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I'm not religious but I get the feeling that it's the simplest rituals, the ones that are integrated with the earth and its seasons, that are the most profound. It makes more sense to me than the more abstract forms of worship.
Chpt 2.14 *

abstract = of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
Abstract painting is more up my alley.
Chpt 3.16 *

abstract = not imitating objects of nature
My paintings have been getting more and more abstract lately, violent-looking with clotted swirls of red.†
Chpt 1.2
If women wore shoes like these, she thinks, they wouldn't worry so much about more abstract equalities.†
Chpt 2.9
Equality is just another one of her abstractions.†
Chpt 2.9
Her paintings feel organic to me, like breathing abstractions of color.†
Chpt 2.9

Definitions:

(1) (abstract as in: abstract thought)
of a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
(2) (abstract as in: read the abstract)
a summary; or to summarize -- especially academic writing
(3) (abstract as in: abstract art)
not imitating external reality or the objects of nature
(4) (abstracted as in: abstracted, so didn't notice)
lost in thought; or distracted by thoughts
(5) (abstracted as in: abstracted his wallet)
removed
(6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)