Rhetorical rituals so combine pragmatic and aesthetic uses of symbols that they are neither strictly instrumental nor simply diverting exercises. This essay explores their complex nature by defining, illustrating, and positing as an evaluative criterion the union of subjective and objective experiences of change in ceremonials.
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