How Mourning Rituals Transform Loss Into Social Bonding

(ANALYSIS) Spectators reported intense grief and a connection with fellow mourners when they viewed the ceremony. On average, they described their sadness as intense. Most also said they felt a strong sense of unity – not only with people standing alongside them, but even with strangers across the nation who shared in the moment.

Why Magical Thinking Is So Widespread: Psychological Roots Of Common Superstitions

(ANALYSIS) At the core of most superstitions are certain intuitive notions about how the world works. Early anthropologists described these intuitions in terms of principles such as “similarity” and “contagion.”

Analysis, North America, NewsDimitris XygalatasNovember 19, 2022anxiety, luck, magical thinking, uncertainty, superstition, rituals, new age, Secondary FeatureComment

Forced To Have Virtual And Drive-By Funerals, Grieving Families Struggle With Closure

(OPINION) As a historian of religion interested in how different cultures make sense of death, Natasha Mikles noticed what appeared to be a momentous cultural shift in happening in America in terms of death rituals as over 850,000 Americans died from COVID-19.

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