`Author:` Isla McCloed `Availability:` [[Available Books]] > [!info] > ## Key Takeaways ## Summary ## Quotes ‘Once a strong ritual container is established, you are ready to bring the ritual to life with the Four Seeds (intention, creativity, gratitude and kindness) that I have experienced as guiding forces inherent in life-giving, nature-inspired rituals. The Four Seeds provide a simple framework for creating authentic, bespoke rituals, and carry within them the potential to enrich your everyday experience when they are repeatedly sown as part of your ritual life. I offer some playful invitations of how to cultivate these seeds that will deepen your understanding of their intrinsic energies and how they relate to the seasons.’ ## Notes Maybe a big part of rituals, I’m just thinking, it to unburden ourselves of the human condition - the knowledge of death. Without rituals we blindly pass into deaths hands, which would be ok if not for our experiential avoidance of it in everyday life. As [[Max Weber]] says, ‘The fate of our times is characterised by rationalisation and intellectualisation and, above all, by the "disenchantment of the world".’ We have lost the connection to rituals, which give us a place to honour emotions 🙏🔥 The Greeks broke with rituals and replaced it with Theatre/performance. So the audience became mere auditors. `Concepts:` `Knowledge Base:` [[Books index]] More PDF ideas to give away on my [[PROJECTS/Commerce/Squarespace]]