A review by booksofbrookes
For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World by Sasha Sagan

4.0

When I got this book, I thought it would be a sort of self-help book for creating rituals in your every day life, a blueprint in how to do this. While it definitely was that to some extent, it did not give a simple recipe. Instead, Sagan pulled on different cultural versions of rituals, their similarities and differences. Throughout all the chapters, the rituals surrounded a specific theme - birth, death, the changing seasons. Through personal anecdotes and explanations of ritual symbolism, I felt the importance and the beauty in why these things are celebrated. Moreover, it inspired me to make my own rituals that embody my personal beliefs and viewpoints.