Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Good Ritual/Bad Ritual
Good ritual...
...we do together.
Bad ritual...
...is done to you.
Good ritual...
...lets you experience.
Bad ritual...
...tells you what you feel.
Good ritual...
...connects.
Bad ritual...
...isolates.
Good ritual...
...offers encounter.
Bad ritual...
...isolates.
Good ritual...
...encounters mystery.
Bad ritual...
...explains.
Good ritual...
...has participants.
Bad ritual...
...has an audience.
Good ritual...
...is about the god.
Bad ritual...
...is about the priest.
Good ritual...
...engages.
Bad ritual...
...bores.
"Vote with your hooves," said Sparky T. Rabbit (himself an ace ritualist).
When it's bad, get out.
Be respectful: leave unobtrusively, but leave.
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Um, YEAH.