rituals are to time what home is to space: they render time habitable - byung-chul han
In a world that is completely without rituals and wholly profane, all that is left are consumption and the satisfaction of needs.
Noema • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Bringing an anthropological perspective to bear on her life also makes it clear to Asya that our lives need rituals, which give them meaning and bind us together, as do the rituals that she and Manu have established: “While he made breakfast, I made a pot of coffee and sat with him at the table in pajamas. It was a ritual of sorts, sitting across f... See more
Cara Blue Adams • Infra-ordinary People | Cara Blue Adams
Rituals stabilize life. To
Byung-Chul Han • The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
We can define rituals as symbolic techniques of making oneself at home in the world. They transform being-in-the-world into a being-at-home.