Is God the Biosphere? - 4 - Rituals - The Hidden Power | Lyssna här

The late Ken Robinson, in one of his TED talks, tells the story of a child who was drawing with wild strokes. The teacher asked - What are you drawing? And the child replied "God". The teacher said, "But nobody knows what God looks like." And the child said, "Well. They will in a minute." Badum Tshhhh.

Last week we explored what people are talking about when the talk about gods. But for most people, this is a secondary aspect of religion - the primary aspect being the rituals. So what are rituals, and why are they so powerful?

In this episode we look at some rituals, religious, secular, useful, destructive, and start to imagine what rituals might help us to place the biosphere at the pinnacle of our aspirations.

Talking Points:

Listener Email - A moral revolution is possible

Rituals. What are they?

Ablutions, Jewish weddings, Christian signs of peace

Conscious and unconscious rituals in daily life: focus and distraction

Positioning the biosphere and political will

Rituals of nurturing and kindness

Waste is an affront to nature, not wasting feels good

Gods - conscious and unconscious

Addiction and deification

Human power - like a bull in a china shop

Possible futures