Rites to a Good Life: Everyday Rituals of Healing and Transformation

Rites to a Good Life is the definitive guide on how to think about and restore practices of ritual healing to everyday contemporary life. This exhaustive handbook is essential for the well-being of all individuals families and communities. Poised in the middle of a conversation between the ancient past and the present-day Marx translates indigenous wisdom practices into the needs and realities of our present-day world.This is a spiritual book for all those whove given up on religion and spirituality yet recognize thatsomething is missing in their life. Theres nothing New-Agey here. Its full ofno-nonsense practical suggestions. Self-help books tend to focus on the individual (i.e. Heres whats wrong with you thatyou need to fix.) But what if there were nothing to fix? What if we onlyneeded to drop more deeply into what already IS experience it more fully andthen consecrate it with simple ritual? This book focuses on the key processesand relationships that make that possible (i.e. between parent and child individual and community individual and nature).With a final chapter focusing on all the upheavals during 2020s Planetary Rite ofPassage (i.e. Covid the economy Black Lives Matter and political turmoil) Marx clarifies what happened and the opportunity that exists for all of us tocreate positive change. The times demand change and Marx tells us whatrebirth might look like. Outdated tropes must die (i.e. Looking out for #1Every man for himself and Whoever dies with the most toys wins.).This definitive handbook is full of practical advice for: - What parents can do with children.- How families can restore relations across the generations.- How to gain sustenance from nature.- Where to find the mentorship we require.- Who the leaders are who can introduce us to the future.