You just want to sacralize everything that sheds a positive light on ritual/community :)
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(aside: "Dark Side of Ritual" might make a good post topic... child abuse, The Lottery type stoning...)
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ritual child abuse is an interesting myth in recent history - totally fake, but plenty of people believe it to this day
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It's telling how often the word "ritual" is preceded by "satanic" in public discourse.
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My view of it is more that it is voluntary self-blinding more than anything.
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"sacredness binds and blinds" is Haidt's mantra in The Righteous Mind
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Aww, I thought I was being original with the blinding concept :( Haidt beat me to it.
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sacrifice of knowledge is a major category of sacrifice but hardly the single, universal one I think. dance doesn't blind you.
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Then maybe the right question is: what do good ritualis help you *see*?
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