A '''ritual''' is a set of actions, performed mainly for their [[symbol]]ic value, whic
...served for it; either in public, in private, or before specific people. A ritual may be restricted to a certain subset of the community, and may enable or u
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...' (生剥) is the name for demons characters that are played during a Japanese ritual of the same name.
...a peninsula (Akita Prefecture in northern Honshu) that has originated as a ritual for cleansing people's souls, and for blessing the new year.
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Myths : He ate Moses who did not observe the ritual of circumcision
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Ahlmakohth plays an important part in the ritual as an amulet-dispenser. His nasal mucus is valued as an amulet for invulner
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...to her in the form of a priest but the ritual was held after penances. The ritual was enabled with a letter of confession, which also released the confessing
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If a bear had to be killed, a sacred ritual of Peijainen was held, and the bear's spirit in the form of its skull remai
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...y-foot" creatures, standing in a circle and chanting, as if in a religious ritual. One of them was beating a hollow tree trunk, as a drum; on their faces wa
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The ritual is based on activating the human energy centers or chakras, which hold the
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To get rid of an ustrel a vampire hunter called vampirdzija must perform the ritual of the need fire. On a Saturday morning, all the fires in the community are
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...ckthorn stave and copper wire that has never carried electricity. During a ritual process, the copper wire is bound to the stave with red thread and the stav
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A text like the ''Arya Tara Kurukulla Kalpa'' contains many ritual practices of lower magic to accomplish specific goals, for example:
*the use of cowrie shells in divination and ritual,
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...resent society, a huge fine is imposed and in top of this a special lumbay ritual must given in honor of Mangindusa.
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*It may be possible that this goat figure, Leonard, is related to the ritual described in Leviticus 16:8 concerning Azazel, or to the alleged deity of t
*He is also mentioned in Eliphas Levi's (1810-1875) ''Ritual of Transcendental Magic'' (published 1896), Chapter XV, "The Sabbath of the
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...teen years and is used by Sodo to give himself effective immortality. This ritual is conducted by a chosen dread doppelgänger, and is referred to by the Par
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...though not all, Satanic circles (and not technically a Satanist) would be ritual magician [[Aleister Crowley]], who referred to himself as "The Great Beast
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Naked and pure, she personifies the fertility of marine species. Through her ritual dance she provides the chilote (resident of Chiloé) with an abundance or d
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...h a cable after being buried up to their waists in the ground as part of a ritual. Suradji was arrested on May 2, 1997, after bodies were discovered near his
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*It was a ritual object in sacred ceremonies such as the New Fire ceremony, represented in t
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...ates between the spiritual and the earthly worlds or planes. It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and
...ary experience following an elaborate bloodletting ceremony. She holds the ritual paraphernalia in her arms while the vision serpent rises from a bowl of blo
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...laden with symbolism, usually appearing in scenes relating to war and the ritual drinking of a prisoner's blood. One theory suggests that the ulluchu, part
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...uman remains found in the peat bogs of northern Europe and are evidence of ritual human sacrifices made to placate the fae who dwelled within the bogs.
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...Tantra'', thirty-six yakshinis are described, including their mantras and ritual prescriptions. A similar list of yakshas and yakshinis is given in the Tant
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...to others. As a term, "black magic" is normally used to describe a form of ritual that some group or person does not approve of. Not everything that is calle
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...g them into a hole in the grave. If the vampire problem is not solved, the ritual must be repeated or the body will have to be exhumed and cut into pieces.
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...of some bird like a turkey or a vulture. The tlahuelpuchi has to perform a ritual before she can enter the house of a victim. The tlahuelpuchi must fly over
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...m of a body wrapped in a coffin cloth. The legend originated from a burial ritual in Islam where the body was covered with a white coffin cloth known as the
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...of an alcoholic beverage that was important in Aztec ceremonies as both a ritual drink and a sacrificial offering.)
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According to Matthäus Prätorius, a ritual called žemyneliauti was performed during major celebrations or agricultura
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* Ritual offerings and rites of exorcism performed at the site of the grave.
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...this change when the baby grows up in just a few months. One must do this ritual in order to unmask the xanín: some pots and egg shells are to be put near
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A protective ritual during this time was to stir the ashes in the hearth of the house with two
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...o the occult is the use of a focus. A focus may be a physical object, a [[ritual]]istic action (for example, [[meditation]] or chanting), or a medium in whi
...their chosen students). These studies do not conform to mainstream Jewish ritual; charms and protections were often crafted as wards against evil, but it is
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...the legend of androgyny. According to Herodotus, their young women held a ritual battle with sticks and stones annually with neighboring Auseans.
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...u also played an important role in the development of the Japanese funeral ritual. The deceased were often said to be in danger of falling into hell, and it
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...nergetic kid. His dad was cured. That day his dad performed at their usual ritual of jumping through the ring of fire on his motorcycle. But as he went airbo
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...d at Çorum-Bogazköy, the former Hittite capital Hattusha. The context is a ritual of the Hattian spring festival of Puruli.
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As Kris Kershaw has documented in 2001, the ritual re-enactment of the [[Wild Hunt]] was a cultural phenomenon documented amon
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...are to do with burning such as the symbolic burning of witches. The Shurpu ritual allows us to banish Rabisu described as "a demon that springs unawares on i
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...hile the Ahuras make efforts to protect the sacred cattle. In later Vedic ritual, the asuras and devas are frequently portrayed as fighting with one another
...ated that two clans or sub-tribes would compete in making the most perfect ritual offering to the gods, seeking to outdo their peers in beauty of hymns sung,
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...der to placate Sekhmet's wrath, her priesthood felt compelled to perform a ritual before a different statue of her on each day of the year, leading to it bei
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...from their bodies and distributed to members of the society. In theory the ritual cannibalism would strengthen both members of the society as well as their e
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...ish by [[Arthur Edward Waite]] as ''Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual''. Its famous opening lines present the single essential theme of [[Occult|
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...was driven forth into the wasteland of 'Alini'; "we" in the report of the ritual involves the whole community. Such 'elimination rites', in which an animal,
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...d (see also Chalmecatl). The worship of Mictlantecuhtli sometimes involved ritual cannibalism, with human flesh being consumed in and around the temple.[1]
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*Ritual
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...r inherent in the first kill of a boy and it was "neutralized" by a public ritual, in which the each adult member of the community had to make an incision in
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Ritual meditations on the tantric deity, Vajrakīlaya, constitute one of the major
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...is to going there. Taoists get rid of these hungry ghosts by performing a ritual. They will pray/chant and offer food and other things to the hungry ghosts,
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...ckthorn stave and copper wire that has never carried electricity. During a ritual process, the copper wire is bound to the stave with red thread and the stav
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...s (Burkert III.3.3) "is deeply rooted not only in poetry but in belief and ritual; the worship of these deities is limited only by the fact that they are ins
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