“It can be done badly, and when done badly it can cause harm,” Ms. Thurston said. “For example, ‘How can we be in deep community if I can fire you?’”
This beats any shitty meme I could make from this article. Thanks for sharing.
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Ezra Bookman founded Ritualist, which describes itself as “a boutique consultancy transforming companies and communities through the art of ritual,” last year in Brooklyn. He has come up with rituals for small firms for events like the successful completion of a project — or, if one fails, a funeral.
The cult alarms are blaring in my brain.
Messages on the start-up’s Instagram feed read like a kind of menu for companies who want to buy operational rites a la carte: “A ritual for purchasing your domain name (aka your little plot of virtual land up in the clouds).” “A ritual for when you get the email from LegalZoom that you’ve been officially registered as an LLC.”
Ceremonial magic but for the corporate world.
I’d post more but I’m disgusted with the entire thing and stopped reading. I have a special kind of distaste for people that try to profit off of spiritual practices. I also can’t help but think about the MKUltra program and the CIA’s ties to cults whenever I read shit like this.
Talking about more guns, I had this vision in my head of me, with one of those old timey wooden crates laid with straw (or these neat boxes), going to each of my neighbors with a rifle, either AR15 or an AKM variant, and giving each one rifle along with a combat load in ammunition.
Good post, I too find those who profit off spirituality abhorrant. As the aquarian age comes to pass those seeking an external god shall dwindle whilst those who seek within shall be rewarded with a raise & a management position.
One of the founders of these firms co-hosts a Harry Potter podcast. Satire is indistinguishable from reality.
