Man does not need a cardboard spirituality.
Man needs a living spirituality.
I once found it in Zen, and kept healthy distances from all formalism in practice in order to maintain this spirituality in its living form.
As I approach these circles,
I start withering inside,
I feel Him moving away.
Notes & Silence 
I assume « plastered » means « false »? In English idiom, it can mean inebriated…!
Either way, you seem to suggest that formal ritual is such – like an image on a fresco, or a moulded idol.
I tend to agree, if that is your meaning.
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