Finding the gap between the known and the unknown
Begins with the notion of stopping the world and that happens without noticing how it happens. For good reason, there are things in this life that can’t be done by force of will or more simple thinking about it. Most paranormal takes shape as an impossible apparition, or unexplainable event: Visions, allusions, trance, lucid dreaming. Sometimes you will achieve something unexplainable that takes courage to repeat.
Ceremony involves deprivation. fasting, lack of sleep, exertion and above all leaving everyday concerns and putting intense focus into a pointless meaningless action. For Fire Walking, Burial, Vision Questing, Sweats, Leyline walking, Pilgrimage. Ceremonies need this kind of non-doing as a preparation and have at their core a connection with the unknown worlds. Guidance to the right attitude can be taught and arrived at through the experiences of Terry and Rita.