Wade T.Smith <wade_smith@harvard.edu> writes:
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>So -- rituals. It is certainly a direction we can shoot for.
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>How do we begin?
And it's not even rituals, but the level of _involvement_ that is
exercised by the participants.
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I hear you. It's not so much the rituals as the imbuing of meaning into those rituals by participation. And this reflects back unto the churchs in a negative way -- as people pull away from them, and begin to see the dogma beneath them, the meaning vanishes, and what's left is what you experienced -- the structure with inept priests.
So we need new rituals -- new events, to which people can come and really feel a part of each others lives. In which they can participate, in order to build commitment and meaning.
"nihilism just isn't enough anymore"
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You know, it ain't so much that we need any heirarchy of members, but
every ritual does need a prompter- a person stage center willing to
sing the first chorus- until everyone can sing it.
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We need a singer/song writer. Does anybody want to volunteer their time to compose some Virian Vibes? (I'd suck at it...) We could harvest the soundtracks that we have for something appropiate. I think "It ain't easy being Green" (Kermit the Frog) might make a cool song to sing with Virians!
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So, what rituals?
I don't have a clue. I think it's more an attitude about why we would gather.
... a song to sing when Virions meet.
... a joy to share with those who observe.
... and whatever, however, shows that there are no barriers between
us.
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yes. For a long time, I've wanted to meet members of Virus in person -- and it would be so cool to have a song to sing, or rituals to participate in.
I want to meet some Virians.
You know what we need? A member directory -- a who's where? to find each other, to make meeting each other easier.
If there is widespread desire for something like that, I hereby volunteer my time to make it -- both an online version and a 'published' one, if we want that.
Once we have such a directory, it should be easy to find good locations to meet.
ERiC