(June 23, 2017 at 1:39 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Manipulation for the benefit of those in control.
If you don't succumb, it becomes a great time to take a nap.
And emotions (and emotional cues, such as certain pieces of music) are a powerful hook to manipulate people.
(June 23, 2017 at 1:40 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Those are definitely some of the things that worship can be used to achieve. Are we talking about worship in the grandest sense or in the most constrained..private worship?
Either/or. For instance, someone with a self-directed practice done in private could be trying to recapture a particular sense of peace and well-being that happened once before, or may have started the practice to deal with unruly emotions. The effect is a bit more prominent in large, formal church services, however.
