Maddock's research interests took him to Aboriginal Australia where he undertook ethnographic fieldwork exploring religious beliefs and rituals of Aboriginal peoples in Arnhem Land under Dr L.R. Hiatt's supervision, and by 1969 completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) with the University of Sydney.

He also explored Scottish myths and mysticism as well as rituals of the Roman Catholic faith.

Turner spent his career exploring rituals.

It was founded in 1979, amidst the peace and anti-nuclear movements, by two Neopagan women of Jewish descent, Starhawk and Diane Baker, in order to explore and develop feminist Neopagan emancipatory rituals.

"This is what I love to do," said Ms. Zollar, whose dances often explore everyday social rituals.

In The Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico , Paz drew on his reading of Freud, Marx, and Nietzsche to explore the Mexican cult of death, the phenomenon of the macho, and explosive rituals such as the fiesta.

"Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion" explores rituals, prayers, customs and festivals with more than 75 photographs, devotional objects and videos.

Whilst at CSM, Eves was the overall winner of the Tetley Tea packaging award, exploring cultural values and rituals involved in tea drinking.