Embodiment, Intoxication, and Consent

Iambism values embodied celebration: food, movement, music, dancing, costume, rest, games, and lawful adult enjoyment. The body is not treated as an enemy of spiritual life.

At the same time, bodily autonomy is fundamental to Sacred Mirth. No ritual requires unwanted touch, intoxication, sexual activity, exposure, dangerous stunts, consumption of a particular substance, or surrender of ordinary consent.

Alcohol may appear in adult feasts where lawful. The Church should provide appealing nonalcoholic alternatives, discourage impaired driving, follow age restrictions, and design events so sobriety does not mark someone as a lesser participant.

The Church does not treat intoxication as revelation. A humorous insight experienced while intoxicated may still be humorous, but impairment itself confers no religious authority.

Programs involving children or vulnerable participants require stricter boundaries. Adult humor, substances, and activities inappropriate to minors belong in separate contexts. Leaders should adopt practical safeguarding policies as the congregation grows.