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	Ritual purification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baptism is a Christian form of ritual purification.
		In Ayyavazhi a ritual purification of one's mind and body called Thuvayal Thavasu,was formulated by Ayya Vaikundar and were practiced by Santror.
		On the Essence of Ritual Impurity in Judaism
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ritual_purification (497 words)

	Ritual - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value, which is prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community.
		Ritual purification with the aim of removing uncleanliness, which may be real or symbolic.
		Ritual often have a close connection with reverence, thus a ritual in many cases expresses reverence for a deity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ritual (752 words)

	H2O - The Mystery, Art, and Science of Water: Purification
		Ritual washing or immersion in water, however, was already a very ancient and widespread practice before John the Baptist employed it as a means of initiating followers into his sect.
		The text also show that during the embalming process the corpse was given frequent ritual lustrations (washings) to purify it from the contamination of death and to revivify it.
		In ancient Greece, bathing in the sea was a purification rite performed as an initiatory ritual of the ancient mystery cult called the Eleusinian Mysteries.
	witcombe.sbc.edu /water/artwaterpurification.html (324 words)

	Baptism is a water purification ritual
		Ritual is a formalized, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring interval.
		The general purpose of rituals is to express some fundamental truth or meaning, evoke spiritual, numinous emotional responses from participants, and/or engage a group of people in unified action to strengthen their communal bonds.
		The word ritual, when used as an adjective, relates to the noun 'rite', as in rite of passage.
	www.essene.com /rituals_ceremonies/index_definitions.htm (605 words)

	15ch7
		Already in the early twentieth century scholars noted the fact that French diocesan statutes made churching, the ritual purification of a woman at her first visit to church after the birth of a child, a privilege reserved for legitimately married women, but no effort was made to explore the development or implications of this legislation.
		The legislation of churching and the ritual itself moved her from a marginal status as fornicator or adulteress to a place within the community as a repentant woman.
		Rituals enacted at the parish were therefore played out in a privileged arena, at the heart of the community.
	www.luc.edu /publications/medieval/vol15/15ch7.html (3454 words)

	Baptism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baptism is generally a water purification ritual practiced in many of various religions including Christianity, Mandaeanism, and Sikhism, and has its origins with the Jewish ritual of mikvah.
		In the Tanakh, and other Jewish texts, bathing for ritual purification was established for specified circumstances – in order to be restored to a condition of 'ritual purity'.
		Hyperdispensationalists assert that water-based baptism ritual is a relic of the early Jewish Christian church, and is now supplanted by the one baptism (1 Cor 12:13) foretold by John the Baptist {Matt 3:11}.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baptism (6029 words)

	phenomeNEWS - This Month's Article
		The practice of purification on all levels is common across the globe and herbs are often part of cleansing ceremony.
		Purification herbs are burned and used to cleanse places and auras.
		They are made into special soaps for ritual bathing and put into herbal bath mixtures for the purpose of cleansing the body, mind and spirit.
	www.phenomenews.com /oct2004/stokes.htm (1024 words)

	Zipple.com - The Jewish Supersite - Zipple in the Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		We are taught in the Torah portion of Parshas Parah that the kohain was commanded to slaughter the heifer and sprinkle its sacrificial blood outside the Bais Hamikdash's walls.
		Because, as we see, the purification process from death began with a sacrificial atonement for the sin of the golden calf.
		Ritual impurity was intended to assist one in detaching himself from his physical cravings.
	www.zipple.com /torah/dvar_for_parah.shtml (1330 words)

	Virus Purification -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Protein purification is the process of isolating proteins from a homogenate, which may comprise cell and tissue components, including DNA, cell membrane and other proteins.
		Furthermore, purification may be facilitated by the frequent use of a recombinant tag - an extra small chain of amino acids at one terminal of the protein which binds specifically to certain resins.
		The Purification Rundown is a program of physical treatment developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, involving the use of saunas, vitamins, and the drinking of oils as a way to treat drug and alcohol addiction.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/160/virus-purification.html (1671 words)

	Ritual, politics and tourism - Inside Indonesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This belief in ritual causation is perhaps related to their distrust of human political endeavour, and this distrust has emerged in locals' recovery efforts in a post-bomb Bali.
		These images have roots in political expediencies of the Dutch colonial state in the aftermath of their bloody invasion of Bali a century ago, and have flourished and developed in close symbiotic relationship with the world tourism industry since.
		Many began to see it as a result of deficiencies in their own performance of ritual, and a kind of punishment for allowing the kind of immoral and 'un-Balinese' development that the nightclub strip of Kuta represented.
	www.serve.com /~inside/edit74/macrea.html (735 words)

