The Memorial Rituals Book for Healing and Hope

The Memorial Rituals Book for Healing and Hope

by Ann Marie Putter
The Memorial Rituals Book for Healing and Hope

The Memorial Rituals Book for Healing and Hope

by Ann Marie Putter

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Overview

This is a book filled with activities to allow individuals, families, and groups in bereavement support groups, at retreats, memorial services, and conferences to acknowledge the death of a loved one or community member in a gentle but effective way. The rituals include information about the appropriate age for specific rituals, materials needed for them, a description of how to go about creating them, and suggested meditations, poems, and thoughts that can be read during rituals.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780895031433
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/15/1997
Series: Death, Value and Meaning Series
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Definition

Rituals and Their Importance

I Holiday Rituals
Beginning the Year
Hearts and Band-Aids or Hearts and Mini-Gold Safety Pins
Memorial Valentines
Egg Rituals
Mother's Day/Father's Day Rituals
Bubbles
Fall Leaves
Halloween Feeling Masks
Christmas/Hanukkah Memorials Ornaments
Candle Ceremonies

II Camp Rituals
Name Rituals
Solstice
Pine Cones at the Fireside
Hands
Floral Wreath
Candle Ceremonies
Rock Rituals
Seedlings or Small Flowering Plants
Native-American Rope Ritual
Planting of Trees
Native-American Burden Basket

III Group Closing Ceremonies
Balloon Lift-off
Hand Hugs
Bubbles
Rainbows
Peanuts and Baby Roses
Journaling
Creating Books
Seedlings or Small Flowering Plants
Rock Rituals
Candle Ceremonies
Rose Petals: Closing Ritual
Pouch/Stones
Family Circle

IV Conference Rituals
Healing Space Rituals
Native-American Burden Basket

V Unique Types of Rituals
Placing of Stones
Unveiling the Headstone

VI Poems and Mediations

VII Bibliography of Books Related to Rituals

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