<p><span style="color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 1)">Rites to a Good Life is the definitive guide on how to think about and restore practices of ritual healing to everyday contemporary life. This exhaustive handbook is essential for the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Poised in the middle of a conversation between the ancient past and the present-day, Marx translates indigenous wisdom practices into the needs and realities of our present-day world.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">This is a spiritual book for all those who've given up on religion and spirituality, yet recognize that</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">something is missing in their life. There's nothing New-Agey here. It's full of</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">no-nonsense practical suggestions.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">Self-help books tend to focus on the individual (i.e. "Here's what's wrong with you that</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">you need to fix.") But what if there were nothing to fix? What if we only</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">needed to drop more deeply into what already IS, experience it more fully, and</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">then consecrate it with simple ritual? This book focuses on the key processes</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">and relationships that make that possible (i.e. between parent and child,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">individual and community, individual and nature).</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">With a final chapter focusing on all the upheavals during 2020's Planetary Rite of</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">Passage (i.e. Covid, the economy, Black Lives Matter, and political turmoil),</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">Marx clarifies what happened and the opportunity that exists for all of us to</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">create positive change.&nbsp;The times demand change and Marx tells us what</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">rebirth might look like. Outdated tropes must die (i.e. "Looking out for #1,"</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">"Every man for himself," and "Whoever dies with the most toys wins.").</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">This definitive handbook is full of practical advice for:&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">- What parents can do with children.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">- How families can restore relations across the generations.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">- How to gain sustenance from nature.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">- Where to find the mentorship we require.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(83, 90, 98, 1)">- Who the leaders are who can introduce us to the future.</span></p><p><br></p>