Root And Ritual

A beautifully illustrated guide for connecting with the earth, your ancestors, and your communities as you come home to your whole self Most modern women feel more alone than ever. We’re unrooted from the land that is our home, untethered from our long line of ancestors, disconnected from our communities, and separated from our deepest sense of self. According to author Becca Piastrelli, much of this loneliness stems from the ways we’ve lost touch with our ancestral ways of living. “Though we live in a radically different-looking world, the needs of our bodies and spirits are the same as the ancestors we came from,” she writes. “We need community, ritual, and knowledge of the earth. We need to remember who we really are.” With Root and Ritual, Piastrelli offers women a pathway back to connection and wholeness through recipes, rituals, and a wealth of ancestral wisdom. In this beautifully illustrated guide, she presents a four-part journey for deepening into your life: Part 1 introduces practices for reconnecting with the land, including crafting with plants and tending your home. In Part 2, you’ll learn to reclaim the gifts of your lineage as you heal past harms and explore the traditional folklore, foods, and arts of those who came before. Part 3 centers around community, helping you cultivate sisterhood and celebrate meaningful rites of passage. And in Part 4, you’ll come home to yourself as you open your intuition, tune in to your body, and awaken the wild woman within.

"Root and Ritual takes knowledge of ancestral traditions and uses it as a doorway to help women reconnect with their own deeply intertwined roots that go back thousands of years as a relevant and critical way of thriving in the modern world. It offers deeply seeded truths to liberate them from the ways of being that aren't helping them thrive, as well as recipes, rituals, and instructions for their journey to feeling rooted and connected. This book also seeks to support the reader in integrating these practices in a progressive, and socially conscious way"--

In Christian Symbol and Ritual, Bernard Cooke and Gary Macy offer an accessible and engaging introduction to the topic written from a non-denominational perspective. Cooke and Macy demonstrate that celebration, ritual, and symbol are already central to our lives, even though most do not see their actions as symbolic or ritualistic. They connect central Christian symbols to the symbols and rituals already present in everyday life and place Christian theology in a familiar context. After discussing the characteristics and functions of rituals, they explore different kinds of ritual, including those of friendship, worship, and healing. The authors also examine such questions as how rituals establish and maintain power relationships, how "official" rituals are different from "popular" Christian rituals and devotions, and how Christian rituals function in the process of human salvation. Christian Symbol and Ritual is an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and lay readers.

Discover how to harness traditional folk magick with the help of this friendly and accessible guide. We are all spiritual beings with the ability to connect to the guidance of our ancestors. With The Little Book of Rootwork, you can discover how to tap into your inner power to invigorate your mind, body, and soul. This book offers not only an in-depth exploration of African American folk magick but also provides a fun, practical guide to creating rituals and spells. Author Paris Ajana, a descendant of African American and Filipino rootworkers, guides you on a spiritual journey with advice and techniques for: Altars and sacred spaces Herbs and roots Mojo bags Honey jars Crystals and stones Candle magick Doll babies And more Whether you’re an expert rootworker or a beginner looking to improve love, success, protection, and more, this easy-to-use beginner’s guide will help you manifest the life you want.

In this third edition, Peter McLaren engages with some of the latest anthropological thinking and presents the reader with a powerful manifesto for critical ethnography in the 21st century.

An international, cross-disciplinary investigation of ancient religious practices and their material remains yields fresh insights and poses new questions

Influence the unconscious mind. To practice Voodoo is to enter the ancient world of Magik, where secret arts developed from rituals held by ancient pagans, Native American tribes, Haitians, and Wiccans. Understand Voodoo’s underlying ideas and learn to make use of its powers with illustrated instructions and exercises. Use charms to bring good luck to your relationships, finances, and health--or curses to keep away harmful forces and persons. Make and employ the full range of sacred objects: dolls, candles, incense, ritual clothing, swords, knives, needles and nails, goblets, keys, mirrors, musical instruments, amulets, and masks, for charm or curse symbols to place in your room, car, or clothing. Breathing exercises enable you to enter trances, contact the unconscious and even the dead.