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. The major advances that we celebrate during this season are Science, Religion, Industry, and Democracy.
Here is [[Eric]]'s draft of the opening ceremony for the [[Weekly Service Calls]] during this season:
:We gather to mark the passing of a week
:To align our hearts as one.
(Light the Sol Candle)
: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!
(Open book sign)
:Many stories begin with religion,
::Beliefs that bind bands into cities
::Beliefs that infuse cities with community
(ASL sign for belief but modified: [http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/BELIEF/6225/1] instead of clasping your own hand at the end of the sign, clasp those of the people next to you (or reach toward the screen to 'clasp' those in other locations on Skype)
:Then came science!
(The ASL sign for science: fists appart but in front of chest, thumbs pointing inward, crank turning motion [http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/SCIENCE/681/1]
::The practice of seeking truth through experience.
::The upward spiral of knowledge
(The ASL sign for knowledge: right hand open, fingers together palm down, tab above right brow twice [http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/KNOWLEDGE/808/1] Then sweep the hand through an upward spiral until arm is extended directly up.)
:Next came industry, our first job.
(Turn the crank on a Lego gear box)
::decreasing the cost to create new tools,
::in an upward spiral of ever growing ability.
(The ASL sign for ability: fists in front of belly, up and down; [http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/ABILITY/5527/1] but raise the fists in a rising circular fashion with each up and down motion so that they travel through an upward spiral)
:Finally, democracy emerged!
(Ballot stuffing motion as in ASL for VOTE: [http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/VOTE/7013/1])
::Making striving for their self-chosen destinies,
::Freely available to all living citizens.
(ASL for Freedom like in Spirit of Life)
:Religion. Science. Industry. Freedom.
:From Wilderness ... Civilization!