Safeguarding Protocol
Dionysian Religious Naturalism Safeguarding Protocol Consent, Care, and Responsible Facilitation in Ecstatic Communities Companion Document to the Charter of Ecstasy, Justice, and Right Relation Wayne Martin Mellinger, Ph.D. Version 1.0 — Draft, March 2026 This document is publicly available and subject to regular revision. It governs all official DRN ritual gatherings and organizational activities. No community may conduct DRN-affiliated rites without adherence to these standards. In any conflict between this Protocol and the Charter of Ecstasy, Justice, and Right Relation, the Charter governs matters of theology and institutional governance, while this Protocol governs matters of participant safety, safeguarding procedures, and facilitator conduct. Preamble Human beings have always sought moments in which the boundaries of the ordinary dissolve and the living world reveals itself in its deeper intensity. Across cultures and centuries, people have gathered in song, dance, rhythm...