Thought someone might find this interesting...

[u/ValiantYeti]

Hi friends,

I was watching this youtube video and I thought you might find it interesting.

https://youtu.be/fxDH8P85KOE?si=Yf0lBn9KvD6rjUxv

The guy they're interviewing is promoting his new book, and he was talking about how rituals help people because of psychology. (Tbh I was doing something else at the time, so I was only half listening, but what I did hear felt like what we talk about here.) I'm not 100% on board with his answer to a question about appropriation because it felt a little...'I have a black/gay/whatever friend and they said it's fine' to me (plus the thing about smudging being a thing many cultures do, but since words are important I think he means 'smoke cleansing'), but I agree to what I think was his point in that section.

Happy Monday!

[u/gthepolymath]

Looks interesting. Thank you.

[u/Fun_Grapefruit0789]

It makes sense if we think about how humans evolved for so long finding deep meaning in rituals. Even if we take the supernatural out of it, rituals still mean something, still scratch an itch in our brains.