Encyclopedia - Iyer: Encyclopedia Ii - Iyer - Rituals Ceremonies And Festivals
Although many rituals that were practiced in ancient times are no longer followed, some traditions are continued to this day. Iyers are i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Ceremony: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Ritual Ceremony
RITUAL CEREMONY: A specific form of movement, a manipulation of objects or inner processes designed to produce desired effects. In rel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonies, Ceremonials: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ceremonies, Ceremonials
Ceremonies, Ceremonials Originally and essentially acts of magic, designed to bring about particular and definite results, but now alm...   » Read the article

Article - Vastu Shastra: Vastu Rituals And Ceremonies - Chanku Stapanam
Vastu Shastra: Chanku Stapanam  It is very important to perform the ceremonies of installation of a conch-shell (Chanku Stapanam) a...   » Read the article

Article - Sraaddha Ceremony: Hinduism Rituals - Sraaddha Ceremony
Sraaddha ceremony According to Hinduism, when a person dies, he either travels to heavenly worlds or to the ancestral worlds depending u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual: Encyclopedia - Ritual
A ritual is a formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring i...   » Read the article

Article - Vastu Shastra: Vasthu Ceremony - For Laying Foundation
Vasthu Ceremony - for laying foundation The ceremony of the laying of the foundation for a building should be performed only during the...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism Rituals: Hinduism And The Performance Of Rituals
Hinduism Daily Rituals In Hinduism, these rituals are always meant to inculcate feelings of devotion and to bring about the divine orien...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Rituals: An Overview Of Hindu Rituals
An initiated journey thru the mayor Hindu Spiritual rituals by Sri Swami Sivandanda.   Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Rituals: Traditional Chinese Funeral Arrangements
Buddhist Rituals: Traditional Chinese Funeral Arrangements On the passing away of the father, the eldest son becomes the head of the fam...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhist Marriage Ceremony
Buddhism: Buddhist Marriage Ceremony Although wedding ceremonies have always been regarded as secular affairs in Buddhist countries, th...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Rituals: The Ten Scriptural Samskaras
The rites that pertain to the stages of life of man are called Samskaras. The Samskaras are purificatory rites which sanctify the life of...   » Read the article

Article - Rituals In Buddhism: Buddhist Funeral Rites
Rituals in Buddhism: Buddhist Funeral Rites Theravadins Buddhist follow the Indian custom of burning the body at death. The Buddha�s bod...   » Read the article

Article - Vastu Shastra: Site Testing In Vastu
Site Testing In order to identity an ideal building site, a square pit of one square built (1 cubit x 1 cubit) should be dug out at the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia - Ceremony
A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. Ceremony - Celebration of life. Traditiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Dance: Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Dance
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (cha-no-yu, chadō, or sadō) is a traditional ritual influenced by Zen Buddhism in which powdered green tea, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Magic: Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Magic
Ceremonial magic is a branch of magick. Ceremonial magic, often abbreviated as CM, is a tradition inspired largely by Hermeticism and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Moons Ceremonies: 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 Chero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Coat Ceremony: Encyclopedia - White Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony (WCC) is a relatively new ritual in the USA that marks entrance into medical school and more recently also podiat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Purification: Encyclopedia - Ritual Purification
Ritual purification is a feature of many religions. The aim of these rituals is to remove uncleanliness, which may be real or symbolic. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commendation Ceremony: Encyclopedia - Commendation Ceremony
A commendation ceremony (commendatio) is a formal ceremony that evolved during the Early Medieval period to create a bond between a lord ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Rituals After Death: Encyclopedia - Dharmic Rituals After Death
The rituals prescribed in Dharmic religions after the death of a human being, for his or her peace and ascent to heaven are: Niravapanja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Ritual: Encyclopedia - Blood Ritual
A blood ritual is any ritual that involves the intentional release of blood. A common blood ritual is the blood brother ritual, which is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Magic: Encyclopedia - Ritual Magic
Ritual magic is the performance of a ritual for magical purposes. Practically all magical traditions include ritual magic. It may be high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Mace: Encyclopedia - Ceremonial Mace
The ceremonial mace derives from the mace used as a weapon. The earliest ceremonial maces were practical weapons intended to protect the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wake Ceremony: Encyclopedia - Wake Ceremony
A wake is a ceremony associated with death. Traditionally a wake took place in the house of the deceased, with the body present. However,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual: Encyclopedia Ii - Ritual - Sociology
