I presume all human beings are quite fond of rituals, the only problem seems te be that those rituals change with time. Going to church was a ritual, but nowadays we have rituals like : "watch 40x a day at your smartphone screen" or "read a chapter in a educational book ('How to raise children' etc) every day"...I see rituals as traditions. And traditions have 1 important function : to disappear after a long time to make way for other traditions. They will always be a part of humankind, just like rituals.
It seems to me that the driver behind ritual might be our ease seeking nature much like the myelin coating on our nerves make thinking faster and easier but fixate our thoughts.
I presume all human beings are quite fond of rituals, the only problem seems te be that those rituals change with time. Going to church was a ritual, but nowadays we have rituals like : "watch 40x a day at your smartphone screen" or "read a chapter in a educational book ('How to raise children' etc) every day"...I see rituals as traditions. And traditions have 1 important function : to disappear after a long time to make way for other traditions. They will always be a part of humankind, just like rituals.
It seems to me that the driver behind ritual might be our ease seeking nature much like the myelin coating on our nerves make thinking faster and easier but fixate our thoughts.
Good point. An island of communal calm in the chaos of life ;).