1st Edition

The Memorial Rituals Book for Healing and Hope

By Ann Marie Putter Copyright 1997
    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is a book filled with activities to allow individuals, families, and groups in bereavement support groups, at retreats, memorial services, and conferences to acknowledge the death of a loved one or community member in a gentle but effective way. The rituals include information about the appropriate age for specific rituals, materials needed for them, a description of how to go about creating them, and suggested meditations, poems, and thoughts that can be read during rituals.

    Introduction

    Definition

     Rituals and Their Importance

     I Holiday Rituals
     Beginning the Year
     Hearts and Band-Aids or Hearts and Mini-Gold Safety Pins
     Memorial Valentines
     Egg Rituals
     Mother's Day/Father's Day Rituals
     Bubbles
     Fall Leaves
     Halloween Feeling Masks
     Christmas/Hanukkah Memorials Ornaments
     Candle Ceremonies

    II Camp Rituals
     Name Rituals
     Solstice
     Pine Cones at the Fireside
     Hands
     Floral Wreath
     Candle Ceremonies
     Rock Rituals
     Seedlings or Small Flowering Plants
     Native-American Rope Ritual
     Planting of Trees
     Native-American Burden Basket

    III Group Closing Ceremonies
     Balloon Lift-off
     Hand Hugs
     Bubbles
     Rainbows
     Peanuts and Baby Roses
     Journaling
     Creating Books
     Seedlings or Small Flowering Plants
     Rock Rituals
     Candle Ceremonies
     Rose Petals: Closing Ritual
     Pouch/Stones
     Family Circle

    IV Conference Rituals
     Healing Space Rituals
     Native-American Burden Basket

    V Unique Types of Rituals
    Placing of Stones
     Unveiling the Headstone

      VI Poems and Mediations

     VII Bibliography of Books Related to Rituals 

     

    Biography

    Ann Marie Putter