Tag: Ritual

Researchers Unearth Prehistoric Golden Ritual Bowl With Sun Motif Dating From 1000 BC

A prehistoric settlement located in Ebreichsdorf, Austria, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) south of Vienna, has yielded an archeological discovery of a lifetime—an extraordinarily rare golden bowl with a sun motif was found in what was once likely a place of worship near a swamp some three millennia ago. The culture who once kept this bowl…


French Pilot Says He Was Tied to Firing Target in Hazing Ritual

PARIS—A French air force pilot has filed a criminal complaint alleging that as part of a hazing ritual he was tied to a target on a firing range while fighter planes flew overhead and fired off munitions, his lawyer told Reuters on Saturday. The complaint did not identify any of the people alleged to have…


Looking for Signs of Life: ‘The Disappearance of Rituals’

We may be communicating with one another daily, but are we relating? This significant question has been asked in our society in recent years, and it needs to be addressed. Byung-Chul Han’s new book, “The Disappearance of Rituals,” makes useful and necessary philosophical distinctions that allow the reader to further contemplate man’s place in a…