Even though these individuals did not say they actually believed in such a story, some did reveal that they got caught up in the celebration at the time. It's possible these and other individuals, particularly young women, identified with the princess and the royal family and may have hoped, at some level, that a familiar and powerful story would turn out to be true. Burke would have us be on the lookout for such invitations to identify through familiar and attractive forms. Identification as semi-conscious. Burke's perspective suggests that we consider the impact of messages we do not fully intend to send or do not consciously intend to heed.
Mystery arises at the point where different kinds of beings are in communication.
There is strangeness but also the possibility of communion. During the royal wedding, people might have identified through the presence of, for example, uniforms, insignia, the carriage, and the pageantry of the event. In later years, Princess Diana was often seen as having a glamorous, high society lifestyle. Without thinking too much about it, many may have identified with the princess at the time of the wedding and at other times, in part, through the symbols of wealth, class and glamour that added to a sense of estrangement and mystery, yet invited communion. Identification through self-persuasion.