There is a recent tradition that the new world religion will come from "holy mother Russia". Solzhenitsyn seemed to think that there was no chance in the West.
>the miracle of the dancing sun affair
These days we could think of several alternative explanations for the experience.
>when god dont feel ur arse is worth whipping, thats scary shit
That rather depends on which god. And on what the human is thought to be metaphysically.
I was brought up to believe that humans are the center of Creation/Existence. Increasingly this seems unlikely. Perhaps humans are just one of many species seeking to survive by dominating territory and species.
" In every ancient language the word dragon signified what it now does in Chinese — (lang) i.e., “the being who excels in intelligence” and in Greek [[drakon]], or “he who sees and watches.” And is it to the animal of that name that any of these epithets can apply? Is it not evident, wherever superstition and oblivion of the primitive meaning may have led savages now, that the said qualifications were intended to apply to the human originals, who were symbolized by serpents and dragons? These “originals” — called to this day in China “the Dragons of Wisdom” — were the first disciples of the Dhyanis, who were their instructors; in short, the primitive adepts of the Third Race, and later, of the Fourth and Fifth Races. " www.theosociety.org/pasadena/sd/sd2-1-11.htm
I usually see the Lord of the World in the form of a dragon.
I forgot that I had posted that.
Also the founders of China were Nagas - able to take human or serpent or mixed form.
Here they are with square and compasses, sun moon and stars, and hand over back etc.
The example you give is from a female offshoot of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The IOOF was one of a number of copies of Masonic ritual and degree structures.
The use of first letter only rituals seems to be American. It is not generally the case in the UK or other countries from which I have seen parts of rituals.
> why am i seemingly the first one to table this issue
It may be of use to consider that Notarikon, Gematria and Temurah are word games used to conceal the true meanings of the Pentateuch (first 5 books of the Bible)
Certainly mainstream Christianity is keen on repentance - subliminally based on the thought that our god is a vengeful god.
In other traditions, the human, in essence being Spirit, does not sin but rather has experiences. In this view, while the personality may be contaminated, the Spirit within (our real identity) remains always pure.
We see this reflected in the Gita, where Krishna says to Arjuna: He who is united with me is as untouched by sin as a lotus leaf by water.