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A ritual is a repeated, structured sequence of actions or behaviors that alters the internal or external state of an individual, group, or environment...

consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA), sometimes known as ritual abuse, starting in North America in the 1980s, spreading...

supernatural purpose. Ritual(s) or The Ritual may also refer to: Ritual (2000 film) or Shiki-Jitsu, a Japanese film directed by Hideaki Anno Ritual (2002 film)...

Ritual purification is a religious practice through which a person, object, or place is considered to be freed of ritual impurity, especially prior to...

The Ritual is a 2017 British supernatural psychological folk horror film directed by David Bruckner and written by Joe Barton. Based on the 2011 novel...

The Ritual is a 2025 American horror film directed by David Midell and written by Midell and Enrico Natale. Based on a true story, it follows priests Theophilus...

found in (but not limited to) some tribal societies. Ritual fighting (or ritual battle or ritual warfare) permits the display of courage, masculinity...

Satanic ritual may refer to: Black Mass, a Satanic Mass Deal with the Devil, a pact between a person and the Devil or another demon Greater and lesser...

Blood libel or ritual murder libel (also blood accusation) is an antisemitic trope which falsely accuses Jews of murdering Christians in order to use their...

Ritual servitude is a practice in Ghana, Togo, and Benin where traditional religious shrines (popularly called fetish shrines in Ghana) take human beings...

Carey's 'ritual view of communication' in which he asserts that "news reading, and writing, is a ritual act and moreover a dramatic one". This 'ritual' view...

Masonic ritual is the scripted words and actions that are spoken or performed during the degree work in a Masonic lodge. Masonic symbolism is that which...

A blood ritual is any ritual that involves the intentional release of blood.[citation needed] Some blood rituals involve two or more parties cutting themselves...

The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram (or LRP) is a ceremonial magic ritual devised and used by the original order of the Golden Dawn that has become a mainstay...

The Maryland ritual killings were a series of ritualistic murders that occurred around Harper, Maryland County, Liberia in the 1970s. The crimes have been...

The Roman Ritual (Latin: Rituale Romanum), also known as the Ritual is one of the official liturgical books of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the...

changes his or her costume several times. Rituals consist of various phases, called gori. In Jeju Island, gut rituals involve the recitation of a myth about...

Sexual rituals fall into two categories: culture-created, and natural behaviour, the human animal having developed sex rituals from evolutionary instincts...

The Ritual Killer is a 2023 American action-thriller film directed by George Gallo. It stars Morgan Freeman and Cole Hauser. It was released by Screen...

involving a ritual imitation of cutting oneself (with a wooden dirk). The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed...

The Bornless Ritual, also known as the Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia or simply Preliminary Invocation, originates from the Graeco-Egyptian Papyri...

Ritualization refers to the process by which a sequence of non-communicating actions or an event is invested with cultural, social or religious significance...

The Ritual is a 2011 British horror novel by Adam Nevill. The book was first released in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2011 through Pan Macmillan and...

Space Ritual (officially known as The Space Ritual Alive in Liverpool and London) is a 1973 live double album recorded in 1972 by UK rock band Hawkwind...

The CERN ritual hoax is a found footage video that depicts a faux occult ritual occurring in the grounds of CERN, the intergovernmental organization that...

Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly existed before that. Evidence of ritual human sacrifice...

member must take part in an initiation ritual or initiation ceremony. The ceremony involves significant ritual, oaths, blood, and an agreement to follow...

Ritual de lo Habitual (Spanish for "Ritual of the Usual") is the second studio album by the American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 21...

religions have a variety of sources, local forms, founder backgrounds, and ritual and philosophical traditions. Despite this diversity, there is a common...

mostly witnessed in group participation play. Historically, the divination ritual encouraged young women to walk up a flight of stairs backward holding a...

Ritual Spirit is an EP by British trip hop collective Massive Attack, released on 28 January 2016. It features trip hop artist Tricky for the first time...

of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. While reserved for samurai in their code of honour, a feminine counterpart of female ritual suicide also...

(Latin: ritus), liturgical rites, and ritual families within Christian liturgy refer to the families of liturgies, rituals, prayers, and other practices historically...

Ritual clowns, also known as sacred clowns, are a characteristic feature of the ritual life of many traditional religions, and they typically employ scatology...

Ritual Entertainment was an American video game developer established in 1996 by Robert Atkins, Mark Dochtermann, Jim Dosé, Richard 'Levelord' Gray, Michael...

can be seen as ritual banquets in which both living and dead members of a family were supposed to participate. Details of these ritual ceremonies are...

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is typically intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

Ritual is a horror novel by British actor and author David Pinner, first published in 1967. An English police officer named David Hanlin—a puritanical...

Ceremonial magic (also known as magick, ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized...

friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage. The purpose of the ritual was to establish the consummation of the marriage, either by actually witnessing...

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by indie studio ArtPlay and published by 505 Games. The game is considered...

between humans and kami and to solicit the latter's blessing. Other common rituals include the kagura dances, rites of passage, and kami festivals. Public...

upon ancient pagan and 20th-century hermetic motifs for theological and ritual purposes. Doreen Valiente joined Gardner in the 1950s, further building...

Ritual Hymns is the second album by American blackened deathcore band Worm Shepherd, released on January 14, 2022. It is the band's first album to initially...

The Chinese ritual music is the music used in the rituals of traditional Chinese religion. It is also described as the ritual and music system (Chinese:...

Ritual Union is the third studio album by Swedish electronic music band Little Dragon. It was released initially on 21 July 2011 in the Netherlands on...

Miring is a traditional ritual performed by the Iban people to give honor to Petara (God), Orang Panggau & Bunsu Antu (spirits) and Petara Aki Ini (dead...

offering in fire', IAST: yajña), also known as Havana in modern contexts, is a ritual done in front of a sacred fire (agni), often with mantras. Yajna has been...

Myth and ritual are two central components of religious practice. Although myth and ritual are commonly united as parts of religion, the exact relationship...

killed by It. Bowers is lost in the sewers. In the sewers, Bill performs the Ritual of Chüd in an attempt to face It in the Macroverse, the alternate universe...

These ideas and practices are found in the Vedic texts, and some Vedic rituals are still practised today. The Vedic religion is one of the major traditions...

Ritual of Battle is the second studio album by underground hip-hop collective Army of the Pharaohs. Released on September 25, 2007 under Babygrande Records...

many other indigenous Mesoamerican civilizations, the Aztecs put great ritual emphasis on calendrics, and scheduled festivals, government ceremonies,...

Mating rituals may refer to: Mating, procreative behavior in animals Courtship display, animal behaviors involving mating rituals This disambiguation page...

Mantic Ritual (formerly Meltdown) is an American thrash metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They released their only album, Executioner, in 2009...

Ritual landscapes or ceremonial landscapes are large archaeological areas that were seemingly dedicated to ceremonial purposes in the Neolithic and Bronze...

(Sanskrit: होम), also known as homam (plural: homams) or havan, is a fire ritual performed on special occasions. In Hinduism, by a Hindu priest usually for...

Deadland Ritual was a British–American hard rock supergroup band originally formed in Los Angeles in 2018, the band is a supergroup composed of vocalist...

The ritual view of communication is a communications theory proposed by James W. Carey, wherein communication–the construction of a symbolic reality–represents...

district. As a ritual, Jagar is a way in which gods and local deities are woken from their dormant stage and asked for favors or remedies. The ritual is connected...

white-spotted pufferfish are the only species to engage in this type of mating ritual, although in 2018, similar structures were discovered in Australia which...

Atomic Ritual is the third studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. It was released on September 23, 2003, by Liquor and Poker and Sweet Nothing...

"Love Is the Ritual" is the first single released from Edge of the Century by Styx. The song was written and sung by Glen Burtnik, who had been recruited...

Ritual slaughter is the practice of slaughtering livestock for meat in the context of a ritual. Ritual slaughter involves a prescribed practice of slaughtering...

During the 1980s and 1990s, a moral panic about alleged satanic ritual abuse occurred, mainly in parts of the English-speaking world. This was propagated...

or mikvah (IPA: [/miqˈwaː/]) is a bath used during ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity. In Orthodox Judaism, these regulations are steadfastly...

