27 | Rituals And The Fight Against Restless Novelty

“Rituals are to time what a home is to space: they render time habitable.” Byung-Chul Han (The Disappearance of Ritual) In a restless, noisy, rushing world, rituals are symbolic actions that give us a sense of home. They are anchors in the flow of time. They anchor us somewhere before and beyond time. We poke at these ideas in this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast. What are the differences between rituals and habits? Festivals and events? Recollection and repetition? How might we get off the hamster wheel of novelty and newness that leaves us unanchored and anxious in a world where time feels uninhabitable, rushing from one fleeting moment to the next? Table of Contents Tranquility and Ritual The Disappearance of Ritual | 2:14 Letting Go of Meaning The Drive To Possess | 5:17 Repetition and Discovery | 6:47 Automation and Ritual | 8:46 Repetition and Recollection | 10:23 Novelty and Newness | 12:33 Festivals as Events | 15:41 Ritual and Rest | 17:20 Rest At The Fireside | 20:07 Tranquility and Ritual June is the month of Tranquility in