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90:5.2 [[Ritual]] is the [[technique]] of sanctifying [[custom]]; [[ritual]] [[creates]] and perpetuates [[myths]] as well as contributing to the preservation of [[social]] and [[religious]] [[customs]]. Again, [[ritual]] itself has been fathered by [[myths]]. Rituals are often at first [[social]], later becoming [[economic]] and finally acquiring the [[sanctity]] and [[dignity]] of religious [[ceremonial]]. Ritual may be [[personal]] or [[group]] in [[practice]]—or both—as [[illustrated]] by [[prayer]], [[dancing]], and [[drama]].

90:5.2 [[Ritual]] is the [[technique]] of sanctifying [[custom]]; [[ritual]] [[creates]] and perpetuates [[myths]] as well as contributing to the preservation of [[social]] and [[religious]] [[customs]]. Again, [[ritual]] itself has been fathered by [[myths]]. Rituals are often at first [[social]], later becoming [[economic]] and finally acquiring the [[sanctity]] and [[dignity]] of religious [[ceremonial]]. Ritual may be [[personal]] or [[group]] in [[practice]]—or both—as [[illustrated]] by [[prayer]], [[dancing]], and [[drama]].

90:5.3 [[Words]] become a part of [[ritual]], such as the use of terms like [[amen]] and [[selah]]. The [[habit]] of swearing, profanity, [[represents]] a [[prostitution]] of former ritualistic [[repetition]] of [[holy]] [[names]]. The making of [[pilgrimages]] to [[sacred]] [[shrines]] is a very [[ancient]] [[ritual]]. The ritual next grew into elaborate ceremonies of [[purification]], cleansing, and sanctification. The [[initiation]] [[ceremonies]] of the [[primitive]] tribal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_societies secret societies] were in reality a crude [[religious]] rite. The [[worship]] [[technique]] of the olden [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults] was just one long [[performance]] of accumulated religious [[ritual]]. Ritual finally [[developed]] into the [[modern]] types of social ceremonials and religious [[worship]], services embracing [[prayer]], [[song]], responsive [[reading]], and other [[individual]] and [[group]] spiritual [[devotions]].

90:5.3 [[Words]] become a part of [[ritual]], such as the use of terms like [[amen]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah selah]. The [[habit]] of swearing, profanity, [[represents]] a [[prostitution]] of former ritualistic [[repetition]] of [[holy]] [[names]]. The making of [[pilgrimages]] to [[sacred]] [[shrines]] is a very [[ancient]] [[ritual]]. The ritual next grew into elaborate ceremonies of [[purification]], cleansing, and sanctification. The [[initiation]] [[ceremonies]] of the [[primitive]] tribal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_societies secret societies] were in reality a crude [[religious]] rite. The [[worship]] [[technique]] of the olden [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_cults mystery cults] was just one long [[performance]] of accumulated religious [[ritual]]. Ritual finally [[developed]] into the [[modern]] types of social ceremonials and religious [[worship]], services embracing [[prayer]], [[song]], responsive [[reading]], and other [[individual]] and [[group]] spiritual [[devotions]].

90:5.4 The [[priests]] evolved from [[shamans]] up through [[oracles]], diviners, singers, [[dancers]], weathermakers, guardians of religious [[relics]], [[temple]] custodians, and foretellers of [[events]], to the status of actual directors of religious [[worship]]. [[Eventually]] the office became hereditary; a continuous [[priestly]] [[caste]] arose.

90:5.4 The [[priests]] evolved from [[shamans]] up through [[oracles]], diviners, singers, [[dancers]], weathermakers, guardians of religious [[relics]], [[temple]] custodians, and foretellers of [[events]], to the status of actual directors of religious [[worship]]. [[Eventually]] the office became hereditary; a continuous [[priestly]] [[caste]] arose.