This book is for anyone who has ever said, "I'm spiritual but not religious." I cried after reading the introduction--her writing about the human need for holidays, rituals, and connection resonated with me deeply and made me realize what I've been missing out on. This book starts with birth, ends with death, and made me contemplate my own small place in the world.

Anyone interested in Carl Sagan or more simply the answer's to life's greatest questions will find something in this book. Sasha Sagan is such an interesting person. How wonderful that she chose to write a book in the same vein as some of the questions spurred by her father's legacy.

Sasha's stunning book "For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World," is a deeply personal and moving autobiography that also serves as a holistic report on the world's religious, spiritual and secular traditions.... all which make it very clear that we are all more alike than different. It is precisely what the world was missing and precisely what it needs. Sasha's vulnerability moved me to tears and her wisdom moved me to action, reminding me that, "Feeling gratitude is not enough... These rituals must compel direction action."

Sasha Sagan's forthcoming book deftly combines memoir, history, theology, philosophy and science into an Atheist/ Agnostic guidebook for creating and celebrating rituals to enhance a meaningful, connected life.  Sagan draws upon the legacy and lessons of her parents to make the case for the miraculousness of coincidence and the natural universe.

It is truly refreshing to read a book that makes the case for a humanist, atheist worldview that is not fatalistic or condescending but includes wonder, ritual, tradition and moral grounding.

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This is a gem of a book that shines in many directions.  Sasha Sagan writes about deep topics with a refreshing clarity, weaving together history, myth, legend, and possibilities for recognizing the sacred in every day.