349: Sasha Sagan on Science and the Sacred

<p>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,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/32jdugu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals For Finding Meaning In Our Unlikely World.</em></a></p><p>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.</p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p><strong>In This Interview, Sasha Sagan and I Discuss Science, the Sacred, and…</strong></p><ul><li>Her book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/32jdugu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>For Small Creatures Such As We: Rituals For Finding Meaning In Our Unlikely World</em></a></li><li>Maintaining our sense of awe even as we discover the explanations for things</li><li>Sitting with the discomfort of not knowing to foster wonder</li><li>Following our curiosity and having questions as we follow the threads to discovery</li><li>Going through the right of passage of an existential&nbsp;crisis</li><li>The fact that things end makes them precious</li><li>How so much of ritual is processing change</li><li>Ritual being a 3 step path from a state of separateness to a state of togetherness</li><li>The wisdom in having rituals that mark time</li><li>Creating rituals</li><li>The positive and negative of our human tendency&nbsp;to find patterns</li><li>Tolerating ambiguity</li><li>The need for nuance</li><li>Interconnectedness</li></ul