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'It's a manifestation of a deep skepticism and cynicism around the voracious appetite of consumer capitalism,' he says, 'and the mistrust of any for-profit company, as having best interests as an employee, consumer or citizen of the world in mind.' That's why Bookman's very careful about the companies with which he chooses to work, emphasizing that although ritual is a powerful tool, it's also a neutral tool. So this idea that I'm bringing spirituality, religion or anything into the workplace is just incorrect.'īookman understands where the other side is coming from too. 'Rituals don't need to be spiritual,' he says.

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He ultimately returned to New York, where he became the artistic director of Lab/Shul: an 'experimental, artist-driven, everybody-friendly, God-optional, pop-up Jewish community.' His work with Lab/Shul was a turning point - revealing rituals' full potential for creation and connection.īut Bookman stresses that his rituals don't incorporate religious tradition in any way he has no interest in that. A research grant took him to South America, where he learned about rituals from indigenous communities.

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And one of the avenues for that is ritual.'īookman's journey to professional ritual work began when he was a performance artist and director, eager to explore art's spiritual origins. 'There are only so many virtual escape rooms that people can go to before they demand what they really want,' Bookman says, 'which is meaningful connection and a sense of belonging with their team members. ''People are in the room together, and connection and culture is just going to happen.'' Now, more than two years into a pandemic, being in a room together still isn't an option for many employees - and that means companies need to be more intentional about building culture. 'We used to get away with what was an untrue statement,' Ritualist founder Ezra Bookman tells Entrepreneur. But the greater physical distance also cast the latent disconnection between co-workers and teams into sharp relief. The pandemic mitigated that to an extent, as remote and hybrid work cut down commute times, freeing people up to do more things they enjoy. and it is impossible to call it normal.It's no surprise that Beyoncé's 'Break My Soul' landed the singer-songwriter her first solo top 10 single in six years: In corporate America, too many people work hard without any sense of joy or accomplishment for the promise of a paycheck. Their human spirt is compromised by their ethnic upbringing. I will always wonder how decent human beings become heartless. Today they have not shown any remorse for the young families who are dying in Ethiopia, just tomorrow they may walk in the shoes of the people who are suffering. Such individuals have no souls, they are empty shells covered with human looking skin. I have not seen a single status on the walls of these fbs a single protest agains the killers that are roaming in small towns and cities in Ethiopia. You can see this from their writings and responses in discussions. In the aggregate such individuals worship their human rights but reject it for others. This is their self determination and their freedom. They are resigned to their facts and resort to foolish self assurance that the problem in Ethiopia is not caused by them. It is so unfortunate to see even the people you consider the most educated, and the most decent people deny facts. You can show every fact to them they deny it. Conversations immediate degenerate into insults and abuse. It is absolutely impossible to get people to agree on the facts themselves. Soulless Humans: I spent the last few days to see closely the level of work needed collect the facts and determine how much there is a common understanding of the facts.

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