No biohazards may be used in the ritual. This includes bodily fluids.
Ritual activity must be mindful and considerate of the fact that this is a hotel, and that the hotel has guests who are not part of the conference. No ritual activity, preparation, or disposal should happen in shared public spaces such as restrooms, the lobby, etc. Exceptions can be discussed with the Programming and Ritual Committee.
Ingredients of ALL materials used must be disclosed and available to all participants prior to the ritual in case of allergies.
Officiants must have functional knowledge of the language or languages spoken in the ritual.
Translations of ritual content must be made available to all involved upon request
Multicultural rituals should be peer reviewed by practitioners of the included traditions/religions to avoid unintentionally offensive or spiritually unwise mistakes.
Informed consent is required for all aspects of participation in the ritual, with moments for obtaining that consent built into the flow of the ritual. (see definition of Informed Consent and best Practices)
Those who do not consent to any part of the ritual content must be allowed alternatives within reason and be allowed to leave at any time. For a closed Circle one or more individuals must be available to cut doors and reclose the Circle when someone chooses to leave.
Reasonable accommodations should be made for ritual accessibility. Examples include but are not limited to large print, wheelchair use, allergy related substitutions, and so forth.
Ritual content should be chosen in such a way that it does not present a physical or spiritual safety risk if one or more participants does not perform their part correctly.
All aspects of the ritual must be compliant with Changing Times Changing Worlds policies, the rules of the venue, and with any applicable state and local laws and regulations.
Ritual leaders must provide the CTCW Programming and Ritual Committee with a Ritual script or outline in order to receive final approval.
All rituals should be rehearsed at least once by the officiants and all those who have significant roles to play. A script or outline should be provided to all participants 24 hours or more prior to the ritual.
Rituals should start and end as close to on time as possible.
The ritual space must be made energetically neutral by the Ritual Leader before and after the rituals.
All conjuring, summoning, invocations, and evocation must be properly dismissed as appropriate per the nature of the ritual.
If your ritual involves significant furniture rearrangement in the space, the Ritual Leader must discuss that with the Programming Chair and come to an agreement about who will reset the space.
Ritual Leaders or their Ritual Team Members should be prepared to offer energetic support in the form of grounding, healing, or cleansing for participants who may need it, especially if they feel like the ritual wasn’t compatible with participants spiritually.
The energy of the ritual must be contained within the ritual space through the duration.
CTCW holds exclusive and sole authority in accepting, rejecting, or cancelling any ritual at any stage of development or execution it deems not compliant with CTCW standards. If the committee receives complaints or concerns from attendees about the ritual, the committee will reach out to the ritual leader for more information, and ritual leaders are obligated to respond and discuss the complaint with the committee. The committee may require immediate actions by the ritual leader if the complaint is found reasonable by the committee, and such actions would be beneficial to attendees.
