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Ritual Is the Attempt to Control Something Symbolically, Indirectly That One Has Split Off from and Is a Poor Substitute for the Real Potential of At-one-ment with Reality

Posted on February 16, 2013 by sillymickel

The Second Retreat from the Natural Self — Patriarchal Culture: One Gains the World in Exact Proportion to Which a Man Has Relinquished his Soul It is this attempt to control something symbolically, indirectly that is the basis of ritual…. Ritual … Continue reading →

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