The more I absorb different writings and ideas about the Great Mother Dao, the more I want to cut through a lot of the excess that seems to exist in it. My current Priestess teacher said something powerful in our last one-on-one, about how at the end, it’s being a Goddess/Spirit worshipper… and the practices are generally the same things people have been doing for thousands of years to attend to that worship. I also recently heard a quote about how rituals turn habits into something beautiful… and beauty is important to me. Rituals can change perception, sometimes for a lifetime. So I certainly see the value in them. Ceremony,…