Outside worship and reverence, rituals can have a more basic sociological function in expressing, fixing and reinforcing the shared value...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cherokee Clans: Encyclopedia Ii - Cherokee Clans - Spiritual Significance Of The Clans In Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni Rituals
In ancient times, the clan names represented to the Ah-ni-ku-ta-ni the balance between the spiritual forces that shaped and guided the hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Purification: Encyclopedia Ii - Ritual Purification - Hinduism
Hinduism holds that bathing in the Ganges is a particularly effective form of spiritual cleansing. ... See also:Ritual purification, R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - The Tea Ceremony
Two main schools, the Omotesenke (表千家) and Urasenke (裏千家), have evolved, each with its own prescribed rituals. A third school...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Tea Ceremony - Kinds Of Tea Ceremonies
Buddhist monks incorporated tea ceremonies into votive offerings. However the Goryeo nobility and later the Confucian yangban scholars fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Equipment
Tea equipment is called dōgu (道具, literally tools). A wide range of dōgu is necessary for even the most basic tea ceremony. A full ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Tea Ceremony And Calligraphy
Calligraphy, mainly in the form of hanging scrolls, plays a central role in the tea ceremony. Scrolls, often written by famous calligraph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Marriage - Ceremony
The Bahá'í marriage ceremony is simple. The only compulsory part of the wedding is the reading of the wedding vows proscribed by Bahá'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seppuku: Encyclopedia Ii - Seppuku - Ritual
In time, committing seppuku came to involve a detailed ritual. Dressed ceremonially, with his sword placed in front of him and sometimes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Rituals
The candomblé ritual (toque) has two parts: the preparation, attended only by priests and initiates, which may start a week in advance; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremony - Process
Often ceremonies have a physical display or theatrical component: dance, a procession, the laying on of hands. But even greater importanc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Ritual And Liturgy
Eucharist - The Agape feast. The Agape feast was the Eucharistic celebration of the early Christians. While centered on the ritual of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremony - Celebration Of Events
Other, society-wide ceremonies may mark annual or seasonal or recurrent events like: vernal equinox winter solstice weekly Sabbath day i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Tea Ceremony And Kimono
While kimono used to be mandatory for all participants in a Japanese tea ceremony, this is no longer the case. Still, it is traditional, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Tea Ceremony And Seiza
Seiza is integral to the Japanese tea ceremony. To sit in seiza (正座, literally "correct sitting") position, one first kneels on the k...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Ritual
ritual Ceremony to restore balance with nature and the world and bring back lost harmony and sacredness   (See also: Ritual ,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Tea Ceremony And Flower Arranging
Chabana (茶花, literally "tea flowers") is the simple style of flower arranging used in tea ceremony. Chabana has its roots in ikebana,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Tea Ceremony And Tatami
Tatami is an integral part of tea ceremony. The main areas of tea rooms and tea houses have tatami floors, and the tokonoma (scroll alcov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceremony - Celebration Of Life
Traditionally, a ceremony may mark a rite of passage in a personal human career, marking the significance of (for example): birth initia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Studying Tea Ceremony
In Japan, those who wish to study tea ceremony typically join what is known in Japanese as a "circle," which is a generic name for a grou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - Types Of Ceremony
The ceremonies described below are performed in both the Omotesenke and Urasenke styles. Chabako demae　(Omotesenke: 茶箱点前, Uras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sake: Encyclopedia Ii - Sake - Ritual Uses
Sake is often drunk as part of Shinto purification rituals (compare with the use of red wine in the Catholic Eucharist). During World War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rastafari Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Rastafari Movement - Ceremonies
There are two types of Rasta religious ceremonies. A reasoning is a simple event where the Rastas gather; smoke "ganja" (marijuana); and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Tea Ceremony - A Natural Approach To Tea
Central to the Korean approach to tea is an easy and natural coherence, with fewer formal rituals, fewer absolutes, greater freedom for r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Tea Ceremony - History
Drinking of tea was introduced to Japan in the 9th century CE by a Buddhist monk from China, where it had already been known, according t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Ritual And Liturgy
Eucharist - The Agape feast. The Agape feast was the Eucharistic celebration of the early Christians. While centered on the ritual of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damin: Encyclopedia Ii - Damin - Ceremonies
