From the very beginning of life, we are involved in traditions and rituals, each of which is replete with their own unique meaning: from being welcomed into the world to rites of passage into adulthood; we fall in love, we marry, we bring new life into the world. Far a secular repast, our ancestors understood the spiritual and archetypal significance of these rituals.
In contemporary life we are consumed and intoxicated by the “Spirit of the Times,” neglecting the spiritual significance of such events. Does the bride or groom ask, “With what and with whom have I fallen in love? With what and with whom am I about to commit for the rest of my life? In good times and in bad, for whom will I care?” As we indulge in the secular and the literal, we miss the truly grand repast — and herein lies the conflict