Your Rites of Passage: Create Meaningful Rituals for Your Life's Events

Rituals give us meaning, confidence, comfort and joy. When convention and religion don't offer an uplifting and purposeful celebration, we can create our own. Do you want to celebrate your wedding in a unique, unforgettable way? Do you want to mark the launch of a new business or creative project, welcome a new child to the family, or honour a departed friend with a cheerful funeral? Do you want to bless an occasion society doesn't deem worth observing, such as divorce, menopause or a new pet?

This book brims with inspiring ideas and practical advice. You'll find suggestions for new ways to celebrate, express how you feel and create beautiful, lasting memories, as well as tips on how to phrase inclusively and fill people's hearts with sincere intent.

As an ordained priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, a multi-faith spiritual organisation, I've led many rituals. Each event was as different as the individuals for whom it was held, moving and meaningful: handfasting for a couple who were barred from getting married in church, a cheerful funeral celebrating the conclusion of a life, a spiritual housewarming party and a divorce for partners setting each other free. During my life and travels, I've participated in the rituals of many cultures, both religious and secular, and launched a publishing business in Mongolia, a vegan restaurant in Britain, a butterfly habitat in Bulgaria and more. I've combined my experience to create rituals which are inspired, but not bound by, beautiful traditions.

I've created this book to empower you. You can adapt the rituals to fit your personal situation, your faith, your values, your choices, your needs. This is your life: claim your rituals!

Rayne Hall