Celebrate Quote by Scott Cunningham

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

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

— Miller Williams

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

Rituals are magical.

— Andre Aciman

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

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

“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

“Rituals bring people together, allowing them to focus on what is important and to acknowledge significant events or accomplishments.”

— Luis Gonçalves

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

I believe in rituals.

— Charles Simonyi

[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