An album of broad scope, musically, lyrically and texturally. The name alludes to a process of constant questing that is part of Arbouretum's raison d'etre, what Heumann describes as 'a sense of religiosity that is not tied down to a particular moral or ecclesiastical approach, but rather proto-religious feelings such as awe in the face of something greater.' In this case, that 'something greater' is the music itself and/or the source thereof. Rites... was influenced either obtusely or more directly (as in the song 'Mohammed's Hex and Bounty,' based on 'Love with a Few Hairs' by Mohamed Mrabet) by the writer Paul Bowles.
01 Signposts and instruments - 3:43 02 Tonight's a jewel - 3:23 03 Pale rider blues - 8:49 04 Ghosts of here and there - 3:45 05 Sleep of shiloam - 7:56 06 Mohammed's hex and bounty - 3:36 07 The rise - 11:11 08 Two moons - 5:22