Ritual are an English electronic musical group, songwriters and producers from London, United Kingdom. The three-piece band consists of Adam Midgley aka...

the first clear written accounts appear in the 17th century. The specific ritual use of ayahuasca was widespread among Indigenous groups by the 19th century...

Ritual is a 2013 American horror film written and directed by Mickey Keating. It stars Lisa Summerscales and Dean Cates as a married couple who must deal...

Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain. It is based on the belief that humans can influence nature, spirits, or their...

Amati, also known as Ambuvachi, is a ritual followed in Kamrup and Goalpara regions in Western Assam. It is an ancient fertility cult and also incorporated...

Ritual is a 2002 American horror film directed by Avi Nesher. A remake of the 1943 film I Walked With a Zombie, it stars Tim Curry, Jennifer Grey, and...

Ritual Decay is the debut studio album by Canadian post-metal band Lowheaven. It was released on August 29, 2025, via MNRK Music Group in LP, CD and digital...

Ritual of Evil is a 1970 American made-for-television drama horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Louis Jourdan. It was made as a sequel to Fear...

Ritual in Repeat is the third album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on September 9, 2014, on Communion Records. The album was produced by Patrick...

Cult and Ritual Abuse: Its History, Anthropology, and Recent Discovery in Contemporary America is a book written by James Randall Noblitt and Pamela Sue...

Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge is a 2001 non-fiction book by Michael Chwe, a professor at UCLA. Mark Zuckerberg, founder...

protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment, and often employed for rituals and rites. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and...

Ritual Tension is an American experimental rock band that formed in 1983 in New York City. They have released three studio albums and an EP. During their...

Illumination Ritual is the eighth full-length album by Lawrence, Kansas-based Indie Rock group the Appleseed Cast, released on April 23, 2013 by Graveface...

Rumination as Ritual (stylized in all lowercase) is the debut extended play (EP) by English singer-songwriter Alessi Rose. It was released on 3 July 2024...

Ritual is the second studio album by the British Indie rock band White Lies. It was released on 17 January 2011 by Fiction Records. The album was produced...

Persian ritual music (sometimes called Iranian Ritual Music) (Persian: موسیقی مذهبی ایران) is a type of Persian music which is used for religious ceremonies...

Ritual Aesthetic (stylized as Ritual Æsthetic) is an American industrial band founded in 2013 based in Denver, Colorado, United States. The band has released...

The Headless Ritual is the sixth studio album by Autopsy, released in 2013 through Peaceville Records. It is the second album since the band's 2009 reunion...

Ritual Fire Dance (Spanish: Danza ritual del fuego) is a movement of the ballet El amor brujo (The Bewitched Love), written by the Spanish composer Manuel...

sokutai ceremonial outfit. They continue to be used in Daoist and Shinto ritual contexts in some parts of East Asia. The use of the hu originated in ancient...

Chinese ritual mastery traditions, also referred to as ritual teachings (Chinese: 法教; pinyin: fǎjiào, sometimes rendered as "Faism"), Folk Taoism (民間道教;...

The Ritual Decalogue is a list of laws at Exodus 34:11–26. These laws are similar to the Covenant Code and are followed by the phrase "Ten Commandments"...

Ritual (stylised in all caps as RITUAL) is the seventh studio album by English electronic musician and producer Jon Hopkins. It was released on 30 August...

Ritual of Love is the second album by the American singer Karyn White, released on September 10, 1991. It contains her biggest hit, "Romantic", as well...

Ritual Productions is a London-based independent record label launched in 2010. On the summer solstice of 2010, Ritual put out their first release, Ramesses'...

Ritual is the thirteenth studio album by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Oomph!. The title was announced in a post on the band's official Facebook page...

Shuilu ritual paintings (Chinese: 水陸畫; pinyin: Shuǐlù huà; lit: "Paintings of Water and Land") are a style of traditional Chinese painting based on Buddhist...

Islamic rituals may refer to: Aqiqah, Islamic animal sacrifice Hajj, Islamic pilgrimage Janazah, Islamic funeral Khitan, Islamic male circumcision Nikah...

and through a key ritual in which Vodouists drum, sing, and dance to encourage a lwa to temporarily possess the dancers. Healing rituals and the preparation...

ceremony to mark the official completion or opening of something. Such rituals include ceremonial ship launching and a variety of events for buildings...

A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change...

Without proper rendering support, you may see errors in display. Meitei ritual songs are traditional vocal compositions associated with the religious and...

The Ritual is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Testament, released on May 12, 1992, by Atlantic Records. It was their last studio album...

and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour. Customs vary between cultures and religious...

The legal aspects of ritual slaughter include the regulation of slaughterhouses, butchers, and religious personnel involved with traditional shechita (Judaism)...

In Judaism, ritual washing, or ablution, takes two main forms. Tevilah (Hebrew: טְבִילָה, romanized: ṭəb̲îlā) is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and...

Rituals is a book by Anton Szandor LaVey, published in 1972 by Avon Books as a companion volume to The Satanic Bible. The book outlines nine rituals and...

Ritual was an early 1980s Harrow-based post-punk band that were later aligned with the early UK-based gothic rock movement. The group is commonly associated...

Uncommon Ritual is the second album released by Sony Classical of string trios, following Appalachia Waltz, with unusual instrumentation and influences...

Lost Ritual is the fifth album by UK sludgecore band Raging Speedhorn. It is their first full-length record since their re-union in 2014 and the first...

be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate ritual, or simply by commanding it to depart in the name of a higher power. The...

Ritual Carnage is a thrash metal band formed in 1998. All the members are Japanese except for Damian Montgomery, their American frontman and leader. Damian...

Ritual Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster based in San Francisco, California, with six cafes in San Francisco and Napa. Founded in 2005, Ritual Roasters...

Shiki-Jitsu (Japanese: 式日, Hepburn: Shikijitsu; lit. "Ritual Day" or "Ceremonial Day"), also known as Ritual, is a 2000 Japanese psychological drama film written...

Ritual of the Savage is an album by American composer Les Baxter, released in 1951 often cited as one of the most important exotica albums. The album featured...

hazing rituals. Rescue services, such as lifeguards or air-sea rescue teams may have hazing rituals.[citation needed] In Belgium, hazing rituals are a...

Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk...

Yule Ritual is a 2001 live album by Hawkwind. "Electronic Intro" (Hawkwind) – 4:27 "Levitation" (Brock) – 8:47 "Spacebrock" (Brock) – 6:08 "Space Is Deep"...

The Politics of Ritual is a ritual studies book by Molly Farneth. It was published in 2023 by Princeton University Press. Deng, Hongcan; Li, Chengjian...

Ritology, also called ritual studies or ritualistics, is the study of rites and rituals. The ritology focuses most directly on enactment and performance...

interest in ritual, specifically their attempts to explain myth and early forms of classical drama as originating in ritual, mainly the ritual seasonal killings...

"The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally...

often though not always dressed with rainbow ribbon, is a teaching tool, ritual instrument symbol for Nyingmapa and Bonpo Dzogchenpa and is a particular...

Ritual is an album of contemporary classical music written by Keith Jarrett and performed by Dennis Russell Davies on solo piano in June 1977 and released...

Ritual in the Dark is the 1960 debut novel of the English writer Colin Wilson. It follows the would-be writer Gerard Sorme as he befriends a small wealthy...

Superjoint, formerly known as Superjoint Ritual, was an American sludge metal/hardcore punk band formed in 1993 and fronted by Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo...

supernatural force permeating the universe that can be manipulated through ritual actions. Practitioners venerate the oricha at altars, either in the home...

esotericist Éliphas Lévi then used the term in his influential book on ritual magic Dogme et rituel de la haute magie, first published in 1856. Lévi was...

revolves around deities and ancestral spirits. Central to the tradition are ritual specialists, the majority of them female, called mudang (무당; 巫堂). In English...

children were sacrificed in an Inca religious ritual that took place around the year 1500. In this ritual, the three children were drugged with coca and...

Ainu religion consists of the spiritual beliefs, ritual practices, and mythical stories of the Ainu people. It is broadly animist in nature, with special...

"Behind the Ritual" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included as the ending track on his 2008 album, Keep It Simple...

