This annotated script was developed by Connie Barlow in 1996 for use in a family ritual on Christmas Eve around the Christmas Tree. "Gift of Tiamat: A Ritual for the Winter Holiday Season". This essay suggests a 19-part ritual to commemorate the element-by-element creation of atoms (The Periodic Table) in the fiery bellies of supernova stars that exploded before our solar system was formed. "A Feast of Elements" (subtitle: To Unite All Peoples and All End-of-Year Celebrations). Louis, 2005): (b) script for large groups.Ħ. Another has been used very successfully in a group of more than 100 (Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in St.
Two versions are available on this website: One for groups up to 20 individuals, in which the ritual is (a) co-created by participants and leader. "The Great Journey: A Co-Creative Ritual of Gratitude and Commitment". "A Meditation on the Ancestors" by Jon Cleland Host - guided meditation, published 2013 in Humanistic Paganism (online).ĥ. Connie Barlow has sifted through Richard Dawkins' 2004 book, Ancestor's Tale, to get the raw facts for creating 2 new rituals celebrating the immense journey of life.ĤB. Taking 1 to 2 hours, this ritual draws upon the science in the 2001 book, The Eternal Frontier, by Tim Flannery.
Intended to help participants learn that they, too, can become native to this continent. Four different versions of scripts (3 for adults, 1 for kids) for experiencing the North American Story in deep time, for the last 70 million years. "Coming Home to NORTH AMERICA: A Co-Creative Ritual Experience". Click here for list of songs and responsive readings on death.ģ. Songs and responsive readings for learning and celebrating the ways in which death is not only natural but also creative at all levels of reality: how death is no less sacred than life. Click here for stardust educational materials and programs.Ģ. Awareness that the hydrogen in our bodies was created "in the beginning" but that carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, calcium, iron, and all the other elements were synthesized in the fiery bellies of ancient stars is one of the most awe-inspiring teachings of the Great Story. Here are playful ways (for adults and for kids) to begin to deeply experience their connection to ancestral stars. "No human society has yet been found in which mythological motifs have not been rehearsed in liturgies interpreted by seers, poets, theologians, or philosophers presented in art magnified in song and ecstatically expressed in life-empowering visions." Joseph Campbellġ. Experiential Processes of the Epic of Evolutionįor Learning and Celebrating The Great Story