs
I worry that friends will slowly become professional pallbearers, waiting for each death, of their lovers, friends and neighbors, and polishing their funeral speeches; perfecting… — David Wojnarowicz
The true shaman, the true naturalist, works to reconnect conscious human life with Nature and Spirit through totems and ritual. — Ted Andrews
The spirit of playful competition is, as a social impulse, older than culture itself and pervades all life like a veritable ferment. Ritual grew up… — Johan Huizinga
Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it… — Radhanath Swami
We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling,… — Alain de Botton
Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and left freely, rather… — Ernest Gellner
In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to… — Florence King
To get to New Orleans you don't pass through anywhere else. That geographical location, being aloof, lets it hold onto the ritual of its own… — Allen Toussaint
Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also, was sacred. Peasants… — Larry Gates
LOVE is essentially self-communicative: those who do not have it catch it from those who have it.... No amount of rites, rituals, ceremonies, worship, meditation,… — Meher Baba
People have traditionally turned to ritual to help them frame and acknowledge and ultimately even find joy in just such a paradox of being human… — Michael Pollan
We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are… — Walter Benjamin
In the New Hebrides, any dancer making a mistake was assaulted, wounded, and possibly killed by bowmen posted to keep careful watch for inaccuracies in… — Jamake Highwater

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