Another red-letter moment for today - a 100th anniversary of this kinda amazing shot - April 20th, 1924 - an Easter service held at the Hollywood Bowl... quite a crowd...
[Mary Elaine LeBey]
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“[...] like any human practices, those of religions are not exempt from ethical questioning. Rituals and rites in groups change behavior, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. For the madness of crowds is a very close cousin to the fervor or congregations and the martial spirit of armies.” ― Simon Blackburn, Mirror, Mirror: The Uses and Abuses of Self-Love















