Ancient Fire Ritual

Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Bonfire

A bonfire or balefire is a large controlled outdoor fire made from bales of straw or wood. The word is believed to be a corruption of "bone fire" deriving from a Celtic midsummer festival where animal bones were burnt to ward off evil spirits. In Great Britain, bonfires are particularly associated with Guy Fawkes Night (also known as fireworks night or bonfire night), an annual commemoration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605. While in Northern Ireland, they are associated with celebr ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Yalda

Yaldā is celebrated on the eve of the first day of the winter in the Iranian calendar, which falls on the Winter Solstice. It celebrates the birth of Sun god Mithra. Yalda - Historical Background. The festival was considered extremely important in pre-Islamic Iran (Persia) and continues to be celebrated to this day since 4000 years ago. Some historians believe that the festival spread to Europe through contacts between the Roman and Persian empires and was eventually replaced by Christmas; a theory that ac ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Air classical element

Western Chinese Wood (木) | Fire (火) | Earth (土) | Metal (金) | Water (水) Hinduism The Panchamahabhuta ("five great elements") Prithvi/Bhumi (Earth) Ap/Jala (Water) Agni/Tejas (Fire) Vayu/Pavan (Air/Wind) Akasha (Aether) Japanese The Godai ("five great") Earth (地) | ...

Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Agni

Agni is a Hindu deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" (noun), cognate with Latin ignis. In Hinduism, he is a deva, second only to Indra in the power and importance attributed to him in Vedic mythology. He is Indra's twin, and therefore a son of Dyaus Pita and Prthivi. He is a son of Kasyapa and Aditi or a Queen who kept her pregnancy secret from her husband. He has ten mothers, or ten sisters, or ten maidservants, who represent the ten fingers of the man who lights the fire. He has two parents: these ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Kiva

This article is about the Native American sacred structure. For the cartoon character, see Megas XLR. A kiva is a room used by modern Puebloans for religious rituals. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, kivas are now square-walled and above-ground, and are used for spiritual ceremonies. Similar subterranean rooms among the Ancient Pueblo Peoples of the Pueblo I Era and following, designated by the Pecos Classification system developed by archaeologists, were usually round, and generally believed to have been used ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Beltane

Beltane or Beltaine (from Irish Beáltaine or Scottish Gaelic Bealtuinn; both from Old Irish Beltene, "bright fire" from *belo-te(p)niâ) is an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrated around May 1. "Bealtaine" (pronounced IPA /ˈbʲɑlˠ.t̪ˠə.n̪ʲə/) is the name in modern Irish for the month of May. It is also the traditional first day of summer in Ireland. It is a Cross-quarter day being midpoint in the Sun's progress between the Vernal Equinox an ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Vedic priesthood

The Vedic priesthood is the collective term for the priests of the Vedic religion. Known as purohita, the priests are divided into several types: The Hotar is the chief priest, presiding the sacrifice. He is associated with the Rigveda. The Udgatar intones the hymns for the Hotar. He is associated with the Samaveda. The Adhvaryu carries out the actual sacrifice. He is associated with the Yajurveda. In mythology, he is presented as a newcomer, probably corresponding to a histor ...

Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Hestia

In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, of the right ordering of domesticity and the family, who received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household, but had no public cult. In Roman mythology her more civic approximate equivalent was Vesta, who personified the public hearth, and whose cult round the ever-burning hearth bound Romans together in the form of an extended family. The similarity of names, apparently, is misleading: "The relationship hestia-histie – Vesta cannot be expla ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Ancient Aztec eschatology

Ancient Aztec eschatology is primarily derived from Toltec eschatological beliefs and traditions, centered on the belief that four worlds, or "Suns", along with humankind, were destroyed in a catastrophe prior to the creation of the present universe. The present world is the fifth sun, and the Aztec saw themselves as "the People of the Sun," whose divine duty is to wage cosmic war in order to provide the sun with his tlaxcaltiliztli ("nourishment"). Without it, the sun would disappear from the heavens. Thus the welfare and the ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Moons Ceremonies

The Cherokee Moons Ceremonies were the ancient seasonal round of ceremonies practiced during ancient times by the Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya or Cherokee People in the ancient culture. Although a modern calendar year is comprised of 12 months, there are actually 13 cycles or phases of the moon each year. The seasonal round of ceremonies was based on 13 moons, and was considered a necessary spiritual element for growth and fostered social interaction among ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Wicca

Wicca is a Neopagan religious movement found in many different countries, though most commonly in English-speaking cultures. Wicca was first publicised in 1954 by a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner after the British Witchcraft Act was repealed. He claimed that the religion, of which he was an initiate, was a modern survival of an old witch cult, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, originating in the pre-Christian Paganism of Europe. Wicca is thus sometimes referred to as the Old Religion. The veracity o ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Yagyas

