12/17/2023 0 Comments Space age totes![]() So the three steps are separation, where the initiate leaves the comforts of home. Did you know that? My God, I was so excited about that, I was like “Oh, you’re kidding me!” That's so brilliant because it makes sense that rites of passage would make a good story. And in fact, Joseph Campbell was really inspired by Van Gennep’s work and used his rites of passage work for the hero’s journey work which is amazing. So this guy a long time ago studied all these different cultures and found across cultures and across time and space that people were using the same three phases. The first one, the first phase of totes of passage is called separation and this is from the work up in Arnold van Gennep and this was from 1909. But I think the language around rites of passage for me has been to articulate this tripartate model which is so powerful. And that is really a benefit because that gives us a way in which we can design meaningful personalized rites of passage or healing rituals or however you want to describe it, there’s lots of ways. There’s a three-part structure to rites of passage which is immutable and across all these different cultures. Ray: I think the language rites of passage to me is more structural because rites of passage articulates a structure. This could be any kind of healing ceremony, but I asked her how the rites of passage structure could be useful to design a ceremony for someone who had lost a child. Betty and I had a conversation recently about using the rites of passage structure to design a healing ceremony. But she understands that all big transitions are worthy of the same process, whether it’s coming of age, approaching midlife, or even experiencing a significant loss. Our returning guest Betty Ray helps parents design customized ceremonies to help their youth go through a coming of age process, something that is deeply needed in American culture today. Where did that term come from? What’s the anatomy of a rite of passage? And what can these ceremonies be used for? Today we’re going to slow it down and really look at rites of passage. Welcome to Shame Piñata, where we talk about creating rites of passage for real-life transitions. How can ceremony help us through the transformations in our lives? Join me for a conversation with Betty Ray. ![]() We may lose track of where we’re going and even start to question our values. ![]() It’s easy to see the lay of the land when we’re walking a straight path, but when the sidewalk ends, all kinds of confusion can come up. The transitions in our lives can bring up difficult feelings. Ray: And then there’s the whole midlife crisis and a porche and a girlfriend and whatever and all that, but we don’t really talk about what’s going on psychologically or spiritually.
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