Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn o…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ✨ Tremendous Trifles. Secret of a Train. Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1909.
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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ✨ Tremendous Trifles. Secret of a Train. Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1909.

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