Ритуалы: зашифрованная сила тысячелетий

From time immemorial, rituals have been closely associated with the most important stages of a person's life path. Ancient people compared human life not with a straight line journey (to the final goal or to the top), but with constant "dying" and "birth". A person "disappeared" on one level and "reappeared" on another, already in a new quality. So, for example, there was a ceremony of initiation of a young man into a knight. The young man was hit on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword, thus symbolizing a real death blow and a new birth. After tens of thousands of years, sacred actions continue to live! In the fast-paced modern world, we carefully give pride of place to rituals. What are rituals and what is their power and meaning? Where did they come from and what did the rituals common in our modern society (wedding, rituals of transition to the new year) carry? The author of the book, Elena Viktorovna Shubina, a psychologist and journalist, describes all the rituals of transition known to the world, explaining their deep sacred meaning. Only by knowing the wisdom and understanding of the world of our ancestors, we can take a step towards comprehending the present: its value and meaning.