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Rediscovering Meaning – The Golden Bough

A priest watches a grove, expecting the challenger who may kill him and take his place. James George Frazer made […]

The Moon returns to a familiar shape, and the world beneath it has changed. That combination of recurrence and difference

A calendar can tell us when an equinox occurs. It cannot tell us what that moment must mean. Seasonal ritual

A stone, a bowl of water, the movement of air, a source of light: arranged together, ordinary things can become

Mistletoe remains green on another tree’s branch, an arrangement that can look like a small exception to the ordinary rules

A video call begins, somebody finds the same old song, and a birthday is celebrated across three time zones. The

A graduation procession, a funeral, an oath of office and the lighting of a candle before a meal can look

The same story is requested again. A birthday letter joins the letters from earlier years. A familiar recipe is made