09-04-2012, 01:33 AM
Ritual is a tool. Nothing more or less.
The ritual is a pry bar for your mind. There is nothing that you cant do without a ritual that you can do with one, its aligning oneself to the work needed that is hard part.
Robes, funny hats, special names, all of it dross, but for some, that dross triggers a reaction inside of them. Clears away all the unnecessary BS, gets one tapped into Everything.
If one can reach a place where you do not need what amounts to mnemonic aid, the ritual is superfluous at best.
All of this is not to say that those that use ritual are somehow cobbled by it necessarily. For some its just makes things easier, or is just simply reassuring.
The ritual is a pry bar for your mind. There is nothing that you cant do without a ritual that you can do with one, its aligning oneself to the work needed that is hard part.
Robes, funny hats, special names, all of it dross, but for some, that dross triggers a reaction inside of them. Clears away all the unnecessary BS, gets one tapped into Everything.
If one can reach a place where you do not need what amounts to mnemonic aid, the ritual is superfluous at best.
All of this is not to say that those that use ritual are somehow cobbled by it necessarily. For some its just makes things easier, or is just simply reassuring.