I was appreciating a bowl Lynn made and thinking I could design a fine ritual using that bowl. The thought reminded me of a book I have in my Kindle library about "Ritual". It is one of the Very Short Introduction (VSI) series published by Oxford University Press. There are more than 1200 titles in the series and it is a very short education to simply read the list of titles.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&channel=tus&q=very+short+introductions+list
Kathryn Schultz, a very fine author, has an article in the New Yorker archives called "How to be a Know-it-all" about the series.
Some of the VSI books might be a little demanding but generally they are under 200 pages and will give a reader the basics of the subject. If you use a Kindle reader (and you should), you can download a book in the series in a minute or less for the typical cost of $6.15. Your local library may subscribe to the series, making it available to card holders online. This is a good place to mention "Overdrive" and "Libby", apps that allow for the borrowing and returning of books electronically, without needing to travel to the local library.
