Informed Consent

Presented by a priest who will die during this year’s festival

Nice to see you again

A thirteen-point-something billion year

Evolutionary history leads to you here

An orientation to ritual scenography

Welcome to the workshop and our community

We are here to bother you

Note the disclaimer on every door

A dangerous cult? We cannot be sure

Count the seats to the nearest exit

And seek professional help if you experience symptoms

Of destructive nihilism

We appreciate your feedback

What might you do before you die?

We are all unique experiments of the evolution of the cosmos 

We awaken and ask

What the fuck is going on here?

What is important?

What might I do?

As meaning-making machines

We replay our stories

Reinforcing habits of mind

Let us replace habit with novelty

And perform rituals of experimental design

Ritual design for mythic hygiene

We reshape our myths with mindful intention

To foster a more just and peaceful world

To avoid adding to the suffering in the world

To prevent or delay the next Holocaust

We celebrate and leverage our unique experiment

We relinquish control over ultimate outcomes

And drop ourselves into the confusion

This is what we do

Before we die and as we die

We plan for a joyful and meaningful contribution

We plan for a wonderful death