The oldest ritual is not sacrifice.
It is fusion.
Again and again, civilization stages the same drama: two separate things are brought together, named as one, and celebrated as wholeness. Husband and wife become one fleshOne Flesh — Genesis 2:24Genesis 2:24 describes a man leaving father and mother, joining his wife, and the two becoming one flesh.Read full entry →. Colonies become one nation. Crown and body become king. Old covenant and new salvation become Bible. Rock and roll become one sound. Head and body become “me.”
The ritual always promises healing.
But Geomytha asks a sharper question: after the two become one, which side rules?
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