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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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Very interesting book. Wasn't what I was expecting it to be. It had a lot of history in it and I learned quite a few things. I would recommend this book to both non religious and religious people alike as it does make you think about a lot of things.
Sasha Sagan titled this book after a quote from her parents, "For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love."
I didn't realize how much I needed a book like this, a book that affirmed my agnosticism and also my sense of wonder and awe and my need to connect through ritual. Sagan didn't prescribe anything, but gave many examples of how people follow tradition, adapt tradition, or start their own traditions.
I didn't realize how much I needed a book like this, a book that affirmed my agnosticism and also my sense of wonder and awe and my need to connect through ritual. Sagan didn't prescribe anything, but gave many examples of how people follow tradition, adapt tradition, or start their own traditions.
Not exactly what I was expecting (the subtitle made it seem like it might contain practical suggestions for creating new rituals in our daily lives) but overall it was an interesting read, well-researched and thought-provoking. I’m likely to continue mulling over many of the ideas posed here.
Honestly it felt like this book was made for me. I am both deeply secular and deeply ritualistic and this all rung very true for me.
I also lost one of my fathers at a young age. So did she. It made me feel a LOT of things.
I also lost one of my fathers at a young age. So did she. It made me feel a LOT of things.
“When I was little, and my dad was alive, he would take me to see the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.”
I loved this. I am atheist and love to celebrate.
beautiful and thoughtful. a love letter to existing and to science.
"All the great and terrible parts of being alive, the shocking sublime beauty and heartbreak, the monotony, the interior thoughts, the shared pain and pleasure. It really happened. All of it. On this little world that orbits a yellow star out in the great vastness. And that alone is cause for celebration.”
Wow. What a book. And I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Mainly because I had no idea what it was going to be about. I liked the cover and I liked the title so I just borrowed it from my library. And I'm happy I did. Sarah Sagan dedicates each chapter to the numerous, diverse rituals humans around the world perform for various occasions such as season changes, birth rituals, death rituals, celebrations of independence and revolution, etc. I learned so much and Sagan's writing kept me turning each page eagerly which is especially amazing since I usually don't read nonfiction. I'd happily read this again and recommend it to others.
Wow. What a book. And I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Mainly because I had no idea what it was going to be about. I liked the cover and I liked the title so I just borrowed it from my library. And I'm happy I did. Sarah Sagan dedicates each chapter to the numerous, diverse rituals humans around the world perform for various occasions such as season changes, birth rituals, death rituals, celebrations of independence and revolution, etc. I learned so much and Sagan's writing kept me turning each page eagerly which is especially amazing since I usually don't read nonfiction. I'd happily read this again and recommend it to others.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
If it was possible I would have given it 3 1/2 stars. It was not what I have expected; i was expecting a more serious book than this. The writing ranges from some wonderful prose to some heavy handed almost torturous pieces. She really need a good editor.
I was suspecting, in some way, that the book was going to be an homage to her father. Fortunately it was not. In many ways it was a tender love recounting of her relationship with her parents. Despite my misgivings I can recommend this book.
I was suspecting, in some way, that the book was going to be an homage to her father. Fortunately it was not. In many ways it was a tender love recounting of her relationship with her parents. Despite my misgivings I can recommend this book.