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I ran across this book at the library, and I'll definitely be seeking out the 2023 edition when it's released in October.

I really appreciate editor Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's commitment to including more diverse writers than the "white and coastal collection of pieces from highbrow publications."

I didn't read all of the writings in this book. They were all published in 2021, so I felt like some were already out of date. I simply skimmed the t.o.c. and picked the ones that looked the most interesting. I've already commented on Bookwyrm about the pieces by Wells, Kaplan, and Malloy.

I focused on the "Futures We Could Have" section, as I was most interested in solutions. The final piece on indigenous conservation efforts (by Sengupta, Einhorn, and Andreoni) was a good way to cap off the readings. "Researchers have found that biodiversity protection often works best when local communities have a stake."

I was delighted that this book, Your Rites Of Passage, fits so well with my opinions about spiritual practice and ritual. I don't want to do old rituals just the way they were because I don't feel comfortable with it. I did not have religion when I was young. Now, I want to find a quiet spirituality with simple rituals that have meaning to me.

Rayne Hall has advice for lots of events. She thinks about solo rituals as well as group efforts. The reader does not need lots of equipment although Rayne makes suggestions for people who want this. She talks too about different religions, especially how to include people of different faiths in each ceremony. I liked this inclusivity.I

I think that this book will be really useful. I will not read it from cover to cover again, but I will choose chapters when I have need of them. The ceremonies that are offered are so flexible. I am sure that I will always find inspiration.

I originally wrote this review in Gàidhlig because I am learning the language: Bha mi air mo dhòigh gu bheil an leabhar seo, Your Rites Of Passage, a’ freagairt cho math ri mo bheachdan mu chleachdadh spioradail agus deas-ghnàth. Cha bhi mi ag iarraidh seann deas-ghnàthan a dhèanamh dìreach mar a bha iad oir nach eil mi a' faireachdain cofhurtail ris. Cha robh creideamh agam nuair a bha mi òg. A-nis, tha mi airson spioradalachd sàmhach a lorg le deas-ghnàthan sìmplidh aig a bheil brìgh dhomh.I

Tha comhairle aig Rayne airson tòrr thachartasan. Bidh i a' smaoineachadh air deas-ghnàthan aon-neach a bharrachd air oidhirpean buidhne. Chan fheum an leughadair tòrr uidheamachd sònraichte ged a tha Rayne a' dèanamh mholaidean dha daoine a tha ag iarradh seo. Tha i cuideachd a' bruidhinn air diofar chreideamhan, gu h-àraidh mar a ghabhas daoine de chreideamhan eadar-dhealaichte a ghabgail a-steach anns gach deas-ghnàth. Chòrd an in-ghabhail seo rium.

Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gum bi an leabhar seo gu math feumail. Cha leugh mi còmhdach gu còmhdach a-rithist e, ach taghaidh mi caibideilan nuair a bhios feum agam orra. Tha na deas-ghnàthan a tha air an tabhann cho subailte. Tha mi cinnteach gum faigh mi brosnachadh gu bràth.