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For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World
Sasha Sagan
4.11 AVERAGE
375 reviews for:
For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World
Sasha Sagan
4.11 AVERAGE
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More emotional than I expected. Beautiful musings on how lucky we are to exist and how much we have to celebrate.
I thought this book was interesting but didn't love it. It's interesting how her background and parents influenced how she perceives traditions and makes her own for her own family. I would have liked if she'd talked more about holidays and traditions for childfree people. It seemed like it focused heavily on holidays and traditions from the perspective of handing them down to your children.
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3.75 stars. From the daughter of Carl Sagan, comes the nonfiction writing of rituals throughout history and in different religions.
A great little book, written as a scientist with a nostalgia for traditions of all kinds - religious, and ancient. Doesn't hurt that she talks a lot about her dad, Carl Sagan, and is very forthcoming.
“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love." ―Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, Contact.
I honestly feel honored to share with the world this debut book by Sasha Sagan, daughter of Carl and Ann, who taught their daughter that science reveals the wonder and majesty of a world greater than the limits of myth or fable. In For Small Creatures Such as We, Sasha writes with such reverence, beauty, and tenderness about how we can find meaning as humble humans on a pale blue dot through creating and participating in ceremony, celebration, and ritual. Part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, For Small Creatures Such as We reminded me of the grandeur of the universe and the magic of finding our own place within it.
I honestly feel honored to share with the world this debut book by Sasha Sagan, daughter of Carl and Ann, who taught their daughter that science reveals the wonder and majesty of a world greater than the limits of myth or fable. In For Small Creatures Such as We, Sasha writes with such reverence, beauty, and tenderness about how we can find meaning as humble humans on a pale blue dot through creating and participating in ceremony, celebration, and ritual. Part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, For Small Creatures Such as We reminded me of the grandeur of the universe and the magic of finding our own place within it.
This was due back and the library because someone was waiting for it so I returned it before finishing it. I am definitely not the intended audience and I likely will not finish the book because it was starting to drag for me. But it is well written and some bits were quite interesting.
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I had high hopes because I wad intrigued he idea of trying to find meaning, ritual, and community (or their equivalents) in a secular, agnostic-ish sense, but it sort of bounces back and forth between summaries of events/occasions that are kind of representative of a given chapter's topic and Ms. Sagan oversharing about her personal life. Not my cuppa, tapped out about 2/3rds through.