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A Time To Gather: How Ritual Created The WorldAnd How It Can Save Us
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One Of Our Great Decoders Of Human Connection Chronicles The Astonishing Rise Of New Rituals Around The WorldAnd Offers A Road Map For Restoring Togetherness With Gatherings YouLl Lovesince Time Immemorial, Humans Have Turned To Ritual To Connect Us In Periods Of Change. Until Today. Birth Rituals And ComingOfAge Rituals Have Plummeted; Fewer Than Half Of Americans Are Married; Only One In Three Is Buried. It Took Us Ten Thousand Years To Establish Cultural Norms Around How We Mark Collective Life Transitions, Writes Bruce Feiler. It Took Us Fifty Years To Dismantle Them. Can This Threat To Society Be Reversed?To Find Out, Feiler Went On A RoundTheWorld Ritual Road Trip, AttendingAnd Participating InLife Rituals In Sixteen Countries On Six Continents. These Spectacles, Some Rarely Seen, Include A Mass Baptism In The Vatican, A Tribal Bride Price Negotiation In South Africa, An Adolescent Tooth Filing In Bali, Six Weddings In Las Vegas, And Ten Funerals In Ireland.Beyond The Decline In Traditional Rituals, Feiler Discovered That We Are In The Midst Of A Ritual Renaissance That Is Pushing Back Against Apathy, Loneliness, And Digital Saturation. Fed Up With TopDown Scripts, Everyday People, From Boomers To Gen Z, Are Reimagining Collective Rituals At A Remarkable Pace, Inventing Fresh Ways To Gather Around Life, Love, Health, And FamilyAnd Forging Thriving Communities In The Process.As He Did With Life Is In The Transitions, Feiler Also Collected Stories Of A Hundred Ritual Designers And Built A FirstOfIts Kind Database Of Ideas To Make Gatherings More EffectiveFrom Creating Sacred Space To Mediating Conflict To Generating Wows That Guests Will Talk About Forever.From A Master Storyteller Uncovering A Thrilling Phenomenon Hiding In Plain Sight, A Time To Gather Is Both A Stirring Adventure And Practical Manual. ItS A Landmark Guide To Modern Ritual; A Tool Kit For Turning Everyday Moments Into Unforgettable Celebrations; And An Invitation To Reconnect And RejoiceTogether.
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