Rituals are recurring stylized behavior and in repetition the ritual becomes rhythmic.

The author beautifully portrays the types of rituals and the rhythms they generate from the babbling of a child to a band parade or the chanting of a mantra he explain the initiation and completion of patterns that form the rhythm.

The book further proceeds to ‘Hermeneutics’ or the science of interpretation and attempts to explain rituals in their light.

An ex-banker Jayant Burde holds academic/Professional qualification in physics, Mathematics law and banking. His published papers involve mathematical models in finance coasting and organization structure. He is also the author of the books Ritual, Mantras and science an integral perspective and the Mystique of om.