We are an interfaith organization at the crossroads of art, science and spirituality.

We publish a semi-annual, peer-reviewed journal, Coreopsis: Journal of Myth & Theater, as well as host events related to ritual arts. Our mission is to support the ritual arts community through the advancement of arts and scholarly research in the fields of spirituality, consciousness, healing, performance, and visual media. We support work that advances freedom of spiritual practices globally, the scientific study of spirituality and the human brain, and beauty in any media that inspires a spiritual sense of wonder, awe or connectedness. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

The president of the SRA speaks up about spiritual stereotyping

If the venue is a Christian church, the performers include a Yoruba Iyanifa and a Hungarian shaman, the promoter is an atheist, the theme is Faerie, and the founder of the interfaith hosting organization happens to be Wiccan, does that make it a Pagan event? Not by any stretch of the imagination, argues SRA president Lezlie Kinyon, Ph.D.

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Announcing the Ritual Arts Reading List – What would you add?

What works of literature define the field of Ritual Arts? Help us gather them together! Works we’ve gathered so far are listed in our new Ritual Arts Reading List.

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A new fall ritual inspired by Mad Max: Fury Road

Written by Marylyn Motherbear, a member of our advisory board.     Happy Halloween, All ~ This one was unusual for me. For reasons I'm not going to get into, I was unable to carry out any plans for the evening of ‘costumery’ and assuming a persona (which I...
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