Lauris(@lzminsky):Many initiation traditions require the initiate to lose his former rank, possessions, or community before receiving a new status. Christianity, the Eleusinian mysteries, shamanic initiation stories and alchemy all contain variants of the same morphology. They capture something very salient about human transformation. Identities are path-dependent structures, and sometimes the only way to move very far from one equilibrium is for the existing structure to become temporarily nonviable.

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Lauris@lzminsky

2026.09.26 01:08

Many initiation traditions require the initiate to lose his former rank, possessions, or community before receiving a new status. Christianity, the Eleusinian mysteries, shamanic initiation stories and alchemy all contain variants of the same morphology. They capture something very salient about human transformation. Identities are path-dependent structures, and sometimes the only way to move very far from one equilibrium is for the existing structure to become temporarily nonviable.