Reply #7: what it really is (or seems to be)

[amdezurik]

is a way to replace what the very primitive parts of our brains long for, instincts. So we fill that void with rituals to satisfy the "sppoky" reptile brains. the same reason we worshiped volcanos and rainclouds and the sun. A need is felt and with some people met with these meaningless rituals.