The Lardil had two initiation ceremonies for men, namely luruku (see luruku ceremony) which involved circumcision and warama (see warama ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Tea Ceremony: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Tea Ceremony - Equipment
Korean tea ceremonies follow the seasons, and the ceramics and metalware used so vary. Religious traditions were influential. Stoneware w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - Rituals And Ritual Objects
Tantric practitioners make use of special rituals and objects. Meditation is an important function which may be aided by the use of certa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Purification: Encyclopedia Ii - Ritual Purification - Shinto
Misogi is a Shinto practice involving purification in a waterfall or other natural running water. ... See also:Ritual purification, Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enthronement: Encyclopedia Ii - Enthronement - Religious Ceremonies
Enthronements are most popular in religious settings, as an armchair is seen as the symbol of the authority to teach. Thus in Christianit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ritual Purification: Encyclopedia Ii - Ritual Purification - Judaism
See Ablution in Judaism. The Hebrew Bible has many rituals of purification relating to menstruation, childbirth, sexual relations, diseas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayyavazhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayyavazhi - Rituals
Main Article:Ayyavazhi religious practices In addition to the philosophical concepts and mythology, the rituals of Ayyavazhi proceed in t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: Pagan Wicca Dictionary On Ritual
Ritual - A focused mental/physical ceremony to either honor or thank ones choosen pantheon,or to perform a specific magickal working o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magick: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Ceremonial Magick
Ceremonial Magick Also called High Magick, when distinguished from Ritual Magick It is a precise method of working magick to achieve a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritualism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Ritualism
Ritualism: Devotion to the use of rituals and ceremonies above and beyond the call of sanity; often, an uncritical acceptance of ritua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Ritual
RITUAL: 1) (noun) a system of rites, the order prescribed for a ceremony. (adjective) relating to rites. General usage: refer to Sabb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Ritual
A focused mental/physical ceremony to either honor or thank one's chosen pantheon, or to perform a specific magickal working or act....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Ritual
RITUAL - 1. focused mental or physical ceremony to honor or thank one’s chosen pantheon or to perform magickal working or act. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Magic: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Ritual Magic
ritual magic Processes and ceremonies used repeatedly to execute psychism, known only to the magician   (See also: Ritual mag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magick: Spiritual Dictionary On Ceremonial Magick
Ceremonial Magick: Ceremonial Magick is one of the most complicated systems of spiritual attainment in the world. It is a mixture of J...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Magic: Parapsychology Dictionary On Ritual Magic
Ritual Magic: Magical activity involving rites and ceremonies.   (See also: Ritual Magic , Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parap...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Magick: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Ritual Magick
RITUAL MAGICK:  Magick that calls upon the aid of beneficent spirits and is akin to religion. Ritual Magick is based upon a blend...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Magick: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Ritual Magick
RITUAL MAGICK: Magick that calls upon the aid of beneficent spirits and is akin to religion. Ritual Magick is based upon a blend of do...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magic: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Ceremonial Magic
Ceremonial Magic: Schools or methods of magic which place their emphasis upon long and complex rituals, especially of the Medieval and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magick: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Ceremonial Magick
CEREMONIAL MAGICK:  Magick that calls upon the aid of beneficent spirits and is akin to religion. Ceremonial Magick is based upon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magick: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Ceremonial Magick
CEREMONIAL MAGICK: Magick that calls upon the aid of beneficent spirits and is akin to religion. Ceremonial Magick is based upon a ble...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Ritual
RITUAL There is only one thing to be said for ritual: Create your own or risk being swallowed up by some damned religion's stercus tau...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Ritual
Ritual: Any ordered sequence of events, actions and/or directed thoughts, especially one that is repeated in the “same” ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Passing Over Ritual: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Passing Over Ritual
PASSING OVER RITUAL - a ritual observed when a love one dies. Depending on one’s tradition this ceremony includes keening and ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremony: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ceremony
ceremony: A formal rite established by custom or authority as proper to special occasions. From the Latin caerimonia, "awe; rever...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Magic: Spiritual Dictionary On Ritual Magic
