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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
I downloaded this audiobook on a whim because I needed something to listen to. I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Author Sasha Sagan is Carl Sagan's daughter. Despite their Jewish and Eastern European heritage, Carl Sagan's family was obviously secular, and this nonreligious tradition was passed down to his daughter. Enter this book, which is about the ways that secular nonbelievers should and can partake in traditions, celebrations, and rituals that have brought people together for thousands of years. By drawing on her family's past and her daughter's future, Sasha Sagan argues that rituals bring secular people a sense of wonder and awe, no matter their disbelief.
It’s hard to describe what this book even is, but I can say that it was delightful. I found comfort in a lot of it and recognized version of myself in some of what she shared. Now, I believe there is something more to all of this, but I also accept and appreciate the magic that exists if there is nothing.
More than anything, this was a book that made me feel connected and nourished during a time of deep uncertainty, anxiety, and fear.
More than anything, this was a book that made me feel connected and nourished during a time of deep uncertainty, anxiety, and fear.
“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.”
Heartfelt, but not the easiest to get into due to its disjointedness, particularly in the first half.