The Joys of Everyday Ritual: Spiritual Recipes to Celebrate Milestones, Ease Transitions, and Make Every Day Sacred (Paperback)

by Barbara Biziou (Author) "THE WORD RITUAL, DERIVED from an Indo-European root meaning "to fit together," conveys an act in which we literally join the metaphysical with the physical..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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"Consciously creating rituals can work miracles in our lives. The Joys of Everyday Ritual tells you exactly how to get started. Whether you've used ritual and ceremony for years or are just beginning, you'll be delighted with the information Barbara Biziou has so beautiful compiled for bringing the sacred into every day life." --Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"The Joys of Everyday Ritual is a practical, empowering, warmly written guide that teaches you how to make the passages of your life sacred. Barbara Biziou is a gifted teacher. Don't you miss your chance to learn from her." --Dr. Judith Orloff, author of Second Sight

"The High Priestess of Ritual and a woman of wisdom, Barbara Biziou's work is inspiring, compelling, and right on the mark." --Joan Barysenko, Ph.D., author of Mending the Body, Mending the Mind

"The Joys of Everyday Ritual is a book of illumine our transitions. It gives us the menus to make sacred our everyday acts while adding spice and spunk to threshold occasions and critical junctures in our lives and times." --Jean Houston, author of A Mythic Life

"In my Zulu culture, rituals are the language of the soul. Barbara Biziou has mastered that language...Biziou's teaching transcends gender, race and creed." --Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo, Ambassador to the United Nations
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"Consciously creating rituals can work miracles in our lives. The Joys of Everyday Ritual tells you exactly how to get started. Whether you've used ritual and ceremony for years or are just beginning, you'll be delighted with the information Barbara Biziou has so beautiful compiled for bringing the sacred into every day life." --Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"The Joys of Everyday Ritual is a practical, empowering, warmly written guide that teaches you how to make the passages of your life sacred. Barbara Biziou is a gifted teacher. Don't you miss your chance to learn from her." --Dr. Judith Orloff, author of Second Sight

"The High Priestess of Ritual and a woman of wisdom, Barbara Biziou's work is inspiring, compelling, and right on the mark." --Joan Barysenko, Ph.D., author of Mending the Body, Mending the Mind

"The Joys of Everyday Ritual is a book of illumine our transitions. It gives us the menus to make sacred our everyday acts while adding spice and spunk to threshold occasions and critical junctures in our lives and times." --Jean Houston, author of A Mythic Life

"In my Zulu culture, rituals are the language of the soul. Barbara Biziou has mastered that language...Biziou's teaching transcends gender, race and creed." --Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo, Ambassador to the United Nations

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (November 19, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312284357
• ISBN-13: 978-0312284350
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #816,963 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book for creative family expression, May 26, 2003

By	Lewis Cohen (Needham, MA USA) - See all my reviews

I have read the book and found it to be extremely creative and easy to read. The author gave plenty of suggestions that I have used to mark specific occasions of our family. It has enhanced the impact and memory of those occasions. I totally recommend it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guide to creating meaningful rituals for a variety of situations, January 29, 2009

By	Beth Cholette "doctor_beth" (Upstate NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I am a psychologist, and I sometimes talk to my clients about creating rituals as a therapeutic tool. Most often, I use rituals as a means to help clients cope with traumatic events and/or difficult emotional experiences. In this book, however, author Barbara Biziou covers a wider range for the utility of rituals, from true "everyday" rituals to simple celebratory rituals to more profound rituals of healing. She explains how rituals can foster connection, provide structure and stability, and bring meaning and focus into our lives. Biziou considers the rituals which she offers in her book to be basic recipes which readers can build on and adapt to fit their own lives. Overall, I think she strikes a nice balance between providing structured information and encouraging readers to engage in self-expression.