If you want to find out what it means to have a society without any rituals, read the New York Times.
Joseph CampbellAnd if there was no Fall, what then of the need for Redemption? What god was offended and by whom? Some especially touchy cave bear whose skull had been improperly enshrined?
Joseph CampbellWhat am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light, or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle?
Joseph Campbell