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

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The Cost of Ritualization

When we don't have the capacity, when our environment does not allow us to make successful predictions, we get very stressed. This is why you see that those domains of life that have high stakes and high uncertainty are full of ritualization. In his early field work, my doctorate field work, I spent some time living with a group of people called the Anastenaria in Northern Greece who performed fire-walking rituals. What I realized there was that the meaning for their participation in those rituals was produced through participation itself. Ritual provides structure, it is predictability. It gives you a sense of control over the situation. Of course, this control may be illusory, but it

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