Lionel Murphy believes that real personal ceremony is the core of a civilized, stable and happy society. Here, he echoed the famous mythologist joseph campbell (? Joseph Campbell? ), he strongly insists on universality, that is, the level of civilized behavior of society is directly related to the implementation of ceremonies and adult ceremonies.
Ceremony is the setting of time and place for people to communicate seriously. For example, the groom told the bride in front of witnesses that he loved her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Such a statement is more powerful than what is said in private.
It was at this ceremony that a group of people got together. It is in the ceremony that they conclude contracts, acknowledge achievements, establish identities, establish contacts, express love, show respect and express sadness.
In addition, Messenger made the following comments:
1、? A series of good rituals have improved the happiness level of human beings in society.
2、? Rituals help people adapt to change.
3、? Ceremony is the road sign of culture, which shows that this culture has the essence of affirming life.
4、? Ritual is an important means to express, strengthen and transmit values.
5、? The ceremony includes visual arts and performing arts. In the selected environment, they are important tools for telling stories, reciting great poems and essays, using symbolism and playing great music.
6、? If the ceremony is well done, it will leave unforgettable memories, so it will produce permanent good results.
7、? The better the ceremony, the better its psychological, cultural and social effects.
structuralism
Claude Levi-Strauss, a French scholar, regards all social and cultural organizations as a symbolic communication system shaped by the inherent structuralism of the human brain. ?
Therefore, he believes that the symbol system is not a reflection of the social structure that functionalists think, but is added to social relations to organize them.
Therefore, Levi Strauss regards myth and ritual as a complementary symbol system. One language and one non-language Levi Strauss did not care about the development of ritual theory (although he did analyze myth in four volumes), but it had an impact on later ritual scholars such as Dame Mary Douglas and Edmund Ritchie.