From day-to-day routines to rites of passage marking significant transitions in our lives, rituals both give structure our lives and connect us with others. And yet we also recognize routine as a source of danger—a way of living in which we are “going through the motions” without a sense of presence and agency. Is it possible to get the benefits of rituals and routines without succumbing to the hollowness of a routine existence?

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