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Liturgy

It is obvious that the Curch of Bob must also have a full-scale celebration and a complete liturgy. There are a number of major feast days, such as Nativity (24 may), Easter (16-19 september; the recording of BOTT), Palm sunday (24 jan; arrival in New York), even including the recording and release of the most important albums. Here is a list of important feast days.
There is also a daily liturgy with psalms (i.e. songs) arranged in a weekly cycle. The ideal celebration consists of a number of albums throughout the day: One album in the morning, one at noon, one in the evening, and a long celebration at night, when a larger number of albums should be played.
The playing of albums can of course be replaced by devotional singing by the faithful, or by members especially chosen to perform the rite on behalf of the congregation. In these cases both acoustical and electrical sets should be performed, and the lead guitar part should be played by the drummer, in accordance with the words of the Gospel of Mojo Magazine, February 1998.

Just as latin was the language of Christ, so the Okie dialect is the true language of Bob, and will also serve as liturgical language.

Liturgical Garments

The church in no way demands uniformity in the celebration. Some garments are considered more appropriate than others, though, and it is recommended for new Bobists to stick to these to begin with, before they are firmly established in the congregation:

Panama hat
Necktie
Long, black coat (full length, and of leather)
White cotton dress
Boots of spanish leather

From our faithful member Kevin we have received the following list of appropriate items, that are apparently used in his congregation, along with the suggestion that for the festival of bobmas as many of these items be worn as is humanly possible:

A belt ( wrapped round the head )
A Napoleon bonaparte mask
A Leopard-skin Pill-box hat ( brand new )
A powder blue wig A bald wig ( knitted )
Dark sunglasses
Black tooth ( for good luck )
A coonskin cap
A coat of solid gold
Boxing gloves ( for diving off Golden Gate bridge )
A pinstripe suit
Alligator boots
Platform heels
New boots
An earring of gold
A red ring ( Egyptian )
A diamond ring ( pawned )
The world biggest necklace
Rags ( Napoleon optional )
Feathers (strutted)

During BOTT-week, the Rolling Thunder Feast (Oct 30) and other major feasts, the celebration will be performed with the face painted white.

Ceremonial foods

Also from Kevin is the following list of ceremonial foods and beverages, all mentioned and sanctified by Him.
As always, these are not the only foods permitted (trust yourself) but certainly not prohibited.

Brown rice
Seaweed
A dirty hot dog
Wonder bread
Burger Kings
Hard boiled eggs
Suzette ( crepe )
Peaches ( sweet )
Milk and honey
Forbidden fruit ( root )
Country Pie
Water
Coca cola
Whiskey
Beer
White rum
Coffee ( one... more... cup.... )
Turpentine?!

A note on the hard boiled eggs: one should be aware of the possible theological dilemma inherent in the (seemingly) paradoxical conflict between the "hard boiled eggs" of the album version of Highlands, and the "soft boiled eggs" of the copyrighted lyrics, found on bobdylan.com. This could be taken as an indication of the profound insight on His part, that the world is constantly changing, and that what is soft boiled at the time the lyrics were written, had kept on cooking and become hard boiled at the time of the recording. But how then explain that in performance, after the album version, the eggs are once again soft? A miracle? New eggs? (but where do these come from?) Once again the biggest questions are addressed, and He, as a true prophet, only lays out skillfully crafted traces, evidence, for us to find the way ourselves (evidentia means "putting things before someone's eyes")

Likewise there is a near-mystical connection between the Suzettes and Leonard Cohen, who basically sings about the same thing, only his pancakes are bigger, and hence called Suzannes (Suzzoni in italian). The Suzzone-baker, whom Cohen calls Suzanne, is wearing Rags, just like Napoleon, and feathers, just like the Gypsy maidens. Blackjack Davey (formerly called Gypsy Davey) seduces a woman away from her feathers, to sleep in his arms on the river bank. This is probably the same riverbed by which the boys had to wait for the Jack of Hearts, who was busy screwing his neighbour's wife, and making a killer out of another lover by letting her kill the husband. He wasn't such a clean cut kid after all.

CAUTION: The turpentine should not be drunk in excessive quantities unless for the highest feasts, and by experienced bobists - it can have some nasty side-effects. If you're not sure, stick to the whiskey - that's safe.