Ritual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than themselves. Ritual is unavoidable, yet it holds a place in modern life that is decidedly ambiguous. What is ritual? What does it do? Is it useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? Is ritual tradition bound and conservative or innovative and transformational?
When Constable Hamish Macbeth receives news that there has been a murder at the home of the practical joker Arthur Trent, he prepares himself for another prank. But on arrival Macbeth finds Trent most decidedly dead, and a houseful of greedy relations all interested in the contents of the will.
The Master and Margarita - CHAPTERED & ORGANIZED
Only the Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil's onslaught. Written in the 1930s, with many digs at life under Stalin, the novel was not published until 1967. One of the most famous and bestselling Russian novels of the 20th century. "Rhind-Tutt gives a decidedly Cockney spin to his narration. But he also gives it mischief, invention, and unflagging energy... a fine reading of an important book."
