Right, I'd agree about it being confidential. But I have seen members of NPC orgs here at GC say "membership selection is ritual," kind of using "ritual" as a synonym for "secret."
It's habit, and has been passed down. We called MS 'ritual' as well. Any of our formal chapters were as well, so realistically it probably refers as much to the MS as the meeting where it takes place.
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