Almost everyone who’s read it says Raymond K. Hessel is their favorite chapter.
“Raymond! What. Did. You. Want. To. Be?”
While I love that chapter–it kicked my ass into gear and started my novel–it wasn’t my favorite.
Tthis one was my favorite. I read it over and over again, mesmerized by the language, stunned by the marriage of two powerful ideas… and the ritual that makes it real.
We don’t have rituals anymore. Some of us do, but not many. Campbell said that was what was missing from our culture. Powerful, violent, changing rituals that left scars. Scars that reminded us of the truth we learned.
This was my favorite chapter.