Goblin Discord Server #general About ritual

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on ritual has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

Ancient goblin folklore describes ritual as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. ritual is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

deep and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

To a goblin, deep is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about deep feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The liturgy Manifestation

In the goblin underground, liturgy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on ritual is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.