The Taíno ritual seat is a Pre-Columbian wooden seat made in the form of a man on all fours. It was made by the Taíno people and found in a cave near the...

Ritual is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Soulfly, released on October 19, 2018, through Nuclear Blast. It is the third Soulfly...

'elemental' displays are precursors of religious ritual". While grief is common to many animals, funeral rituals are not. However, they are well documented...

"Victim of Ritual'" is the first single from Tarja Turunen's fourth studio album Colours In The Dark. The single was released on July 12, 2013 as a limited...

fulfill the prophecy by either reviving ancestral traditions or adopting new rituals, such as ecstatic dancing or imitating the actions of colonists and military...

children all participated in a range of religious activities. Some public rituals could be conducted only by women, and women formed what is perhaps Rome's...

The ritual of oak and mistletoe is a Celtic religious ceremony, in which white-clad druids climbed a sacred oak, cut down the mistletoe growing on it,...

actual religious ritual, Birger A. Pearson believes that the Five Seals refer to an actual ritual in which the initiate was ritually immersed in water...

Ayyavazhi rituals are the religious practices prevalent among the followers of Ayyavazhi. Most of them are connected with Akilam and Arul Nool and a few...

Ritual (Indonesian: Modus Anomali) is a 2012 Indonesian psychological thriller film written and directed by Joko Anwar. It stars Rio Dewanto in the lead...

Space Ritual were a British space rock band, formed in 2000 fronted by Nik Turner, and composed principally of former Hawkwind members. They played a mix...

Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft is a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on magic scholarship. It is published triannually (spring, summer, winter)...

The Ritual: Black Nun (Khmer: កំណើតអរូប, Komnert Arob; transl. The Birth of a Demon) is a 2023 Cambodian horror film directed and written by Semsak Visal...

Pranahuti (Sanskrit: प्राणाहुति, romanized: Prāṇāhuti) is a ritual of reciting a mantra (hymn), offering food that is about to be consumed, to the five...

the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition that emphasizes esoteric practices and rituals aimed at rapid spiritual awakening. Emerging between the 5th and 7th centuries...

Blood" originally appeared on the Infernal Death demo. "Mutilation", "Zombie Ritual" and "Land of No Return" originally appeared on the Mutilation demo, and...

Fa ritual. The khaen, a bamboo mouth organ, is the primary musical instrument of the ritual. It is creates a sacred atmosphere accompanying ritual prayers...

the kami was manifested in rituals and ceremonies meant to entreat the kami to grow and protect the harvest. These rituals also became a symbol of power...

influenced by the Arabic culture. Details vary, but its common, defining ritual is decorating a bride's arms and feet with artwork using henna (known as...

assumed in theurgical, tantric, and other mystical practices. The process of ritual embodiment is aimed at transforming the practitioner, aligning them with...

Ritual of Infinity is the first studio album by American death metal band Morpheus Descends. It was released in late 1992 through JL America. The album...

traditional Bengali pre-wedding ritual where brides and grooms have a farewell meal at their parents homes. This ritual is observed two days before the...

Christian ritual may refer to: Christian liturgy Christian prayer Christian worship Rite (Christianity) Sacrament This disambiguation page lists articles...

sacrifices, but has come to mean 'ritual' in a broad sense, with possible translations including 'ceremony', 'ritual', 'decorum', 'propriety', and 'good...

civilization has developed, which is sometimes called rituals in Confucianism. The Catholic ban on ancestral rituals was lifted in 1939, when Pope Pius XII formally...

"The Headmaster Ritual" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths that appeared as the first song on their second studio album, Meat Is Murder (1985)...

accompanying Hawklog booklet, which would be further developed into the Space Ritual stage show. Science fiction author Michael Moorcock and dancer Stacia also...

versions in the Hebrew Bible: at Exodus 20:1–17, Deuteronomy 5:6–21, and the "Ritual Decalogue" of Exodus 34:11–26. The biblical narrative describes how God...

attested by various written sources, but the most important document is the Ritual of the Mysteries of Osiris in the Month of Khoiak, a compilation of Middle...

Big Moon Ritual is the debut studio album by American blues rock band Chris Robinson Brotherhood. It was released on June 5, 2012, and was recorded during...

Ritual. is the debut album by Czech black metal band Master's Hammer, initially released through independent label Monitor in 1991. It was later distributed...

Space Ritual Live is a live album by Hawkwind recorded at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 22 February 2014 and released in March 2015. It is...

This page lists substances used in ritual context. Psychoactive substances may be illegal to obtain, while non-psychoactive substances are legal, generally...

Blood Ritual is the second album by the Swiss heavy metal band Samael, released in 1992 on the Century Media Records label. When Samael's one-album-only...

Ritual is the debut album by the Brazilian heavy metal band Shaman. It was first released in 2002, and it is a concept album about many cultures, mainly...

as a distinct tradition with its own scriptures, priestly lineages, and ritual systems, but it has long been closely intertwined with Chinese folk religion...

Ritual of the Bacabs is the name given to a manuscript from the Yucatán containing shamanistic incantations written in the Yucatec Maya language. The manuscript...

doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven while accommodating important Shang rituals at Wangcheng and Chengzhou. Over time, this decentralized system became...

The substitute king ritual was a relatively rare ancient Mesopotamian religious rite of human sacrifice, documented most clearly in Sumer, Babylonia and...

Hindu rituals after death, including Vedic rituals after death, are ceremonial rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas...

The Three Books of Rites or Three Ritual Classics (simplified Chinese: 三礼; traditional Chinese: 三禮; pinyin: Sānlǐ), is a collective name for three Confucian...

are recited and shortly before Shabbat is formally ended with a Havdalah ritual. Shabbat is a festive day when Jews exercise their freedom from the regular...

(Yílǐ, 儀禮), it forms part of the "Three Li" (Sānlǐ, 三禮), which comprise the ritual (lǐ, 禮) component of the Five Classics—a foundational set of texts in the...

Ritual is a studio album by the Jazz Messengers featuring Art Blakey. Three years after being recorded, it was first released on the Pacific Jazz Records...

Christian churches in South Africa oppose circumcision, viewing it as a pagan ritual, while others, including the Nomiya church in Kenya, require circumcision...

v t e Momome is a female cleansing ritual among some Akan groups in present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast. The ritual is aimed at cleansing the community from...

Jain rituals play an everyday part in Jainism. Rituals take place daily or more often. Rituals include obligations followed by Jains and various forms...

Haute Magie (English: "Dogma and Ritual of High Magic") is the title of Éliphas Lévi's first published treatise on ritual magic, which appeared in two volumes...

Ritual Maxakalí (also referred to as "Old Maxakalí") is a ritual language belonging to the Maxakalían language family of eastern Brazil. It is used in...

Psycho+Logical-Records for reasons unknown after the release of his sophomore album The Ritual in 2008. Fuentes is married and has a son named Lucas. He resides in San...

In Mesopotamian culture, Me (𒈨; Sumerian: me; Akkadian: parṣu) are rituals that were considered to be the property of the gods. During the performance...

dictionary. Taharah may refer to: Tumah and taharah, ritual impurity and purity in Judaism Taharah, ritual purity in Islam Tahara (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

...A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual is the debut studio album by American rapper Witchdoctor. It was released on April 21, 1998, via Organized Noize/Interscope...

romanized: Ārātrika) is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate...

Among the members of the cult of Asclepius, votive offerings found at ritual centres at Epidaurus, Pergamum, and Rome detail the perceived effectiveness...

Balinese Hinduism constitutes a locally evolved religious system shaped by ritual practice, communal organisation, and sacred geography. Balinese Hinduism...

is loosely based on Marina and Sergey Dyachenko's 1996 fantasy novel The Ritual. The action takes place in a fictional fantasy world, which is a stylistic...

Apotropaic magical rituals were practiced throughout the ancient Near East and ancient Egypt. Fearsome deities were invoked via ritual in order to protect...

(ritual bath). This concept is connected with ritual washing in Judaism, and both ritually impure and ritually pure states have parallels in ritual purification...

their profession. The ring is presented in a private ceremony known as the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer. Qualification for the obligation ceremony...

1985, devoting her research to Chinese ritual, resulting in her most prominent publication, Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice (1992). In 1998 she became the...

