5.3.4 |
AS TO THE DAYS OF NEUTRALITY |
"Today is the Northern Yule of Neutrality,
and we are gathered together to celebrate,
but those who celebrate this Day of Nanaicity
shall remember the Day of Ananicity.
Today is the Northern Yule of Neutrality,
a day no-one is obliged to observe,
but adherents who do hold denominational days
shall hold those of the Ananorm only,
and they shall be free to do so.
Today is the Northern Yule of Neutrality,
and we are gathered together to observe this special day.
No-one shall dishonor or honor those
who have not come to observe this day with us, and
no-one shall honor or dishonor those
who have come to observe this day with us.
Today is the Northern Yule of Neutrality,
the day of the Sun's return to the neutral latitude.
And it is to symbolically confirm
the strength and creativity of the world's nanaic forces
that we are gathered together here today."
These might very well be the words read in the opening
ceremony on the occasion of a sociodenominational assembly
organized by and for those who observe the Northern Day of
Nanaicity and the other Days of Neutrality. The company of
adherents and sympathizers gathered on such a day may be called
"a Sunday assembly" if the Day of Nanaicity is indeed observed
on a Sunday, like a Day of Ananicity.
The second paragraph of the ritual statement carries the message
of the formulas of voluntary observance and of mandatary
nonobservance. If the observance of the Days of Neutrality is
not forbidden or hindered, the remark that this observance is
free, namely that it must not be illegalized or subjected to
unequal treatment (even if free), does not have to be made.
The third paragraph contains the formula of nanhonorable
observance. For those who celebrate on a Day of Nanaicity, or
who rest on a Day of Ananicity, it is especially important that
they do not honor those who join them or dishonor those who do
not join them. On the other hand, outsiders (adherents or
nonadherents of the doctrine alike) who do not participate in the
observance should not dishonor in any way those who hold a Day
of Neutrality, nor honor in any way those who do not. In
societies which are denominationally inclusive and where the
observance of the Days of Neutrality is not interfered with, and
is treated on an equal footing, lines such as in this paragraph
can be deleted.
The first and last paragraphs of the above formal utterance
are particularly applicable to the observance of a Day of
Nanaicity or of a Day of Neutrality in general. They are not
part of the ritual statement of observance proper.
5.3.4.0
NEUTRALIST CHANT
( Let the name of the supreme not be invokèd*,
but let the name of the supreme be included:
NANANAN**.
NANANA.NA..NA...NA....NAN*** )****
Let the name of the all-neutral not be invokèd*,
but let the name of the all-neutral be included:
NANANAN**.
NANANA.NA..NA...NA....NAN***.
*: |
the grave indicates that the e may be pronounced
as schwa or <i> for poetical reasons; |
**: |
pronounced as
<nänänän> with
stress on the central syllable; may be deleted if the poem is sung; |
***: |
this is the chant proper; |
****: |
the first three lines and the first reading or
singing of the chant may be deleted |
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