The Functions of Ritual
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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The Disappointing Mile Race
The assassination of President Kennedy required a compensatory right to reestablish the sense of solidarity within the nation. Spengler in the decline of the West speaks about culture as a society in form. Every detail of athletic form is counterpart in society of the form, the tea ceremony form or the forms of us here tonight.
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