The ascent is framed as a launch, because that is what it is. Three attempts, three failures — the first missing a crowd, the second missing a congregation, the third missing all of humanity. Tonight the robed figures gather at the pad with an expanded congregation for the battery. If you find Earth boring, this is your window.
the fact that the ritual IS a rocket launch and nobody told me this before booking my astral flight
the tower is not the obstacle. you are the tower.
so did it clear or not. the video ends right before we find out. classic.