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CREATED:20261020T152638
DESCRIPTION:About\n\n\n\nRitual is God’s gift to humanity.\n \n\n\n\n\n\
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 n\n\n\nPhoto in public domain\n \nWhether formal liturgy or intentional l
 iving\, ritual exists in every culture as a conduit to the Divine beyond o
 ur own imagination. Ritual provides an anchor that steadies us in the flui
 d\, often unsettling world of moving beyond the ordinary and expected.\n 
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc967a_14bc1f2d
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 lt="">\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto coutesy of freepik.com\n \nThis online retreat 
 will explore how people everywhere have turned to ritual as a source of re
 newal\, but also a less benign means of social control. Our focus will tur
 n to how contemplative practices combine attention to the body\, refinemen
 t of the senses\, and a willingness to enter the unknown. With Divine cons
 ent\, these disciplines can become the agents of human transformation.\n 
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc967a_40360343
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 ="">\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto courtesy of SSJE\n \nThe retreat will include con
 templative practice to facilitate exploration of the teachings.\n \n(This
  retreat will be recorded for later access by participants.)\n \n\n\n\n\n
  \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f
 c967a_69eca2a5fd3c4232a1a3ed6c5b08ab0a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_478\,h_332\,al_c
 \,q_80\,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\,enc_auto/fc967a_69eca2a5fd3c4232a1a3ed6c5b08ab
 0a~mv2.jpeg" alt="">\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Paula Pryce \nis a cultural anthropo
 logist whose research explores silence\, ritual\, and contemplative tradit
 ions across cultures. Her publications include The Monk’s Cell: Ritual a
 nd Knowledge in American Contemplative Christianity. Having been raised in
  an interreligious household\, Paula has studied and practiced meditation 
 and other contemplative rites since childhood. She lives in Vancouver\, Ca
 nada where she leads retreats\, facilitates contemplative prayer groups\, 
 and writes in a variety of genres. Paula regularly contributes reflections
  to The Contemplative Society website.\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \nRe
 gistration\n$45 or pay-from-the-heart.\n \nThe Contemplative Society (TCS
 ) asks that you register for this event by choosing the correct regional p
 ayment link below. Once payment is received\, you will receive a confirmat
 ion from PayPal\, and TCS will e-mail you the access details of the retrea
 t within 3-business days.\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Online\, via The Contemplative Society
SUMMARY:Why Ritual?
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