The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic is an archaeological study of the material evidence for ritual and magical practices in Europe, containing a particular...

Ritual washing in Judaism Ritual purification in Mandaeism Rishama, daily ablution of face and limbs Tamasha, full body purification Masbuta, ritual immersion...

A yi is a kind of ancient Chinese ritual bronzes in the shape of a half gourd with a handle (often in the shape of a dragon), usually supported by four...

Kagura (神楽(かぐら), "god-entertainment") is a type of Shinto ritual ceremonial dance. The term is a contraction of the phrase kami no kura ("seat of god")...

influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as a ritual. Religious songs have been described...

Japanese Court rituals lit. Court rituals (宮中祭祀, Kyūchū saishi; kana: きゅうちゅうさいし) are rituals performed by the Emperor of Japan for the purpose of praying...

Quran. Prostration of Salah - a Prayer ritual in Islam. Prostration of Quran recitation - a Quran recitation ritual in Islam. Prostration - a feeling of...

Roman funerary practices include the Ancient Romans' religious rituals concerning funerals, cremations, and burials. They were part of time-hallowed tradition...

posthumous naming, and possibly shamanism, with facilitation from ritual art and ritual constructions. The royal adherents constantly worshipped the deities...

three types of ritual in his religion: sex rituals designed to attract the desired romantic or sexual partner, compassionate rituals with the intent...

ceremony may include the presentation of other items of regalia, and other rituals such as the taking of special vows by the new monarch, the investing and...

Koito ("To give away") is a Kalenjin wedding ritual which involves the negotiation of a brides dowry. There are variations in practice between the various...

The Cremation of Care is an annual ritual production written, produced, and performed by and for members of the Bohemian Club. It is staged at the Bohemian...

Hávarsson) and Thormod Bersason (Þormóð Bersason) is sealed by such ritual as well, the ritual being called a leikr. Örvar-Oddr's saga contains another notable...

given to selecting an etrog for the performance of the Sukkot holiday rituals. The romanization of the Hebrew as etrog from Sephardi Hebrew is widely...

terreiros run by a mãe de santo (priestess) or pai de santo (priest). A central ritual involves practitioners drumming, singing, and dancing to encourage an orixá...

Ritmo, Ritual e Responsa (Portuguese for "Rhythm, Ritual and Responsibility") is the eighth studio album by Brazilian alternative rock band Charlie Brown...

Дело Бейлиса) was a judicial trial accusing Menahem Mendel Beilis of the ritual murder of 13-year-old Andriy Yushchinskyi, a student at the preparatory...

the distinctive features of the Kapaalika, characterised by distinctive rituals and symbolism connected with the worship of Shakti and Shiva that is associated...

individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice of reconciling the possessing spirit and the...

secret rituals. Tantric texts as well as oral tales detail the process of the ritual and also tell its importance. The purpose of practicing the ritual range...

primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual-offering formulas that were said by a priest...

Hebrew: שחיטה; [ʃχiˈta]; also transliterated shehitah, shechitah, shehita) is ritual slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut...

The Water Communion (Water Ritual) is a ritual service common in Unitarian Universalist congregations. It is usually held in the fall, during September...

performed on the morning of Eid al-Adha, after which the udhiyah or the ritual sacrifice of a livestock animal, is performed. In Islamic tradition, it...

A Nightfall Ritual is a live album by Canadian musician Alex Henry Foster, released on May 16, 2025, through Hopeful Tragedy Records. It documents the...

divinity rather than be the object of direct worship), or fire rituals, religious rituals centred on a fire, are known from various religions. Fire has...

The Toa Payoh ritual murders took place in Singapore in 1981. On 25 January, the body of a nine-year-old girl was found at a block of public housing flats...

circle is a circle of space marked out by practitioners of some branches of ritual magic, which they generally believe will contain energy and form a sacred...

Fertility rites are religious rituals that are intended to stimulate reproduction in humans or in the natural world. A group of people performing such...

Roma groups, that refers to a notion of ritual impurity. The opposite of marime is užo, a term referring to ritual cleanliness. The interpretation of the...

A life cycle ritual is a ceremony to mark a change in a person's biological or social status at various phases throughout life. Such practices are found...

released in August 2009, and gathered favourable reviews. The third album, Ritual Union, was released in July 2011 and was ranked at number 41 on Rolling...

this claim. The beliefs and practices of its members included ecstatic rituals, worship of charismatic leaders, and a rejection of the priesthood and...

self-flagellation include some branches of Christianity and Islam. The ritual has also been practiced among members of several Egyptian and Greco-Roman...

Atang is an indigenous food-offering ritual for the dead and for spirits practiced among several ethnolinguistic groups in northern Luzon, particularly...

technique or practice". The tantras focus on sādhanā, encompassing dīkṣā, rituals, and yoga, within a framework that includes bodily purification, divine...

A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins...

traditional rites is called an initiate. William Ian Miller notes the role of ritual humiliation in comic ordering and testing. Mircea Eliade discussed initiation...

Cashiering (or degradation ceremony), generally within military forces, is a ritual dismissal of an individual from some position of responsibility for a breach...

In Memoriam 2 (known as Evidence: The Last Ritual in the US, In Memoriam: Le Dernier Rituel in France) is an adventure game by French studio Lexis Numérique...

Death Rituals is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. It was released on November 11, 2008, through Metal Blade Records...

Confucian ritual religion (s 礼教, t 禮教 Lǐjiào, "rites' transmission", also called 名教 Míngjiào, the "names' transmission"), or the Confucian civil religion...

twice-daily heated milk offering made by those in the Śrauta tradition. The ritual has been described by P.E. Dumont as a "fertility charm", and as a "solar...

The Ritual Ladle from the 15th–14th centuries BC, was discovered in Lchashen, Armenia, with a decorated long handle. It is kept in the History Museum of...

Live Ritual – Friday the 13th is Blasphemy's first live album, first released in 2001 as a limited edition LP record via Nuclear War Now! The first 100...

refer to 17 sites in Beijing that played a significant roles in imperial ritual and worship under the Qing dynasty, some of them going back to earlier periods...

insufficient evidence to determine if the reason for the killing was a ritual sacrifice or a punitive execution. Scientific analysis places the Tollund...

as drawing down the Goddess) is a central ritual in many contemporary Wiccan traditions. During the ritual, a coven's High Priestess enters a trance and...

taking turns in singing the stanzas. Before evolving into the contemporary ritual, early forms of the Pabasa were introduced to the various indigenous peoples...

themselves in forms of ecstatic worship in reverence of Dionysus. An ecstatic ritual performed by the cult included the orgeia, a forest rite involving ecstatic...

of being ritually impure. It is achieved by first removing physical impurities (for example, urine) from the body, and then removing ritual impurity through...

the Xhosa people, and is commonly practised throughout South Africa. The ritual is traditionally intended as a teaching institution, to prepare young males...

Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual (Polish: Chronicles of Mystery: Rytuał Skorpiona) is a third-person adventure game for Windows, developed and...

often followed by a wedding reception or wedding breakfast, in which the rituals may include speeches from a groom, best man, father of a bride and possibly...

career that same year and released Maiden Ritual. He published two more EPs: Dance with Grace and Maiden Ritual -Experiment Edition- with a variety of musicians...

and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices divination and healing. The word "shaman" probably originates...

The Ritual of Embalming Papyrus or Papyrus of the Embalming Ritual is one of only two extant papyri which detail anything at all about the practices of...

Shankha (Sanskrit: शङ्ख, romanized: śaṅkha, lit. 'conch') has religious ritual importance in Hinduism. In Hinduism, the shankha called panchajanya is a...

A toast is a ritual during which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the...

Hungry Ghost Ritual (盂蘭神功) is a 2014 horror thriller film directed by Nick Cheung. The film was co-produced by Hong Kong and Malaysia, and was released...

is conducted during an opened Lodge or not, all Masonic meetings include ritual work and educational activities such as: Performing Masonic ceremonies Conferring...

Ritual is the fifth studio album by American melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder. It was released in 2011 on June 17 in Europe and on June...

"Ritual" is a song recorded by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released worldwide as a single on 29 September 2023 via digital download...

