August 25, 2020

Sasha Sagan on Science and the Sacred

56 minutes

Sasha Sagan is a writer who has also worked as a television producer, filmmaker, editor, and speaker. Sasha’s writing has appeared in New York Magazine, O Magazine, Literary Hub, and others. Her latest book is called, For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals For Finding Meaning In Our Unlikely World.

In this episode, Sasha Sagan and Eric talk about bringing a sense of sacredness to a scientific world, maintaining our awe and wonder, and the role and importance of ritual in our lives.

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In This Interview, Sasha Sagan and I Discuss Science, the Sacred, and…

Her book, For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals For Finding Meaning In Our Unlikely World

Maintaining our sense of awe even as we discover the explanations for things

Sitting with the discomfort of not knowing to foster wonder

Following our curiosity and having questions as we follow the threads to discovery

Going through the right of passage of an existential crisis

The fact that things end makes them precious

How so much of ritual is processing change

Ritual being a 3 step path from a state of separateness to a state of togetherness

The wisdom in having rituals that mark time

Creating rituals

The positive and negative of our human tendency to find patterns

Tolerating ambiguity

The need for nuance

Interconnectedness

Sasha Sagan Links:

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