Liturgy (noun) ˈlɪt ər dʒi :
a form of public worship; ritual.
a collection of formularies for public worship.
Cosmos (noun) ˈkɒz moʊs, -məs :
the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system.
Humans have been spiritually structuring their lives around the cosmos for nearly all of their collective consciousness.
Every culture both past and present recognizes the consistent motion of the heavenly bodies in some way;
Stonehenge and other ancient architecture were built to align with the light of the sunrise on the Summer and Winter Solstices.
Major Christian-based holidays like Christmas and Easter were timed with the Solar calendar to compete with and ultimately eclipse the myriad of simultaneous pagan holidays across Europe.
The Islam holiday of Ramadan begins with the sighting of the new crescent moon of the 9th month, announced by a moon sighting committee in Saudi Arabia.
Certain Buddhist and Hindu festivals are directly tied to each full moon of the year, providing structure and rhythm to the lives of their celebrants.
The structure of spirituality around the structure of the cosmos has informed most, if not all, of humanity’s currently recognized religions.
But there are a growing number of people who choose to pursue spirituality outside of religion. The freedom to explore truth on an individual basis with individual terms is a clear benefit of this personal belief. Some who choose this path may still yearn for spiritual structure, a way to pursue humanity’s truths in a more formal context, perhaps with the opportunity to pursue community in mind.
The Liturgy of the Cosmos hopes to provide a quiet supplemental structure for any form of spirituality.
Published on each full moon, new moon, and eight annual solar phases, the Liturgy of the Cosmos provides short, written ceremonies to guide independent spiritual practitioners through seasonally-informed readings, meditations, and general prayers.