The Ritualists
By The Ritualists
The RitualistsAug 26, 2022
Episode 25: Rituals of Conscious Closure
In this episode:
Household Books in Cincinnati, OH
Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott, PhD
work with shea in the catskills:
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for their newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 24: Things That Are Hard to Talk About
In this episode:
- Tarot as Questions
- Cosmic Dog House Press
- A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel E. Cargle
work with shea in the catskills:
Tarot 101: Saturday, July 15 10am EST OR Tuesday, July 18 6pm EST
In-Person Tarot Circle at Cygnet’s Way on July, 27 6pm est
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 23: Rituals of Discernment
In this episode:
- Earthworks Rising: Mound Building in Native Literature and Arts by Chadwick Allen
- Liturgical Book Club
- Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba
work with shea in the catskills:
- Using Tarot to Work with the Dead: Tuesday, June 20 5:30pm EST
- Tarot 101: Saturday, July 15 10am EST OR Tuesday, July 18 6pm EST
- Book a reading
- Tarot as Questions
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
music by coma-media
Episode 22: Rituals of Descent
In this episode:
- Descent & Rising: Women’s Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth by Carly Mountain
- Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment by Bethany Saltman
- Stop Cop City
- All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
- There There by Tommy Orange
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Upcoming workshops with Peg Conway:
Energy First Aid for Any Home: Saturday, June 3, 1pm est
from shea in the catskills:
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 21: Rituals of Self-Soothing
In today's episode, we're talking about rituals of self-soothing.
In this episode:
Upcoming workshops with Peg Conway:
Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
Making Space: Rituals for Releasing Stuff: Sunday, May 21, 1-2:30pm est
Energy First Aid for Any Home: Saturday, June 3, 1pm est
from shea in the catskills:
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 20: A Mid-Season Miscellany
In this episode:
- There There by Tommy Orange
- The Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Descent & Rising: Women’s Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth by Carly Mountain
- Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
- You Didn’t See Nothin by Yohance Lacour
- The Africas VS. America by Matthew Amha
- The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape by Katie Holten
Upcoming workshops with Peg Conway:
- Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
- Making Space: Rituals for Releasing Stuff: Sunday, May 21, 1-2:30pm est
- Energy First Aid for Any Home: Saturday, June 3, 1pm est
from shea in the catskills:
- pre-order Tarot as Questions!
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 19: Rituals of Collaboration
In this episode:
pre-order Tarot as Questions!
Neighborhood Astrologer, Weston Minissali
Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles by Beth Pickens
Small Things Brought Together: Sue Danielson
Upcoming workshops with Peg Conway:
Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
Making Space: Rituals for Releasing Stuff: Sunday, May 21, 1-2:30pm est
Energy First Aid for Any Home: Saturday, June 3, 1pm est
from shea in the catskills:
Asking Good Questions, Tuesday, May 16, 5:30-7pm est—what people are saying about it
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 18: Repetition & Ritual
In this episode:
- The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present by Byung-Chul Han
- Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter
The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
music by coma-media
Episode 17: Working with Resistance + Confusion as Ritual Ingredients
Welcome to Season 2 of the Ritualists, where we’ll be continuing to talk about all things ritual-related in our usual Ritualists way. Today, we’re talking about resistance + confusion as ritual ingredients.
In this episode:
- Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
- tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 16: Altars
In this episode:
- Peg + shea’s altar images
- Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
In our last episode, we talked about intuition + intention. In today’s episode, we’re talking about everything altars.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
- tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 15: The Role of Intuition + Intention
In today’s episode, we’re talking about the role of intuition + intention in ritual...we'd love to hear your thoughts too!
In this episode:
- Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
- Flowers for Natalie, blog post by Peg Conway referenced in the episode
- Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World by Perdita Finn
- What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
- Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds by Thomas Halliday
- Making Space workshop with Peg Conway
- Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
- Tarot with shea in the catskills
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
- tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 14: Moving Through the Unexpected
Welcome to Season 2 of the Ritualists, where we’ll be continuing to talk about all things ritual-related in our usual Ritualists way. Today, we’ll be talking about rituals for moving through the unexpected.
In this episode:
- Making Space workshop with Peg Conway
- Let’s Talk About It: Death series, through Atha Yoga
- Tarot with shea in the catskills
- workshops with Perdita Finn
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find shea in the catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for the newsletter
- tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 13: Rituals of Rest, Relaxation, Completion + Hibernation
In our previous episode, we talked about rituals of healing. In this final episode of Season 1, we’re talking about rituals of rest, relaxation, completion + hibernation.
