@sarahdoingthing Oh, this has some good things in it: http://abandonedfootnotes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/engines-of-sacrality-footnote-on.html … (But maybe you recommended it to me? I forget...)
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@Meaningness mmmmmmn you speak as if ecstatic and inspiring were inherent attributes rather than transactional properties. -
@St_Rev Not sure I follow? Interactive/interpersonal, definitely; is that “transactional”? - 2 more replies
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@St_Rev The problem is people insist on smearing metaphysics and power dynamics over the result. Bleh. When I start a cult, that’s right outThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness ...with some success. Always enjoyed performance. But watching it (or theater or whatever) leaves me cold and tired. -
@St_Rev For modern people, religious ritual *has* to be participatory, not passive, to function.
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@Meaningness Separately, it seems to me that leading ritual can be essentially different from experiencing ritual. I've done the former...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness May go some way toward explaining pathological dynamics of cults--lacking group-feeling may be positive advantage in leading.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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