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But how does one truly worship SMiLE?
Although there are two high Holy days of SMiLE, the birth of the dumb angel and the cruxifiction of SMiLE, there is no limit to the amount of times you can worship SMiLE. These rituals can be highly ornate and organized, or simple meditative listening. That is the beauty of SMiLE. But, for those yearning for ritual, I'll explain the basics of a SMiLE altar.A SMiLE altar should be made of anything that will help evoke the psychedelic experience that IS SMiLE. One of the earliest known SMiLE altars originated in 1967, a photograph of the altar appearing in Cheetah Magazine. The creator of this altar is unknown, but its image has even adorned recent SMiLE bootlegs!
The first known SMiLE altar
Here are some of the items that can make up the SMiLE altar:
A picture of the Frank Holmes SMiLE cover (whether it be a CD cover or vinyl record cover), a can of reddi-whip, a lava lamp, windchimes, assorted vegetables, a simplistic cabin made of lincoln logs, beach sand, a vial of ocean water and of course a copy of LLVS! These are just some of the possibilities. A typical Smile EASTER ritual: wear a psychedelic/print shirt, burn incense, dim the lights, turn on the lava lamps, hit "play" on the CD and partake of the holy sacrament of reddi-whip. In the absence of reddi-whip, chocolate shakes may be used.
The Holy Sacrament
