Robin Wall Kimmerer on Ceremony
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βThat, I think, is the power of ceremony: it marries the mundane to the sacred.β
βCeremony is a vehicle for belongingβto a family, to a people, and to the land.β
βWhat else can you offer the earth, which has everything? What else can you give but something of yourself? A homemade ceremony, a ceremony that makes a home.β
βCeremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention. If you stand together and profess a thing before your community, it holds you accountable. Ceremonies transcend the boundaries of the individual and resonate beyond the human realm. These acts of reverence are powerfully pragmatic. These are ceremonies that magnify life.β