In the last chapter I referred to the charismatic experiences that inspired members of the new religious primary groups to envisage a full and complete life within the religious communal framework. In this chapter I shall discuss the relationship between charisma as an ordering power and rationalization as an ordering process, as this relationship unfolded in the thrust of the Orthodox pioneers to build such a life. Insofar as it was rationalization that systematically ordered the social reality which was prompted by the charismatic vision, on both the ideational and behavioral levels, rationalization acted as an agent of charisma. The workings of primeval and institutionalized charisma, as well as the relationship between the two modes of charisma and rationalization, can be seen in the efforts of the RKF leaders to define the specific religious kibbutz role on earth, within the perspective of a worldview shaped by ideological and traditional religious values.

The numinous power of the charismatic religious experiences has been described by Hanokh Ahiman, a member of Kfar Etzion, as follows: