Rituals for Sacred Living

By Jane Alexander

Book Overview

Are you ready to make your life the way you want it to be? Here are the tools This amazing book adapts the most effective rituals of the ages, from ancient yoga practices, Native American smudging and medicine wheels, and Balinese traditions, to kabbalistic protection ceremonies, Feng Shui, candle magic, and more. Find out how to make cracks in time, build an altar, transform your space into a soul home -- a place that truly expresses your spirit. Banish stress and attract love, soothe yourself, or give yourself energy. Cleanse and protect your home, free yourself from destructive or dependent relationships, and release negative thoughts. Using these rituals, give blessings to conceptions, births, marriages, funerals, and to bring your family closer together and help it adjust to the healing seasonal rhythms of the years. All the rituals are complete with simple -- and brief -- step-by-step instructions. This intensely practical handbook is a distillation of some of the finest and most useful rituals ever devised, and an invaluable tool to refer to over a lifetime. Perform these sacred ceremonies, share them with loved ones, and become more in touch with the divine

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806970936
• ISBN13: 9780806970936
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

a soulful gem

I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. True, this book won't overhaul your emotional life but then it doesn't promise to do that. What it does do is bring a sense of the sacred into everyday life. I love its gentle tone and practical, easy to follow suggestions for bringing healing rituals into our lives. Sometimes they are so simple - saying grace for example - but make a huge difference. It's about stopping for a while, taking stock, allowing your intuition to flower. If you're a busy person, looking for simple, gentle, effective ways to bring the soulful into your life, I think you couldn't do better than to buy this book.

This is a fabulous tool for today's busy people.

Jane Alexander's hardcover book, "Rituals for Sacred Living", is a beautifully illustrated and arranged book to calm and focus we busy people living in the fast-paced world of today. In eight brief chapters she explains "sacred living", and how to connect you with yourself and the Universe. Other chapter titles include: "Your home as a reflection of the soul, "Sacred areas in the home", "Mealtime rituals", "Spiritual cleansing", "Releasing negative energy", "Sacred sexuality" and "Celebrating life's cyles." This book is lavishly illustrated, with full color photos or drawings on each page. The feeling I was left with was of great reverence and enthusiasm for life, whether Alexander was gently pointing out the underlying benefits of the easy self-discipline lessons, or the meaningful enjoyments of daily living. The hardcover-only edition will assist in preserving this rich and ripe guide. Enjoy! Give generously as gifts as well as to your self.