The sixth [[Liturgical Season]] runs from mid-summer to the fall equinox and covers the rise of human civilization and the invention of the technologies that make [[The Destiny]] possible. What are the major advances that were made during this period. Science, Religion, Industry, Democracy??
Here is [[Eric]]'s draft of the opening ceremony for the [[Weekly Service Calls]] during this season:
:Wilderness ... still ... wilderness ...
:And then ... <gasp> ... civilization!
:People. Warm-blooded. Social. Tool-users. Talking.
:Nations coalesce.
:In the fertile lands, cities are born.
:And for every city ... there is a story!
:Many stories begin with religion, practices that bind,
:the beliefs that spark community into being!
:Next came industry, our first job.
:Both the giving of shape to material,
:And the giving of shape to cities.
:Then came science!
:The practice of seeking truth through experience.
:The practice that still shapes our society today!
:Finally, democracy emerged!
:Making striving for the Destiny,
:Freely available to all living citizens.
:Religion. Industry. Science. Freedom.
:From Wilderness ... Civilization!
=== Discussion ===
[[Ben]]: Two significant suggestions for the wording in the sixth season: “the beliefs that spark large-scale community into being,” and “Making striving for their self-chosen destinies/ Freely available to all living citizens.” (Or something more along those lines, anyway.) Also, instead of “industry, our first job,” can we find more general (and inspiring) words that encompass agriculture as well? Something along the lines of “The labor of many, organized and specialized to perform immense tasks...”