“I write on sacred stories, symbols and rituals of all cultures - European, American and Chinese - but my audiences, typically, like me to focus on India.” WritingStoriesCultureAudienceFocusIndiaSacredLike MeSymbolsChineseRitual Author:Devdutt Pattanaik
“Women's scars and rituals involved beauty (piercing ears and noses, binding feet, and wearing corsets); men's involved protecting women. In cultures in which physical strength is still the best way to protect women, as among the Dodos in Uganda, each time a man kills a man, he is awarded a ritual scar; the more scars, the more he is considered eligible.” MenWayStillsCultureFeetInvolvedProtectEarsBest WayNosesRitualScarBindingPiercingsCorsetsUgandaPhysical StrengthProtect Women Author:Warren Farrell
“I've begun to recognize myself as a Catholic writer because my whole notion of the image, of symbol, of art and what it can do, has been conditioned by my immersion in Catholic culture, ritual, and art since my earliest days. Catholicism seeped into me through every pore. Catholicism is about seeping and pores!” Has BeensArtWholeCultureCan DoCatholicNotionSymbolsCatholicismRitualImmersion Author:Joyelle McSweeney
“Ritual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them.” CulturePatternsMythSeedsRitualCrystals Author:Starhawk
“In every ancient culture, there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of understanding that the energy of the soul is indestructible.” WaySoulBodyCultureEnergyUnderstandingAncientRitualIndestructible Author:Marina Abramovic
“May we, as image makers, shapers of the culture, set our sights on things we value, rituals we engage in that heal and serve. May our images honor the ordinary endeavors of common people, and may they make their way to the eyes of the weary - light to the dark, fire to the chill.” PeopleWayMayLightEyeValuesCultureDarkCommonFireHonorOrdinarySightHealEndeavorMakersRitualWearyChill Book:A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: A Wake Up Call Source: A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: A Wake Up Call
“The Miss America contest isthe most perfectly rendered theater in our culture, for it so perfectly captures what we yearn for: a low-class ritual, a polished restatement of vulgarity, that wants to open the door to high-class respectability by way of plain middle-class anxiety and ambition.” WayWantAmericaCultureClassDoorsMiddleMissingAnxietyAmbitionLowsTheaterEntertainmentMiddle ClassRitualCaptureContestsPolishedVulgarityRespectabilityMiss AmericaHigh Class Author:Gerald Early