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.
Which of These Rituals Would You Rather Attend?
Two pagan rituals.
Which one would you rather attend?
Ritual A
Circle is cast.
Priestess invokes Green Man.
Clad in green paint and living leaves, the Green Man springs into the circle.
Green Man gives a speech about who he is and what he does.
Ritual B
Circle is cast.
Priestess invokes Green Man.
Clad in green paint and living leaves, the Green Man springs into the circle.
Drums come up.
Everyone dances with Green Man.
So: Ritual A, or Ritual B?
Why?
Comments
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Monday, 03 October 2022
That's him, all right!
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Monday, 03 October 2022B, of course.
I have a hard time with performative ritual, where attendees just stand around and watch other people do stuff. Dancing is participatory: you can add your own "ingredient" to the mixture that is the ritual. -
Monday, 03 October 2022
I've always felt that, like sex, ritual needs to be something that people do together, not what one person does to another.
(Probably that tells you more about me than you ever wanted to know.)
That said, watching can be doing, too.
But it needs to be active watching. Or, maybe better, interactive. -
Tuesday, 04 October 2022I like that version C with the strange drink tasting of nuts and fungus, but I would like to be numbered among the drummers instead of dancing.
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Thursday, 06 October 2022
The throb of the drums will always lead us back to the heart of Pagandom.
Praise to the drums, and their drummers! -
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How about version C?
Clad in green paint and living leaves, the Green Man springs into the circle.
The Green Man offers strange beverage that tastes of fungus and nuts.
Drums come up.
Everyone dances with Green Man.