In this light, on Pathway B, endless warring is
a core social ritual of the three dominant Big Stories. One example
of a core social ritual of which most participants are mostly unaware
is that of America’s Selective Service System (the “draft”).
Consider:
Registering for the draft is the
singular ritual act which
every eighteen year old male
must enact. Every male, by law, must register,
despite his physical, mental or spiritual character or health.
It is the
bedrock ritual act which binds all American males and
bestows cultural and spiritual identity as a Warrior’s Quester.
Even if a male eventually receives a deferment,
the act of registration makes one present as a Warrior’s Quester.
Through the act of registering, males become Warrior’s
Questers just as inductees do when they “step forward” and
take the oath of allegiance. If you doubt the ritual
character of this act of registration, consider that not to do so
is a criminal act, a felony—with a five year
prison sentence and a potential fine of hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Selective Service website
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