Rituals protect us. We step in & out of them to receive information and open a part of ourselves otherwise inaccessible. They connect us to something greater. They allow us to relax our conscious mind and rest into practices which hold us. We often forget that we can design our own rituals. Unlike ceremonies, which are performed for occasions, we evoke rituals for their symbolic power.
What rituals do you practice which are not also ceremonies?
Elevate the mundane with ritual by bringing intention and symbolism to it. Even the act of boiling water can create ritual and move from a task to a sacred gesture.
“A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche, by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your own life. I think ritual is terribly important.”
― Joseph Campbell
A Life of Wonder 
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