Rituals
Synthetic biology for utopian egregores
February 27, 2025 — March 23, 2024
On rituals without (necessarily) faith.
TBD
Related: tribal bonding, mind altering substances.
1 Incoming
- Future Day 2025 – Science, Technology & the Future
- Wheal’s Homegrown Humans Newsletter
- Ritual Behavior, Habits, Human Culture, Religion, Civilization, Marriage, Death, Burning Man & Community | Dimitris Xygalatas | #75
- (5) Psychedelics, Civilization, Religion, Death & Plant Medicine | Brian Muraresku | #1
- Shamanism, Psychedelics, Social Behavior, Religion & Evolution of Human Culture | Michael Winkelman | #86
- Burning man
2 References
Bell. 1991. Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice.
Kelly, and Kaplan. 1990. “History, Structure, and Ritual.” Annual Review of Anthropology.
Staal. 1979. “The Meaninglessness of Ritual.” Numen.
Xygalatas. 2022. Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living.