From Ritual to Romance is a 1920 book written by Jessie Weston. It is an examination of the roots of the King Arthur legends, seeking to make connections...

myth and ritual school. However, "the myth and ritual, or myth-ritualist, theory" is disputed; many scholars now believe that myth and ritual share common...

Nishekam is the ritual associated with first sexual intercourse among Hindu married couples. The veracity of this ritual is yet to be determined. In popular...

Ritual II is a public art work by Russian-American artist Alexander Liberman located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sculpture...

Color Key: Red background indicates Single Ritual Jurisdiction Green background indicates Multiple Ritual Jurisdiction Notes: All jurisdictions allow...

semi-official initiation ritual which was common at universities throughout Europe from the Middle Ages until the 18th century. The ritual was introduced at...

dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances are usually called "religious...

Yubitsume (指詰め; 'finger shortening') or otoshimae is a Japanese ritual to atone for offenses to another, a way to be punished or to show sincere apology...

paintings, normally produced as thematic groups or sets, which are used in rituals as initiation cards, and in the training of monks. Examples of this miniature...

or saints and their temples, shrines, or churches; cult is embodied in ritual and ceremony. Its presence or former presence is made concrete in temples...

Mithras had a complex system of seven grades of initiation and communal ritual meals. Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake"...

The Ōharae-shiki (大祓式) is one of the Shinto purification rituals known as harae and is sometimes translated as "Great Purification". It is also known...

Chooral Adavi is a folk ritual in Kerala, India, that held as part of Padayani festival. It is reminiscent of the Narabali ritual of yore. It is usually...

or to give back to the cycle of life. Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming...

and these are the main entities dealt with by Umbandistas. At Umbandist rituals, spirit mediums sing and dance in the hope of channeling these spirits...

"So mote it be" is a ritual phrase used by Freemasons, in Rosicrucianism, and more recently by Neopagans, meaning "so may it be", "so it is required",...

traditional dance and ritual, always practiced in the Albanian wedding, as the final dance, performed by the bride and the groom with the ritual burning of the...

The Wedding Palace or Palace of Rituals (Georgian: რიტუალების სასახლე) is a building in Tbilisi designed by architects Victor Djorbenadze and Vazha Orbeladze...

During the pre-Columbian era, human sacrifice in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods. Blood was viewed as a potent source of...

blade to the handle. The sickle played a prominent role in the Druids' Ritual of oak and mistletoe as described from a single passage in Pliny the Elder's...

Going to the Ritual is a live album by bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Rashied Ali. It was recorded in 2007 in concert at WKCR studios, Columbia University...

Destruction Ritual is the second studio album by black metal band Krieg. It was recorded from 1999 to 2001. Duane "Cryptic Winter" Timlin did the drum...

Passovers of Blood: The Jews of Europe and Ritual Murders (orig. lang. Pasque di sangue. Ebrei d'Europa e omicidi rituali) is a 2007 book by Israeli historian...

A teixiptla is a deity embodiment used within Aztec ritual practice. Either a person or sculpture, teixiptlas were fashioned to represent deities and in...

most number-one albums ever in the UK. The fourth track on the album, "EML Ritual" featured on the O2 "Priority Tickets – Follow the Rabbit" television commercial...

most important festivals of Ise Jingu. Held October 15-17 each year, this ritual makes offerings of the first harvest of crops for the season to Amaterasu...

A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a deity or spirit, or in memory of the dead. It was common in many religions of antiquity...

cleansing rituals, and be invited back in. The rituals are supposed to ward off the evil that uttering the play's name is feared to bring on. The rituals include...

zealous social workers, made unsubstantiated allegations of bizarre Satanic rituals and horrific sexual and physical abuse at the hands of day care workers...

anga nyasa. The number seven is commonly written before nyasa mantras in ritual handbooks, indicating that the seven bijaksaras (sacred letters) should...

Mandaic: ࡈࡀࡓࡉࡀࡍࡀ) is a ritual clay tray used to place food offerings such as pihta, fruits, and nuts. It is used as part of ritual meals such as the zidqa...

who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil. Preparations began in November 2017 when Bettinelli-Olpin...

The Ritual dance of the royal drum is a drumming tradition from Burundi that combines synchronised drumming with dancing and traditional songs. In 2014...

Tantric rituals. So Iyers being Vedic scholars built their own temples in their Agraharams to conduct puja, since they followed different rituals and not...

with lineage identity, protection, and ritual continuity. These worship systems are sometimes organised into ritual groupings known as Panthi divisions under...

each participant is conferred the Iron Ring. The ceremony, originally a ritual, traces its origins to professor H. E. T. Haultain of the University of...

The Balkåkra Ritual Object is an item from the Bronze Age found in Balkåkra, Sweden in 1847. Its use and purpose remain unknown. The object was found in...

The pounded rice ritual normally occurs with an arranged marriage occurring in Southeast Asia. An arranged marriage is one where elders of the prospective...

Ritual is the second studio album by Peter Frohmader, released in 1986 by Multimood. All music is composed by Peter Frohmader. Adapted from the Ritual...

Ritual killings in Gabon refer to murders committed in the context of occult or esoteric practices, often tied to mystical beliefs or witchcraft, and allegedly...

stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold...

structure, famous for its holy spring water, where Balinese Hindus go to for a ritual purification called Melukat. The temple pond has a spring which gives out...

cult programming is a style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. Cargo...

The Ritual Macabre is the sixth release by the black metal band Watain. It is their second live album. The album was released in 2001 on Sakreligious Warfare...

Ritual is the sixth studio album by American rock band In This Moment, released on July 21, 2017, by Atlantic Records and Roadrunner Records. This marks...

is to be done with heated water. Bathing the dead body is an essential ritual of the Sunnah of the Islamic prophet Muhammad symbolizing physical and spiritual...

"associated with the ruling class".[citation needed] "In addition to her ritual performances of ecstatic trance", writes Kuly, "[the miko] performed a variety...

Magic, sometimes spelled magick, is the application of beliefs, rituals or actions employed with the intent to manipulate natural or supernatural beings...

Ceremony (Taivoan: Taai, Taa) is one of the most important annual ceremonial rituals of the Taivoan, a plain indigenous people in Taiwan. It is held on September...

toasting the gods with an alcoholic beverage. Some adherents also engage in rituals designed to induce an altered state of consciousness and visions, most...

local Muslim practices. It is not an Islamic obligation but a cultural ritual with spiritual symbolism. Padusan usually happens the day before Ramadan...

Pitcher, with a ritual hunt scene, is a polished, black, convex, short-neck pitcher. It is kept in the History Museum of Armenia under the number 1919-1...

Infibulation is the ritual removal of the vulva and its suturing, a practice found mainly in northeastern Africa, particularly in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia...

Crowley more about ceremonial magic and the ritual use of drugs, and together they performed the rituals of the Goetia, until Bennett left for South Asia...

nominated for Rock Album of the Year at the 2024 Juno Awards. Their album Ritual II was nominated for Instrumental Album of the Year at the 2026 Juno Awards...

obligatory rite of passage for males; those who have not undergone the ritual are ridiculed and labeled supót by their peers. While today, tuli has become...

Pavitrotsavam is an annual ritual in the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Andhra Pradesh. Pavitrotsava is derived from the combination of two words Pavitra...

an aspect of the Chinese traditional religion which revolves around the ritual celebration of the deified ancestors and tutelary deities of people with...

articles on major topics such as priesthoods, forms of divination, and rituals. For theonyms, or the names and epithets of gods, see List of Roman deities...

for ascertaining various Islamic states of ritual purity, in particular, as it relates to a ghusl (ritual bath). The Distinguished Jurist's Primer: Bidayat...

Chinese ritual bronze vessel used in the late Zhou dynasty and the Warring States period of ancient China. It was a food container used as a ritual vessel...

spiritual significance for the traveler because by participating in this ritual, they renew their faith and/or try to bring about a practical result. In...

hereditary temple servants who work at the Jagannath Temple in Puri and do ritual, administrative, and service work in a structured caste system. The Sevayat...

The Taotie is often represented as a motif on dings, which are Chinese ritual bronze vessels from the Shang (c. 1600 – c. 1050 BCE) and Zhou dynasties...

