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Originally Posted by susan314
I think that knowing the ritual of the GLO that you pledged prior to initiation would spoil the meaning of the whole ceremony for you - part of the fun of initiation is finally having everything revealed to you.
As far as knowing the rituals for other GLOs...I suppose I'd be lying if I didn't say that I had a mild curiosity about stuff.  However, despite that mild curiosity I wouldn't actually try to find anything out b/c its none of my business. I extend the same courtesy to other groups' ritual as I would want extended to my own.
I suppose on some level it disturbs me a little that there are people out there trading rituals, but its one of those things that we just have to let go b/c we'll never be able to stop it. In the long run, our ritual is more than just what's written on paper...its the actual feeling and experience you get from being in the room with your sisters and hearing the words spoken by them, etc. I've seen written copies of our ritual (legitimately, b/c I used to have a role in my chapter's initiation ceremony  ), and I can honestly say that reading it on paper pales in comparison to actually being there for a real live ceremony. Knowing some of the secrets doesn't give you the full experience. |
Exactly. I know that there are people out there trading my, and other people's rituals, but you can kind of just shrug it off. It doesn't mean anything to them and they're not any closer to being my sister because of it.
I think there are some people who legitimately are interested in rituals for more academic reasons, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hand mine out to them. (Not that I exactly keep one around either).
I suspect we're all nosy and curious, I am, but that doesn't mean you can't be mature about it. (And this sounds like the opposite of maturity to me)
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