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#106: Rituals matter more than you think (feat. Dimitris Xygalatas)

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The Mechanism of Ritual Meaning

The reason rituals are so successful is that they're able to trigger a whole host of psychological mechanisms. So one of the ways in which rituals do things for us is that they help us soothe anxiety. We've done studies in Mauritius where we measured people's stress levels as they performed rituals, compared to a control group. After performing those rituals, people feel better. They have lower anxiety levels, both psychological and biological.

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