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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
If sisters don't know things like the handshake, I have a very simple solution... read the ritual book.
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I don't think I'd be going
too far out on a limb to speculate that the ritual books of many (maybe even most?) GLOs do not describe the grip, just in case the book falls into the wrong hands. It has to be learned directly from someone else.
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Originally Posted by DGTess
I'm not reading NPC here - obviously there's an "initiation" and then "until we're given member status" - though I could be misinterpreting.
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I don't think you are, based on the following (in addition to what you noted already):
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Originally Posted by dakotamamma
Even the elder sponsoring group didn't know what was going on - they repeatedly had to check their book, whisper to each other, etc., just to get through the ceremony. . . . Now my pledge group is on it's own to continue until we are given member status, but it is becoming exceedingly clear that no one knows what is going on or what to do. I love what *** stands for - I did my research before joining - and I was so inspired by what we were told at ritual (even if those presenting didn't seem too familiar with it) that I really want to continue on this path.
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I agree it doesn't sound NPC.