Rituals Outside?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Titchou

True but I've found with us that people assume it has to be done a certain way when it really doesn't. Yes, some do it one person at a time- or so I am told - but not all. Sometimes it's a case of "we've always done it this way" and they just need to think outside the box. I find that alums sometimes assume the way they did it back in the day is the only way. Time and circumstances change things....

Also true that people may assume it has to be done one way just because that's the only way they've seen it done, but we can't make the assumption that just because there's flexibility in our own ritual, others also have flexibility. My fraternity, for example, is clear on this point.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Also true that people may assume it has to be done one way just because that's the only way they've seen it done, but we can't make the assumption that just because there's flexibility in our own ritual, others also have flexibility. My fraternity, for example, is clear on this point.

Also, doesn't "we've always done it this way" have its significance? A chapter may not want to change the ways things are done, because they think it's important that the whole ritual as best as possible is identical for each initiate.