Newcomers to the priesthood sometimes make the mistake of believing that the priest gets to be the star of the show.
(“Look at me! Look at me!”)
They couldn’t be more wrong.
(Being myself a man, I write in the male generic, but—alas—beginning priestesses are just as prone to the same misapprehension.)
No: in any given ritual, the priest’s job is not to be the focus, but rather to direct the focus.
They’re not the same thing at all.
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