What Was the Purpose of Your Ceremony?

 

Question:   What was the purpose of the ceremony that you went through?

 

Answer:     After l received my name from Dr. White and experienced the little ceremony that accompanied it, I realized this kept me from dismissing all of the things that Dr. White had told me as just being words from a very nice old man. The fact that he knew my name and could identify me led me to believe that he was a friend of my grandfather’s who enjoyed telling me his personal philosophy. That was very nice, but I didn’t believe all of what he told me anyway. What really stopped me was when he disappeared, for that I could not dismiss! I also could not dismiss the heavy oil he poured. I suspect that had he not disappeared and conducted the ceremony I might have just dismissed the entire conversation. (03-1973)

 

 

 

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