The Opening Ritual is an EP by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof, and their debut release. The track in this EP, "The Gates Of Gehenna" was re-recorded...

type of memorial ritual meal commemorating the dead. It is distinct from the zidqa brikha and lofani, which are two other types of ritual meal offered for...

IAST: Ḍhunḍh) is a Hindu ritual practiced in Rajasthan. It is performed for all children below one year old on Holi. This ritual may be similar to Punyajanam...

of speculation. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as a part of the tawaf ritual during the Hajj and many try to stop to kiss the Black Stone, emulating...

yajamana (Sanskrit: यजमान, romanized: Yajamāna) is the ritual patron, on whose behalf a religious ritual or a yajna is performed by a Hindu priest, generally...

hardcore punk band Arson Anthem, and bassist of Phil Anselmo's band Superjoint Ritual. Predominantly styled in country music, punk rock and heavy metal, he has...

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth (German: Homo Necans: Interpretationen Altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen)...

/ˈæθɪmɪ/) is a ceremonial blade, generally with a black handle. It is the main ritual implement or magical tool among several used in ceremonial magic traditions...

Ritual Tradition Habit is the debut studio album by Canadian band The Belle Game, produced by John Raham (Frazey Ford, The Be Good Tanyas) and the members...

[ˈmɑrgənæ]) is a ritual olive wooden staff carried by Mandaean priests. A Mandaean priest always carries his margna during baptismal (masbuta) rituals. According...

multitude of rituals associated with collegiate sporting events across the United States. Varying by sport, demographics, and location, sporting rituals often...

Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered on...

Osculum infame is a witch's supposed ritual greeting upon meeting with the Devil. The name means the 'shameful kiss' or 'kiss of shame', since it involved...

years. 1966: Last reported ritual killing for medicine in Lesotho. 1976–7: A series of ritual killings dubbed the Maryland ritual killings occurred in Liberia...

Epigraphic Mayan: pitz; Spanish: Juego de pelota mesoamericano) was a sport with ritual associations played since at least 1650 BCE (the middle Mesoamerican Preclassic...

shokeling), from the Yiddish word meaning "to shake" (שאָקלען, shoklen), is the ritual swaying of worshippers during Jewish prayer, usually forward and back but...

initial Upanayana rituals. It was then that the last ritual was performed, the Medhajanana. The Samavartanam or convocation ritual marked the end of the...

Polynesian and Melanesian cultures of the Pacific, often as a coming of age ritual. Disadvantages include the risks inherent in the procedure itself, which...

Ritual in Transfigured Time is a 1946 American experimental silent short film directed by Maya Deren. Like Deren's previous work, A Study in Choreography...

sometimes called the Yujia Yankou rite, is an esoteric Chinese Buddhist ritual typically performed to fulfill several different goals, including to nourish...

Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. During the ritual, Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at three walls (formerly pillars), called...

Potong gigi, also known as mesangih or mepandes, is a form of ritual body modification of adolescents, typically teenagers, in parts of Bali that involves...

combining improvised poetry, dance, and song. Küştdepdi has been preserved as a ritual and entertainment component of traditional celebrations. In 2017, the tradition...

history and scope of cannibalism in the Americas is complex, involving ritual or cultural practices connected with human sacrifice and warfare as well...

Land diving (Sa: Gol, Bislama: Nanggol) is a ritual performed by the men of the southern part of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. Men jump off wooden towers...

Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 261. "Soulfly Releases Live Ritual NYC MMXIX Digital EP". May 22, 2020. Proudfoot, Kimo (Director) (March 1...

beings in saṃsāra. The service is often credited as one of the greatest rituals in Chinese Buddhism, as it is the most elaborate and requires the labor...

From Ritual to Romance is the Loud Family's sixth full-length album. It is a live album released during a six-year hiatus from studio recording, which...

Romanum calls only for the candles to be dashed to the ground. After the ritual, written notices would be sent to the neighbouring bishops and priests reporting...

(Arabic: نقِكِريه) in the Nubian regions, is a term applied to a group of rituals that are practised as part of marriage ceremonies and, to a lesser extent...

a ballot. It derives from the ancient Roman word acclamatio, a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval towards imperial officials in certain...

Indian ritual practiced in the North Malabar Region of Kerala and some parts of neighbouring Karnataka. It involves extended singing of ritual songs related...

contradistinction to orthodox Roman Catholic ritual. To a large extent, Maya religion is indeed a complex of ritual practices; and it is, therefore, fitting...

This tradition is part of the Tawur Kesanga procession, a Hindu Balinese ritual aimed at neutralizing negative forces in the surrounding environment and...

Nupa Maibi, ritual practitioners of the Sanamahi tradition in Manipur, Northeast India. It is used exclusively in ceremonial and ritual contexts and...

traditional housewarming ceremony performed when moving into a new home. The ritual is believed to purify the house, invite prosperity, and seek divine blessings...

Salting the earth, or sowing with salt, is the ritual of spreading salt on the sites of cities razed by conquerors. It originated as a curse on re-inhabitation...

the ritual offering of a samsinsang to the god Samsin (who is said to watch over children), the preparation of a dolsang with various foods and ritual objects...

‹ The template Infobox play is being considered for merging. › The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas is a 2013 play by the British dramatist Dennis Kelly...

blackened death metal band formed in 1989 by Sri Lankan-Finnish twin brothers Ritual Butcherer on guitar and Lord Angelslayer on bass and vocals. It was one...

1850–1900 Punjabi wedding traditions strongly reflect Punjabi culture with rituals, songs, dances, food, and dress that have evolved over centuries. There...

1980s in Kern County, California. The cases involved allegations of satanic ritual abuse by a sex ring against as many as 60 children who testified they had...

"Ritual" is a song by Dutch DJ Tiësto featuring English DJ Jonas Blue and English singer Rita Ora from the former's sixth studio album, The London Sessions...

towards her husband has made her an exemplary figure for Hindu women. The rituals related to Savitri Vrata are collectively compiled under Vat-Savitri puja...

changed the religious heritage of the early Vedic period, arranging their ritual hymns into collections called the Vedas, and transforming the historical...

Norito (祝詞) are liturgical texts or ritual incantations in Shinto, usually addressed to a given kami. The first written documentation of norito dates to...

Zhuazhou (Chinese: 抓週; lit. 'catch week') is a Chinese ritual held at a child's first birthday party. The parents put various objects before the child...

The Earth Ritual Preview is a 1984 (see 1984 in music) EP by the English space rock group Hawkwind. It spent two weeks on the UK singles chart peaking...

symbolic ritual where human participants represent the deities. The notion of hieros gamos does not always presuppose literal sexual intercourse in ritual, but...

The opening of the mouth ceremony (or ritual) was an ancient Egyptian ritual described in funerary texts such as the Pyramid Texts. From the Old Kingdom...

with some similarities to the scapegoat ritual also appear in Ancient Greece and Ebla. The scapegoat ritual was performed throughout the Second Temple...

single civilization. A prominent early use was the crafting of the Six Ritual Jades, found since the 3rd-millennium BCE Liangzhu culture: the bi, the...

meditation methods and tantric ritual. The chod practitioner seeks to tap the power of fear through activities such as rituals set in graveyards, and visualisation...

existence of Neanderthal religion, and sparse evidence exists for earlier ritual practice. Excluding sparse and controversial evidence in the Middle Paleolithic...

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to...

a spiritual mortification ritual performed by followers of the Rifa’i Tariqa. Byths or Ratheebs are sung during the ritual. There are more than twenty...

to this article: "Body Ritual among the Nacirema" The original use of the term in a social science context was in "Body Ritual among the Nacirema", which...

The gold Casco de Leiro ("Helmet of Leiro") is a ritual hemispherical cap probably dating to the end of the Late Bronze Age (circa 1,000 to 800 BC) in...

and first album, The Torture Papers, in 2006. The 2007 follow-up album, Ritual of Battle, saw Jus Allah and JMT protégés Doap Nixon and Demoz joining the...

archaeological sources allow the reconstruction of aspects of Germanic ritual and practice. These include well-attested burial practices, which likely...