In this episode:
We would love to hear from you! You can email Peg or shea to suggest episode topics or send comments about your experience of ritual.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 12: Rituals of Healing
In this episode:
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief by Peg Conway
- artist Suzette Clough and Visual Medicine
- artist Betye Saar
- Sophie Strand: Make Me Good Soil
- Strange Situation: A Mother’s Journey Into the Science of Attachment by Bethany Saltman
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
- Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler
- Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie
- A Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
- Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
- Liturgical Book Club
- No More Grind: How to Finally Rest with Tricia Hersey from the We Can Do Hard Things podcast with Glennon Doyle
- Asking Good Questions with shea in the catskills: Saturday, December 17 noon-1:30pm est
We would love to hear from you! You can email Peg or shea to suggest episode topics or send comments about your experience of ritual.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 11: Money as a Ritual Ingredient
In our previous episode, we talked about trust in ritual. In this episode we’re talking about money as a ritual ingredient.
In this episode:
- Robyn Love + Atha Yoga School—shea in the catskill’s co-presenter + collaborator in the Let’s Talk About It: Money series mentioned in this episode
- Visual Medicine with Suzette Clough
- Asking Good Questions with shea in the catskills—Saturday, December 17, noon-1:30pm est on zoom: $29. Replay provided to all registrants.
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief by Peg Conway
We would love to hear from you! You can email Peg or shea to suggest episode topics or send comments about your experience of ritual.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 10: Trust + Ritual
In this episode:
Energy First Aid for Any Home with Peg Conway
Saturday, November 5, 1-2pm est on zoom: $20
Replay provided to all registrants. Email Peg to sign up
Asking Good Questions with Shea in the Catskills
Saturday, December 17, noon-1:30pm est on zoom: $29
Replay provided to all registrants
Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey
Waking Up to the Dark by Clark Strand
We would love to hear from you! You can email Peg or shea to suggest episode topics or send comments about your experience of ritual.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 9: Food Rituals
In our previous episode, we talked about ritual + rites of passage. In this episode we’re talking about food rituals.
We would love to hear from you! You can email Peg or shea to suggest episode topics or send comments about your experience of ritual.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 8: Rituals for Rites of Passage
In our previous episode, we talked about desire + ritual. In this episode we’re talking about how rituals show up in our work.
In this episode:
- Finn Schubert's essay collection Even the Cemeteries Have Space Here + his substack
- Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters + a podcast conversation about this book on the Finding Our Way podcast
- the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death (Amy Wright Glenn, founder)
- Sharon Blackie’s book Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life
We would love to hear from you! You can email Peg or shea to suggest episode topics or send comments about your experience of ritual.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 7: How Ritual Shows Up At Work
In our previous episode, we talked about desire + ritual. In this episode we’re talking about how rituals show up in our work.
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You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 6: Desire + Ritual
In this episode, we talk about the role of desire in our ritual.
In this episode:
- The Way of the Rose
- Praying for Your Heart’s Desire with Perdita Finn & Clark Strand on the Magnify Your Miracles Podcast
- The Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand
- Workshops with Perdita Finn
- Mary Porter Kerns's writings on flowers
- adrienne maree brown
- Sonya Renee Taylor
You can find Peg Conway here:
on the web + sign up for her newsletter on Instagram + Facebook The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter book a tarot reading learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 5: Death & Ritual
In this episode, we explore ritual and liturgy surrounding death.
Mentioned in this episode:
From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
Death Cafe -- Format for open-ended discussion about death.
Death over Dinner -- Guided agenda to discuss our own end of life wishes in a group
Death over Dinner (book, published 2018)
The Conversation Project -- Support for talking about end-of-life wishes with loved ones
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 4: Rituals of Civic Engagement
In this episode, we talk about political action and organizing as rituals and ways of meaning-making.
Referenced in this episode: Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), Dean Spade's conversation with Conner Habib about spiritual organizing, and adrienne maree brown's Pleasure Activism
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 3: Pilgrimage + Staying Grounded Amidst a Churning News Cycle
In this episode, we talk about pilgrimage as a ritual of place, storytelling and the senses. We also discuss the rituals that keep us grounded amidst a constantly churning news cycle.
Mentioned in this episode:
President Lincoln's Cottage, Washington DC
Mary Lincoln as bereaved mother (Washington Post article)
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, southern IN
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 2: How It Ended
In this episode, we explore how our journeys within our respective institutional religious traditions ended.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media
Episode 1: Liturgical Origin Stories
In our first episode, we launch the podcast with the story of how we came to be having this conversation in the first place. We also reflect on our formative experiences with ritual and liturgy in our respective former traditions.
You can find Peg Conway here:
- on the web + sign up for her newsletter
- on Instagram + Facebook
- The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief
- Learn more about Peg's energy therapy work
You can find Shea in the Catskills here:
- on the web, where you can sign up for her newsletter
- book a tarot reading
- learn tarot
music by coma-media