The Rituals That Ward Off Bad Luck Aren’t Arbitrary
If long ago you did something and felt safe or powerful as a result, it would make sense that out of a yearning to return to that feeling, you made a ritual of it. Did it again and again and again and again and again. You made of it what Steindl-Rast calls a “personal holy place.”
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These historical patterns show us it is entirely human to turn to the supernatural, conspiracy, spiritualism and the occult in our effort to make sense of how new technology and media might change us, both individually and collectively. It is one big cope, to regain a sense of control in a time of uncertainty and difficulty.
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Ritual is vital because it gives us a sense that we belong to the world. A sense of connectedness, whether to society, nature or the divine, is in turn linked to a sense of psychological wholeness and lower rates of mental illness.
Social media offers the opposite; connection without relatedness.