Yagyas (also spelled "yagnas") are ancient Vedic performances, performed in precise manner and time by trained pundits. Each yagya has a specific intended result. Yagyas performed by large groups of pundits are reported to have a much greater effect than those by smaller groups or individuals. Yagyas involve elements including pictures of deities, tools of sacrificial offering, offerings (ghee, flowers, incense, fruits) and chanting. Certain yagyas ("homas") involve ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture

Ancient Mesoamerican agriculture dates to the Archaic period of Mesoamerican chronology (8000-2000 BC). During this period, many of the hunter gatherer micro-bands in the region began to cultivate wild plants. The cultivation of these plants probably started out as creating known areas of fall back, or starvation foods, near seasonal camps, that the band could rely on when hunting was bad, or when there was a drought. The plants could have been brought purposely, or by accident. The former could have been done by bringing a wild plant ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Vestal Virgin

In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins (sacerdotes vestales), were the virgin holy priestesses of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Their primary task was to maintain the sacred fire of Vesta. The Vestal duty brought great honor and afforded greater privileges to women who served in that role. The infamous Tarpeia, daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, was a traitorous Vestal Virgin. Rhea Sylvia, who was raped by Mars and conceived Romulus and Remus, and Tuccia, whose chastity was questioned, we ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Arai Hakuseki

Arai Hakuseki (新井白石 March 24, 1657-June 29, 1725) is a Confucianist, poet and politician in Japan during the middle of Edo Period, who advised the Shogun, Ienobu. His personal name is Kinmi(君美). Hakuseki is the name under which he wrote. His father is a Kururi han samurai Arai Masazumi(新井正済). He was born in Edo and from the very early age displayed signs of genius. According to a story, at the age of three, Hakuseki managed to copy a Confucian book written in Kanji, letter by letter. B ...

Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Slavic mythology

Slavic mythology and Slavic religion evolved over more than 3,000 years. It is conjectured that some parts of it are from neolithic or possibly even mesolithic times. The religion possesses numerous common traits with other Indo-European religions. Slavic mythology - Primary sources. Very few written records are known to survive from the centuries before Christianization. The controversial Book of Veles is believed by some to be a sacred text of this religion. Saxo Grammaticus is another source with ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Jagaddhatri

The Goddess Jagaddhatri is the form of the Mahadevi that supports the World. Jagaddhatri is formed from the two Sanskrit roots - Jagad is the physical world, and dhatri is support. In modern day Hinduism, Jagaddhatri Devi is considered a name and form of the Goddess Durga. The formal difference between Durga and Jagaddhatri occurs in Mayatantra and Jagaddhatri is mentioned with reference to Durga in Krishnananda's Tantrasaar. The special puja of the goddess on the ninth lunar day of the light fortnight in the month of Kartick has been referred in Krityatattarnab by ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Atharvaveda

Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Stotras Ashtavakra Gita

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis

The Rosicrucian Order, Ancient Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis (AMORC) is a worldwide mystical, Rosicrucian, educational, humanitarian and fraternal organization that was founded by Harvey Spencer Lewis in 1915. Its name in Latin is Antiquus Mysticusque Ordo Rosæ Crucis, often abbreviated to AMORC. Its traditional and authentic Latin name is Antiquus Arcanus Ordo Rosæ Rubæa et Auræa Crucis (AAORRAC), which translates to Englis ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans

The Cherokee Clans were the traditional social organization of ancient Cherokee or Ah-ni-yv-wi-ya society. Cherokee Clans - Background on Cherokee Clans in Ancient History. There were seven clans in antiquity. There is a common misperception that the Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni or ancient Cherokee priesthood comprised an eighth clan of the Cherokee People, but this belief is a commonplace myth. The Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni appointed a member of each of the seven clans to represent both the spiritual forces the Cherokee believed e ...

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Ancient Fire Ritual: Encyclopedia - Lughnasadh

Old Irish Lughnasadh (IPA: /luːnəsə/; also spelled Lughnasa; modern Irish Lúnasa; Modern Scots Gaelic, Lunasdal) is a Gaelic holiday celebrated on 1 August, during the time of the harvesting. Lugnasadh was one of the four main festivals of the mediaeval Irish calendar: Imbolc, Beltaine, Lughnasadh and Samhain. Lughnasadh means "Lugh's assembly", representing the last festival of the calendar, dedicated to Lugh, the Sun God of Celtic mythology. Lughnasadh fe ...

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