Not sure what to do (Sigma Chi Ritual)

[holla1855]

yeah the anti sigma chi website is totally bogus

[DAVΣX]

So you found our 'ritual' good work, but- it is probably fake. Along with thousands of other theories on what the sigma chi rituals is. The truth is that there are so many versions of our ritual open to the public, no one who has not gone through the actual ritualistic experience would know if it is real or not. When I was the pledge I did research on the ritual and found a lot of websites. I thought for sure I had it figured out and come initiation, I was completely wrong.

The Ritual is so private because there has been so many people claiming they know it, and non sigs could never distinguish real from fake. It's one of those mysteries that can only be solved one way. And that's being a Sig.

[Taggy80]

Originally Posted by Taff

Hmmm

I happen to have come into possesion of the Sigma Chi (s)Ritual and therefore it's whereabouts on the internet. I have no doubts that it is genuine, it is 136 pages or so in length and very expansive and in depth. I have not read it, merely sifted through to check if genuine.

The thing is, I wasn't even really looking for it - I'm a bit of a new found conspiracy theorist and happened to start reading about the Sigma Chi and it's history, only recently.

Anyway, I digress. I don't know what to do - the ritual was hard to find, but if you know how to work the internet, it can be easy enough to come by.

What do I do, if anything?

p.s. I am not a member of any 'club', merely a hobby researcher

What you have found may or may not be the genuine article. Now that we are in the digital age and Rituals of any and all Fraternal organizations are subject to being posted there are a few things to consider regarding the authenticity. First and foremost if you are not a Sigma Chi you can not be absolutely sure that what you have found is the genuine article. Sending a Fraternity's Ritual to the National Organization's headquarters will result in nothing happening, not even a return email in appreciation of your efforts - why? responding to such an email would instantly confirm that you have in fact found the genuine article. No response leaves that in doubt. Another interesting fact that I have discovered is that most fraternal organizations have now made certain that a "dummy version" of their ritual is on line. That is correct - a decoy so to speak. The reason is simple - if there are two documents that are different yet both purported to be the genuine ritual of a Fraternal Organization then again doubt is created.

[MysticCat]

The person you're responding to hasn't posted in 3+ years.

And really . . . "most" organizations have made certian that ritual decoys on the net. Like I've said before, I'm skeptical of that claim.

[pshsx1]

I don't see why a National org would waste their time making a fake ritual. That doesn't really accomplish too much of anything.. And if it's a Fraternity like SigEp, we have like 4 different major private rituals. Whether there's a decoy up or not, people are still going to find the real one that is up and they're going to read that and they're going to take from that whatever they please. If both the decoy and real are found, so what? They'll read them both and, again, take from it what they please.

I always find it weird, though, that whenever Sigma Chi gets mentioned, it seems like 40 of them come out of nowhere to post once and then disappear. It's interesting lol

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

I always find it weird, though, that whenever Sigma Chi gets mentioned, it seems like 40 of them come out of nowhere to post once and then disappear. It's interesting lol

Sigs are everywhere.

[sirgravy8sig]

yes we are. it is nice to see all the sigs on here. and i find it funny myself to hear these accounts that our real ritual is out there. no matter, the understanding of it will be within our hearts and no one elses

[bobbyb]

its unfortunate that stuff is getting out online, who knows if its true or not.

[SignoVinces]

Hello all, I have the honor of being an active member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. I was sent here by a classmate who claims the ritual of Sigma Chi is, in fact, leaked onto the internet, and that anyone who so wishes may see the secret ceremonies and literature that we live our lives by. Reading through the comments posted left me wondering so I did extensive research in finding all sources I could.

There is no Time magazine article that states the Sigma chi Ritual is 2nd best kept secret, I looked for hours on many websites and search engines with no avail. That was likely a false statment made by a Sigma Chi to throw off the "diggers" as many of you here are. There is no literature at all that suggests that any of the documents online are false. You can go to google and simply type in "Sigma Chi Ritual" and up it pops.

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&h...a4617bb3453d18

There is in fact a copy of our ritual sealed into the Library of Congress. The fraternity was forced to send a copy of our ritual to have a copyright implemented. (http://www.phigam.org/netcommunity/document.doc?id=348) That being said, if it were against the law(http://www.copyright.gov/title17/) to scan every page of our Ritual book (which I can assure you is much longer than 136 pages) wouldn't they have removed it by now? Wouldn't there be some kind of governing mechanism that removes copyrighted documents? Yes here it is: http://www.rbs2.com/copyr.htm --- Anything that infringes copyrighted documentation is immediately flagged for removal.

Being one of the hallowed few to actually see the real ritual and be enshrined in headquarters as a member, I can assure you i have read the so called ritual online, it's not even close to what our real ritual entails. After seeing the ritual, our chapter advisor assured us that headquarters releases false rituals every year for parents to see before they let their son be a part of it. I can find you 2 "official" rituals right now that are completely different in text.

Some of you may wonder why I would go out of my way to make this wall of text to set the facts straight if it wasn't really the ritual posted. the answer to that is very simple. I don't like anyone disrespecting my fraternity without justification. You see that posted ritual and you lose respect for us because it's no longer a secret. I can promise everyone reading this right now that if you want a real look at our sacred ritual then enroll in a university, and complete all of the processes of initiation.

Now maybe some of you are former pledges that tried to be one of the hallowed few to see the sacred ritual of Sigma Chi and failed. Maybe some of you are the outsider that is envious of the popularity that comes with being part of this fraternity. Maybe some of you are are just opposition defiant and demand sources to every statment ever made by those who cherish the code that we live by. Whatever the case may, I am truly sorry you will never experience the true values at which we hold ourselves.

In Hoc Signo Vinces (In this sign we conquer)

[knight_shadow]

Prove it.

[MysticCat]

I think I know what library that is, though I'd rather not say why for the reasons stated in the paragraph below. Just exactly which rituals that library may have, and whether they restrict access to them, I don't know and don't really want to know.

But I do get a bit uncomfortable when anyone starts saying anything here on GC that might point someone in the direction of rituals. I think it's better of us to avoid that altogether.