Ritual Magic: Magic is real. It exists. It works. It is the most potent and beautiful force in the universe. Magic is the flowing life...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Coming Of Age Ritual: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Coming Of Age Ritual
COMING OF AGE RITUAL: At age 13 for boys, and at the time of a girl's first menses, Pagan children are seen as spiritual adults. The r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Coming Of Age Ritual: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Coming Of Age Ritual
COMING OF AGE RITUAL: At age thirteen for boys, and at the time of a girls first menstral cycle, Pagan children are considered to be s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Tools: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Ritual Tools
RITUAL TOOLS: General name for magickal tools used by a witch or magician. They vary by tradition and usually represent one of the ele...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magic: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Ceremonial Magic
ceremonial magic Occult magic, witchcraft   (See also: Ceremonial magic , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Consciousness: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Ritual Consciousness
RITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: A specific, alternate state of awareness necessary to the successful practice of magick. This state is achieved ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magick: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Ceremonial Magick
CEREMONIAL MAGICK: A highly codified magickal tradition based upon Kabbala, the Jewish-Gnostic mystical teachings.   (See also...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Passing Over Ritual: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Passing Over Ritual
PASSING OVER RITUAL: Ritual observed when a loved one has dies.   (See also: PASSING OVER RITUAL , Paganism, Pagan, Pagan Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Tools: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Ritual Tools
RITUAL TOOLS - a general name for magickal or ritual tools used by a witch or magician, also called by their Kabbalistic name, Element...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Cup: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Ritual Cup
RITUAL CUP - a vessel for holding sacred waters/wines during a rite.   (See also: RITUAL CUP , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan D...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Witchcraft: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Ceremonial Witchcraft
CEREMONIAL WITCHCRAFT: A  tradition of Witchcraft with an emphasis on Egyptian and/or Qabbalistic  Ceremonial Magick. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Witchcraft: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Ceremonial Witchcraft
CEREMONIAL WITCHCRAFT: A tradition of Witchcraft with an emphasis on Egyptian and/or Qabbalistic Ceremonial Magick.   (See als...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Consciousness: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Ritual Consciousness
RITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: the alternate state of mind, needed to successfully practice magick. This is the attunment of both the Conscious...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lesser Banishing Ritual Of The Pentagram: Spiritual Dictionary On Lesser Banishing Ritual Of The Pentagram
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram: Abbreviated LBRP. A basic Golden Dawn ritual that uses the figure of the pentagram to cleans...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritualized Behavior: Oceanography Dictionary - Ritualized Behavior
  Definition and meaning of ritualized behavior:   ritualized behavior - a behavior that once served its own purpose but...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Wiiwuchuim Ceremony: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Wiiwuchuim Ceremony
The annual ceremony of the Hopi in which the young men who have reached the age of puberty are initiated into manhood.   (See a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cuy Ritual: Alternative Health Dictionary On Cuy Ritual
cuy ritual (passing the cuy): Ancient Andean variation of transference treatment. It involves prayer, rubbing a cuy (Andean guinea pig...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soyal Ceremony: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Soyal Ceremony
A ceremony among the Ojibwa Indians which begins the ceremonial year, when the seed corn is blessed during the winter solstice in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ceremonial Magick: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Ceremonial Magick
CEREMONIAL MAGICK - also called High Magick. It is a precise method of working magick to achieve a certain end. It is not a religion, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Active Ritual: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Active Ritual
Active Ritual: One in which those persons raising and focussing the psychic energies are not the main targets intended to be changed. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Passive Ritual: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Passive Ritual
Passive Ritual: One in which those persons raising and focusing the psychic energies are the main targets intended to be changed. &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritual Cannibalism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Ritual Cannibalism
Ritual Cannibalism: The eating of all or part of the physical or symbolic body of a given person or personified entity in hopes of gai...   » Read the article