Ancient Quote by Tom Turner

Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems…

— Eckhart Tolle

Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second…

— Emile Durkheim

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 spiritual traditions of all the religions have certain similarities that are unmistakable. They share many of the same basic practices like sacred reading,…

— Thomas Keating

“ten ancient yet supremely effective rituals”

— Robin S. Sharma

Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.

— Anonymous

“In every religion there are three parts: philosophy, mythology, and ritual. Philosophy”

— Swami Vivekananda

“Philosophy of course is the essence of every religion; mythology explains and illustrates it by means of the more or less legendary lives of…

— Swami Vivekananda

The spiritual sense of our place in nature... can be traced to the origins of human civilization... The last vestige of organized goddess worship…

— Al Gore

Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of…

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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