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Guidebook!

To complete Level 2 you must collect 3 ritual talismans and perform a ritual related to each.

In this level you will collect ritual talismans; each of these items is cyborg-like, a confusion of identities and a trickster mix of "nature" and "culture." To perform a ritual, describe a sequence of actions, gestures, or recitations in the textbox that pops up when you bump into an item. (You will have 400 characters or less.) Rituals are repeated patterns of relationships with beings, knowings, and doings that shape the world (by repeatedly including some subjects, objects, ideas, emotions, or values and excluding others). If your ritual had traction, if practitioners took it up, what kind of world might be made? "User Rituals" are saved and can be viewed in the sidebar on each level's page. To see all ritual quests a player has completed across levels, click "See All" under their name.

Ms. Cayenne Pepper

You have collected the Companion Species talisman. Ms. Cayenne Pepper is Donna Haraway's Australian Shepherd; through the metaphor of Companion Species, Haraway shows how we are tangled up in interspecies co-evolution. Companion Species are not just pets but all the life forms that live inside and around us. You must perform a ritual for or including Companion Species. Write out a blessing, chant, procedure, spell, or skit. (Use the textbox below.)

Monsanto Corn

You have collected the Genetically Modified Organism talisman. You must perform a ritual. Write out a blessing, chant, procedure, spell, or skit for genetically modified beings.

Smartphone

You have collected the Smartphone talisman. Can a device as ritual enact responsible change? If ritual is religious technology, is technology religious? You must perform a ritual. This could be a poem, idea, sequence of "doings," or a prayer.

New Game

Enter your name to begin! You may leave and return at any time, your progress is automatically saved. Please see "Gameplay" below for detailed instructions. Reading the accompanying essay (also below) will help you on your Cyborg Ritual quest.

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