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    The Real Magic of Rituals
    The Real Magic of Rituals

    Nautilus

    What Rituals Across Cultures Reveal About the Human Condition
    What Rituals Across Cultures Reveal About the Human Condition

    Literary Hub

    How rituals created human society
    How rituals created human society

    Big Think

    Burning Man highlights the primordial human need for ritual
    Burning Man highlights the primordial human need for ritual

    The Conversation

    Is suffering a virtue?
    Is suffering a virtue?

    Psychology Today

    Demolishing schools after a mass shooting reflects humans’ deep-rooted desire for purifica
    Demolishing schools after a mass shooting reflects humans’ deep-rooted desire for purifica

    The Conversation

    5 Extraordinary Animal Rituals
    5 Extraordinary Animal Rituals

    Psychology Today

    Is ritual sexy?
    Is ritual sexy?

    Psychology Today

    How burying the dead keeps the living human
    How burying the dead keeps the living human

    The Conversation

    The High Price of Low Status in Human Rituals
    The High Price of Low Status in Human Rituals

    Human Behavior and Evolution Society

    Five New Year’s Rituals of Renewal
    Five New Year’s Rituals of Renewal

    Sapiens

    What’s the point of holiday gifts?
    What’s the point of holiday gifts?

    The Conversation

    Why do presidential inaugurations matter?
    Why do presidential inaugurations matter?

    The Conversation

    Why people need rituals, especially in times of uncertainty
    Why people need rituals, especially in times of uncertainty

    The Conversation

    How Hearts Align in a Muslim Ritual
    How Hearts Align in a Muslim Ritual

    Sapiens

    How rituals of pain help heal
    How rituals of pain help heal

    Sapiens

    Strong Interdisciplinarity and Explanatory Pluralism in Social Scientific Research
    Strong Interdisciplinarity and Explanatory Pluralism in Social Scientific Research

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    Why we love holiday rituals and traditions
    Why we love holiday rituals and traditions

    The Conversation

    Por qué nos gustan tanto los rituales y las tradiciones
    Por qué nos gustan tanto los rituales y las tradiciones

    El Pais

    Apakah orang yang religius lebih bermoral?
    Apakah orang yang religius lebih bermoral?

    The Conversation, Indonesia

    Is religion Good or Bad for Society?
    Is religion Good or Bad for Society?

    The Perspective

    Are religious people more moral?
    Are religious people more moral?

    The Conversation

    ¿Son las personas religiosas más éticas que las ateas?
    ¿Son las personas religiosas más éticas que las ateas?

    El Pais

    The perennial power of ritual
    The perennial power of ritual

    The Conversation

    Trial by fire
    Trial by fire

    Aeon

    The psychology of ritualized suffering
    The psychology of ritualized suffering

    Character & Context

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