The big thing that jumped out at me is how hierarchical the above ritual is. It strikes me as something well-suited to a church, or community center, or (with adaptation for scale) a convention; and less well suited for peer-to-peer reconnection.
Yep -- that's the Masonic influence. Masonic ritual is mainly rite-of-entry, where the Candidate is being accepted into the Order (or into a higher Degree within the Order) and instructed in what that means, so it is usually structured as one of the officers (typically the Senior Deacon or Master) taking the Candidate through the process.
(In general, Masonry is very hierarchical. There are some real benefits to that -- among other things, going through the Line of Officers a fine formal schooling in responsible leadership -- but it rubs along a bit uncomfortably with today's less-formal age.)
Good to see a different take on the idea, and that's kind of the point: to encourage folks to think about what might work for their community when the time comes. We're all going to need a lot of healing, and providing some sort of liminal space may help that a bit.
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Yep -- that's the Masonic influence. Masonic ritual is mainly rite-of-entry, where the Candidate is being accepted into the Order (or into a higher Degree within the Order) and instructed in what that means, so it is usually structured as one of the officers (typically the Senior Deacon or Master) taking the Candidate through the process.
(In general, Masonry is very hierarchical. There are some real benefits to that -- among other things, going through the Line of Officers a fine formal schooling in responsible leadership -- but it rubs along a bit uncomfortably with today's less-formal age.)
Good to see a different take on the idea, and that's kind of the point: to encourage folks to think about what might work for their community when the time comes. We're all going to need a lot of healing, and providing some sort of liminal space may help that a bit.