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I don't think most or even "a lot" of the NIC/NPC groups trace their heritage to "ancient" rituals. I know Kappa Sig does. I guess Chi-O does to some extent (correct me if I'm wrong). There are some groups that acknowledge their ties to freemasonry and you might call that "ancient". What other groups do though?
This has been discussed before, but I don't think any NIC/NPC GLO is a legitimate carry-down from some ancient ritual. Some may be reconstructions of ancient ritual, or more likely, inspired by ancient ritual. But not many claim to be the direct descendants of the former groups. Kappa Sig may be an exception - but I've always found those claims questionable, to be frank.
Most/many NPC sororities share *something* with BGLOs in that many of them were founded to extend Greek life to women, at a time when women were often barred from higher education and from social options at the colleges that would admit them. A lot of them were also founded to help other underserved groups (Jewish women, Catholic women, etc.). Thus a lot of NPC sororities very specifically emphasize the particular historical period in which they were founded to emphasize their ground-breaking nature for women. The point isn't that they were ancient but that they were innovative. Since BGLOs clearly serve an even more oppressed group, I would think that like NPC sororities they also emphasize the historical timing and significance of their organizations.
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