cladking Wrote:
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> There are numerous instructions given to the
> individuals reading these rituals. One of the most
> common is "repeat three times" but far and away
> the most common is to "read aloud". Almost every
> ritual starts with the instruction, "read aloud".
>
> Some of these rituals are very emotional so in a
> couple places there are even instruction to calm
> (quiet) the crowd. "Now be still men, hear".


Yes, that there are instructions to read the texts goes without saying, hence the reason for individual sections of text being called "recitations". However, it's the reason for the repetitions that I'm getting at.

Here's a more modern example were there is no need for prompts because the words are written X number of times anyway.
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison and X number of times more depending on usage. Likewise other repetitions in liturgy, or the chorus to a hymn. The AE have in the PT taken a shortcut and not bothered to repeat lines of text one after the other. The point I am making here is that no matter the gap in time between my examples and the PT, a liturgy can be discerned in the PT, and while the content may be radically different from modern liturgy, though in it's resurrection texts it has similarities, it is still clearly, and I'll stress, clearly a liturgy, and this involves incantations and incense being wafted about.

But you deny all of this even though it really is blindingly obvious.