Laʼbi is the esoteric ritual language of male initiation among the Gbaya Kara, the Mbum, and some Sara Laka, in the area of Touboro near where the CAR...

including ritual, gender, child abuse, witchcraft and Satanism. In 1994 she wrote a government report: The Extent and Nature of Organised and Ritual Abuse...

A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. In many countries, the prisoner may, within reason, select what the last meal...

The study of the religion and ritual of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture has provided important insights into the early history of Europe. The Cucuteni–Trypillia...

(indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). It is also described as a "ritual weapon". It is used symbolically by the dharmic traditions of Hinduism,...

part of ritual purity in Islam and is governed by fiqh, which specifies hygienical jurisprudence and defines the rituals that constitute it. Ritual purity...

Israel") as opposed to the Babylonian minhag, refers to the minhag (rite and ritual) of medieval Palestinian Jews concerning the siddur (traditional order and...

book". This ambiguity reflects the similarity in Egyptian thought between ritual speech and magical power. In the context of the Book of the Dead, it is...

in". ResearchGate. p. 234. Kenneth L. Untiedt (2008). Death Lore: Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter. University of North Texas...

The Ritual Continues liner notes. "Djam Karet: The Ritual Continues > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2013. "Djam Karet Discography: Ritual Continues"...

They were known for their daily ritual baptisms for purification, distinct from mainstream Jewish practices of ritual immersion. They are considered one...

same family (Burseraceae) as frankincense and myrrh. It is widely used in ritual purification and as folk medicine for stomach aches, as a sudorific, and...

Williamson similarly argue that the beginnings of Pentecostal snake-handling rituals cannot be ascribed to a single person, and that the observance arose independently...

residents who were rioting over ritual killings, in 2020 January. Chingola town was hit with deaths associated with ritual killings with the recent one happening...

Monica Montgomery Michael J. Panichelli Jr. as Detective John Haynes The Ritual (2009) "HEAD CASES: SERIAL KILLERS IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY Reviews, Uncategorized...

Hoon Payont (Thai: หุ่นพยนต์) refers to ritual effigies used in Thai folk magic. These doll-like figures are created with traditional materials—such as...

The blood eagle was a method of ritual execution as detailed in late skaldic poetry. According to the two instances mentioned in the Christian sagas, the...

2012 horror anthology film V/H/S, as well as directed the 2017 film The Ritual and the 2020 film The Night House. Bruckner grew up in Atlanta, Georgia...

hire a troupe to perform Chinese opera as the main celebration, and many rituals in Taiwan also have opera performances. The word “She” 社 originally meant...

accompanying Hawklog booklet, which would be further developed into the Space Ritual stage show. Science fiction author Michael Moorcock and dancer Stacia also...

Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध, romanized: aśvamedha) was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient...

Latin sacer is itself from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- "sacred, ceremony, ritual". Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Holy"...

outside of the temple. Jingxiang Taoist temple Confucian temple Chinese ritual mastery traditions Chinese folk religion Chinese folk religion in Southeast...

Ritualize is a collaborative studio album by Lushlife and CSLSX. It was released on Western Vinyl on February 19, 2016. Philadelphia rapper and record...

Nagbali is a three-day Hindu ritual performed at Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik District of Maharashtra, India. The Narayan bali ritual is performed by families...

called "The Castle Is Gone" and their debut and only full album, Modern Rituals. All of these releases (except for the EP which was released under their...

household, or with men). Many traditional religions consider menstruation ritually unclean, although anthropologists say that the concepts 'sacred' and 'unclean'...

Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore) as a part of an alleged satanic ritual in West Memphis, Arkansas. The film uses the music of Metallica instead...

performance of the sanctuary rituals can make that possible, so long as the people avoid sin and impurity whenever possible. The rituals, especially the sin and...

German) or brüderschafttrinken (lit. 'brotherhood-drinking') is a drinking ritual, or a rite of passage, to consolidate friendship. Two people simultaneously...

complete its ceremonial rituals. It initially starts with Baskatti and Marabthatthi rituals and end with Jenau and Jaga rituals. It is conducted only on...

Chokwe ritual mask, there are certain qualifications that must be met beforehand. Chokwe masqueraders have a belief that by spitting into the ritual mask...

of the thousand-year-long period of the burial of large sets of Chinese ritual bronzes in elite tombs, and is also unusual in containing large numbers...

Kanyadana (Sanskrit: कन्यादान, romanized: Kanyādāna) is a Hindu wedding ritual. Inscriptional evidence of this tradition can be found on 15th century stones...

Temple[dubious – discuss] and later during the Hellenistic and Roman eras. Ritual baths (mikvaot, Hebrew: מקוואות) served pilgrims during their journey. Milestones...

The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual: Temples and the Establishment of the Gods is an archaeological study focusing on the early development of Hinduism within...

elaborate ritual. It was a component in the Ritual and Incantation-Prayer against Ghost-Induced Illness: Šamaš, and also the Mîs-pî ritual. In the ritual tablet...

medicine, and plants used as incense or similar ingested or partially ingested ritual components. Culinary: used as a nutritionally minor flavoring component...

commonly refers to: Toast (food), bread browned with dry heat Toast (honor), a ritual in which a drink is taken Toast or Toasted may also refer to: Toast, North...

Grasslands, were used in royal and spiritual rituals. Commemorative figures played an important role in ritual occasions, such as the funerals and succession...

The archaeology of religion and ritual is a growing field of study within archaeology that applies ideas from religious studies, theory and methods, anthropological...

Colors: light blue and crystal Ritual garment color: light blue Ritual jewelry or necklace: crystalline beads Ritual salutation: Odô-Iya, Erù-Iya, Odôfiaba...

was played by ritual specialists known as angakut (sing. angakoq), who mediated between humanity and the spirits. They performed rituals for healing, to...

and 1930s, U.S. authorities attempted to ban Native American religious rituals involving peyote, including the Ghost Dance. Today the Native American...

record Dr John Pearce commented that the assemblage probably derived from a ritual context. Dr Andrew Woods, senior curator at the Yorkshire Museum, has described...

photographers catching the events, generating positive publicity. Among nearly ritual photo ops are those when participants of a summit get out of their cars...

Chinese funeral rituals comprise a set of traditions broadly associated with Chinese folk religion, with different rites depending on the age of the deceased...

Qabalah, astrology, and meditation techniques. It also holds a variety of ritual services and study groups, some open to the public. Worldwide membership...

togetherness and assimilation. A scientific study conducted during a fire-walking ritual at the village of San Pedro Manrique, Spain, showed synchronized heart rate...

China's Liangguan. It is considered a ritual crown. Culture of Korea List of Korean clothing "Yanggwan ritual crown". Musei Vaticani (Vatican Museums)...

Master Masons in good standing. The aim of the lodge is to preserve Masonic ritual as closely as is possible to that which was formally accepted by the newly...

Episodes: Emergence is a 2006 first-person shooter developed and published by Ritual Entertainment. It is the first game in a planned series of episodic games...

Mugujeonggwangdaedaranigyeong 무구정광대다라니경(無垢淨光大陀羅尼經); T 1024), is a Buddhist ritual text belonging to the dhāraṇī genre of protective and transformative formulas...

queen Shantala Devi is believed to have undertaken the Jain ritual of Sallekhana (ritual fasting unto death) in 1131 CE, as recorded in an inscription...

Smiling Static (2010, Self-Released) and The Preserving Machine (2020, Sonic Ritual Records). Shortly after releasing their 2003 EP Before We Spark they broke...

following list of notable constructed languages is divided into auxiliary, ritual, engineered, and artistic (including fictional) languages, and their respective...

about 100 petroglyphs dating from 4000–1000 BCE. It is thought to be a ritual site for the local tribes. There are two main strata and their artifacts...

The sapanpe (Ainu/Japanese: サパンペ) is a ritual crown worn by adult men during traditional Ainu ceremonies. It is complemented by the matanpushi, which is...

(2012), a book that discusses anecdotal accounts of what he describes as ritual sexual abuse, "mind control", sadistic torture and satanic rape from 21...

forms elements of ritual, spirituality, and healing. The philosopher Gediminas Karoblis relates early ecstatic dance to religious ritual, stating that all...

(Sanskrit: जलाभिषेक, romanized: Jalābhiṣeka) also known as Jalabhishekam, is a ritual in Hinduism. In this practice, adherents pour a stream of holy water on...

Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Three Windows, and the Intihuatana ritual stone. Although the site was known locally and reached in the early 20th...

Rituals of Power is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Misery Index. It was released on March 8, 2019, by Season of Mist. Jason Netherton...

Tugging rituals and games are four cultural practices in Cambodia, Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam, which were collectively included in UNESCO's...

secret, therefore very little about the technical aspects of ceremonies and rituals has been recorded. We have only the names of some auguria: The augurium...

"Hollow" Eran Segal – lead guitar on "Plan" Juha Ylikoski – lead guitar on "Ritual" Johan Eriksson – vocals on "Self" L-G Petrov – vocals on "Superior" and...

Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals (Pahlavani Sport / Zoorkhaneh Sport) is the name inscribed by UNESCO for Varzesh-e pahlavāni (Persian: آیین پهلوانی و...

explore themes in headhunting that include mortification of the rival, ritual violence, cosmological balance, the display of manhood, cannibalism, dominance...

into Shinto ritual and the kagura, being the Omoto Kagura, Hana Matsuri, and the Hayachine Kagura in presenting shamanic choreography as ritual communication...

small bones are found is suggestive of ritual excarnation. Archaeologists seeking to study the practice of ritual excarnation in the archeological record...

practices on theurgy and spiritual development. Many present-day concepts of ritual and magic that are at the centre of contemporary traditions, such as Wicca...

wonders, and the performance of magical feats through esoteric knowledge and ritual practice. Unlike theurgy, which focuses on invoking divine powers, thaumaturgy...

who refrained from interdining with them due to their perceived lower ritual status.Karhades who settled in Desh considered Padhyes, a subsection of...

elaborately decorated "ritual wine server" in the guang shape (Chinese: 觥; pinyin: gōng; Wade–Giles: kung1) is a Chinese ritual bronze wine vessel, accession...

pair of tree creatures who are expected to participate in a public mating ritual sanctioned by New York City as a festival. Meanwhile, Callie demands to...

(translated as "circlet" by E. S. Drower) used during Mandaean religious rituals. The klila is a female symbol that complements the taga, a white crown...

most exalted Islamic rituals and one of its confirmed obligatory acts. The meeting service consists of several parts including ritual washing, chants, recitation...

ẹ̀kọ in Yorùbá language) is a ritual food central to ceremonies of Afro-Brazilian religions, specifically to Candomblé rituals. It is found in the states...

Biblical rituals of purification ranging in areas from the mundane private rituals of personal hygiene and toilet etiquette to the complex public rituals of...

Hindu temple Bajrangbali Devasthana is here. It is renowned for the ancient ritual of offering mangoes and wall clocks to Lord Hanuman, symbolizing strength...

deity itself, and temporary prostitution before marriage or for certain rituals. Ancient Near Eastern societies along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers featured...

offer prayers and other offerings for rainmaking rituals and agriculture. In Japan, rainmaking rituals, one of these is known as "amagoi" (雨乞い) which has...

system in the pre-Columbian Americas. The Maya recorded their history and ritual knowledge in screenfold books, of which only three uncontested examples...

Church ritual abuse case was a case of a developmentally disabled individual charged with child sexual abuse in 1991 as part of the satanic ritual abuse...

Ǎilíngjì), the "Ritual to the Spirits of the Short [People]", is a ritual of the Saisiyat people, a Taiwanese aboriginal group. The ritual commemorates the...

status in a ritual change from pre-ritual stage to post-ritual. The idea of communitas refers to the common experience of community during a ritual. Mary Douglas’...

number of ways by different spiritual communities. A common form of the ritual uses repeated sexual stimulation (but not to physical orgasm) to place the...

Jankwa (or Janko) is a Newar ritual in Nepal to commemorate the young, elderly and infants in the community. There are two types of jankwa: Macha jankwa...

Woyo masks are ritual masks made by the Woyo people of Central Africa. The masks are typically larger than a face and worn with a costume made of dried...

Igong Maji (Korean: 이공맞이; lit. 'Greeting the Igong' is a Korean shamanistic ritual done in Jeju Island. Because Igong, the god of flowers, does not have an...

anthropologist whose most influential work concerned art, language, symbolism and ritual. He was trained by Edmund Leach (MPhil, Cambridge University) and Raymond...

rites and ritual of performing an embalming of the Apis, particularly the last parts or stages of the embalming. D.K. Sharpes states the ritual extended...

encompasses the historical pre-Christian religious beliefs, mythologies, and ritual practices of the Slavic peoples before their gradual Christianization between...

period approximately 1,000 BCE of Japan which was used for the shinto rituals. A pattern resembling the two-comma tomoe (futatsudomoe) has been found...

ching jiu in Hong Kong, (太平清醮) is a Taoist ritual and festival which is performed every year. The ritual is to pray and request the Taoist Deities to...

stories illuminate Roman religious practices, they are more concerned with ritual, augury, and institutions than with theology or cosmogony. Roman mythology...

spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United...

attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice. Using various methods, throughout history, diviners have been...

"Ritual" is a song by American electronic dance music producer and DJ Marshmello, featuring American musician Wrabel. It was released on November 1, 2016...

aspects of society and culture, such as ritual. Various rituals are explained by mythology. For example, the ritual burning of mortuary banknotes (Hell Money)...

recorded and performed with Heaven & Hell, GZR, Ozzy Osbourne, and Deadland Ritual. Butler adopted the nickname "Geezer" at an early age. "It came because...

responsibility in the engineering profession. It was inspired by the success of the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer, a similar and much older Canadian ceremony...

healing vigils carried out by Mazatec curanderos (such as María Sabina). The rituals involved the use of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) or Salvia divinorum to...

Records on 2006 March 7. It reached No. 44 in the German mainstream charts. "Ritual Noise" was the album's first single, reaching No. 64 in Germany on 3 February...

mantras and ceremonial preparations that typically span 8 to 10 hours. The ritual culminates with the placement of the mudi (sacred headgear) on the performer...

January on Abstract Recordings as a 7-inch single, with the B-side being "Ritual". After the band signed with Mercury in 1994, the song was released as a...

descendant of the Sackler family. She is the founder of the American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist...

so sexual selection acts on the display. These behaviors often include ritualized movement ("dances"), vocalizations, mechanical sound production, or displays...

Matachines (Spanish singular matachín; sword dancers dressed in ritual attire called bouffon) are a carnivalesque dancers performing a dance that emerged...

Krishna and Godavari rivers claimed kshatriya status and performed Vedic rituals to legitimate themselves as rulers. During his visit to India in the 7th...

it was inspired by the Iron Ring, which is part of the original Canadian Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer ceremony first attended in 1922. Canadian...

belief system and group of associated practices incorporating the use of ritual objects, such as amulets and spells, affiliated with religious observances...

architecture and rituals designed to re-create primordial time, as evidenced by Postclassic Maya codices [1.1, 1.2]. These rituals, including the dedication...

practitioner, who was executed for witchcraft after having performed a Pagan ritual. He was reported to the authorities by the parish vicars of Hauho, Tuulos...

Very Short Introduction and Theorizing about Myth and edited The Myth and Ritual Theory and The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion. His publications...

facing handles. They are one of the most important shapes used in Chinese ritual bronzes. They were made in two shapes: round vessels with three legs and...

The Guérewol (var. Guerewol, Gerewol) is an annual courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people of Niger. Young men dressed in elaborate...

(pronounced [ˈpalo βolaˈðoɾ]; "flying pole"), is an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony/ritual still performed today, albeit in modified form, in isolated pockets in Mexico...

ratcha phithi triyampawai, lit. 'royal ceremony Triyampawai') is a Hindu ritual currently celebrated at the Devasathan in Bangkok. It was formerly one of...

prophylactic ritual and accompanying incantation series, recorded on seven or more tablets, the first of which describes the actual performance of the ritual. Its...

Berkeley. Staal specialized in the study of Vedic ritual and mantras, and the scientific exploration of ritual and mysticism. He was also a scholar of Greek...

"Ritual" is a 1970 Australian television plays. It was called "a tale of terror for two characters". John Norman Lyndel Rowe The Canberra Times called...