RISE Ritual Design Toolkit
Together with Jan S. Möllers and Verena Ries, I am a co-author of RISE, an innovative and intuitive practice of creating personal rituals. During years of facilitating workshops on ritual design, we have developed a unique method rooted in grief counseling and cultural anthropology, which offers a simple and efficient way to approach the meaning and impact of rites of passage. RISE forms the foundation of our experiential learning workshops for ritual celebrants, funeral directors, hospice staff, and members of the clergy.
In 2024, we published the RISE Ritual Design Toolkit and celebrated its premiere at the conference LEBEN UND TOD in Bremen/Germany. RISE is a practical, flexible kit that enables people to develop bespoke rituals and carry them out individually or collectively. It includes instructional methodologies, stories and suggestions for creativity as well as ideas for reflection that can be consciously applied in any ritual design process.
We present our concept as an easy to use, attractive and accessible A4 folder pack containing supporting texts and a variety of practical, reusable working materials. With the help of the RISE Toolkit, ideas can be collected, organised and reflected upon before being developed into a practical ritual.
The RISE Ritual Design Toolkit is available in different languages:
- in English at Kultur:Trauer e.V.,
- in Polish at Instytut Dobrej Śmierci,
- in German at FacettenReich.
If you are interested in RISE workshops, please contact me by EMAIL.
Get a glimpse into our RISE workshops.
Video: Tomasz Siuda
