Even Heretics Deserve Rituals! With Jeremy Steele

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of rituals and their benefits for non-religious individuals with guest Jeremy Steele.

For as long as there have been humans, there have been rituals. Every religion and spiritual practice has developed its own set of practices and rites, and attached sacred meaning to them. But behind the theology and mysticism, is there something happening that even the non-religious could benefit from? This week, we welcome back Jeremy Steele to talk about his new book Rituals for Heretics, a guide to reclaiming ritual, meditation, and meaningful practices without needing to believe in magic, dogma, or blood sacrifice. We explore questions like: What happens when you take religion out of ritual? Can people who don't practice a religion use a modified version of their rituals anyway, or is that appropriation? Why is Dan B's brain so weird? And does sandwich hurling count as ritual? Get your copy of Rituals for Heretics here: https://jeremy-steele.com/store/p/all-the-best-questions-signed-and-personalized-hr8jh-99b8c-47lem ---- For early access to an ad-free version of every episode of Data Over Dogma, exclusive content, and the opportunity to support our work, please consider becoming a monthly patron at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel McClellan, Daniel Beecher

Guest: Jeremy Steele

Topics covered

• rituals
• religion
• spiritual practices
• meditation
• non-religious benefits

Keywords

• rituals
• heretics
• meditation
• spirituality
• religion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Rituals for Heretics

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