	BGS Lesson 3: Introduction to Ritual (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ritual seems to be one method of reintegrating individuals and groups into the cosmos, and to tie in the activities of daily life with their ever present, often forgotten, significance.
		Purification The cleansing of yourself and the area in which you will be holding the ritual so that it is set apart from the outside world.
		Purification of self and of the ritual space is important because it is the first part of placing yourself in a ritual consiousness.
	members.tripod.com /~Craft101/BGSL3.html (4313 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		Purification always involved waiting a period of time (until evening for minor cases, eighty days for the birth of a daughter), and could also involve ritual washings symbolizing cleansing, atoning sacrifices, and priestly rituals.
		Purification rituals symbolized movement from death toward life and accordingly involved blood, the color red, and spring (lit.
		Jesus turned water, in jars for ritual purification, into wine (John 2:6-9) to symbolize the replacement of ceremonial law with something better.
	bible.crosswalk.com /Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi?number=T142 (1809 words)

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		Purification Ritual - Molestation/Rape Purification After Sexual Molestation/Rape -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please go to a hospital and file a police report before doing this ritual.
		Preparations This is a two person (victim and lover) ritual, involving a purification bath.
		Say a prayer to the Goddess, speaking of the wish to be purified, through the love of your relationship and you love of the Goddess.
	www.ladyoftheearth.com /rituals/rape.txt (568 words)

	Greek Mythology: EPIDOTE Daimon Goddess of Ritual Purification
		EPIDOTE was the female Daimon (Spirit) of the rites of ritual purification performed to remove the stain of pollution from the hands of a murderer.
		The masculine form of her name was as an epithet of Hypnos the god of sleep.
		From this defilement Pausanias could not escape, although he underwent all sorts of purifications and became a suppliant of Zeus Phyxios (God of Flight), and finally went to the wizards at Phigalia in Arkadia but he paid a fitting penalty to Kleonike and to the god.
	www.theoi.com /Daimon/Epidote.html (360 words)

	About Lily Therese
		Rituals for the removal of negative influences are legend.
		A self-purification ritual is designed to keep the participant spiritually clean.
		Spiritual self-purification rituals must express our inner love for without a sincere attempt to express love, the self-purification ritual is valueless.
	www.lilytherese.com /purifica.htm (152 words)

	United Communities of Spirit
		Rituals to set apart sacred time can include the many actions and symbols to mark the beginning or ending of festival days; thus the Jewish law of the Sabbath sets it apart as a day of rest.
		Ritual bath- ing, baptism, hand-washing, and other forms of cleansing are symbolic of purification of the soul.
		Since only the rituals of living religions are relevant for modern man, we must distinguish these from the ritual practice of the ancients as preserved in scripture.
	origin.org /ucs/ws/theme120.cfm (3236 words)

	CollegeWicca.com - Adapting a Ritual for College: Purification
		A ritual bath is a wonderful way to relax while concentrating on the ritual before you robe for the ritual itself.
		Okay, so this isn't really a part of the "purification" process, but it continues the mental state from the time you first began your purification up to the point where you are ready to commence the ritual.
		You want to sail smoothly from your purification as directly as possible into the ritual since the whole idea is to get into a relaxed yet focused mental state.
	www.collegewicca.com /BOSfiles/purification.html (1991 words)

	A women's purification and detox ritual
		The whole idea is to instill existence with renewed consciousness, to purify oneself, to free body and mind from the weight of the past, to claim and establish a new identity or cultivate new habits.
		And the interesting thing about such rituals of purification is that they are practices that are shared by many cultures.
		Purification of bodily fluids, essence, love and light are universal yin energies.
	www.hps-online.com /hwomens.htm (866 words)

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		And since ritual purification (wudhu) is an essential condition for the validity of prayer, it seems the logical place to start.
		If one intends something for which ritual purity is recommended (such as: reciting the Qur'an, dhikr, the call to prayer, sleeping, or because of anger) or the sunna of renewing ablution while being forgetful of having invalidated it, then it raises his ritual impurity.
		If a number of ritual impurities combine which require ablution or purifacatory bath (ghusl) and he intends one of them with his purification, then it raises the rest.
	mac.abc.se /~onesr/h/6.html (353 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Lifecycle: Tahara, or Ritual Purification
		Before the body is buried, it is washed in a ritual act of purification called tahara.
		The cleansing is performed by the funeral director and staff, or the ritual of tahara may be carried out by the hevra kaddisha ("holy society").
		This ritual act of shemirah ("watching," "guarding") is performed as a sign of respect to the deceased.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /lifecycle/Death/Burial_Mourning/Tahara.htm (307 words)

	NET Bible® - Numbers 19 Notes
		This provision from the sacrifice of the red heifer is a precaution to ensure that the purity of the tabernacle was not violated by pollutions of impurity or death.
		A bull could not be given for this purification ritual because that is what was given for the high priests or the community according to Lev 4.
		This is a ritual that was enacted in the wilderness; it is something of a restoring rite for people alienated from community.
	www.bible.org /netbible/num19_notes.htm (1221 words)

	Shinto Purification Rituals - Introduction
		One could score a daily purification ritual, for example, using dance and acoustic or musical notations indicating the location of the priest and audience, his posture, movements, costume, and "stage setting;" and acoustically, the pitch, duration, and rhythm of the clapping, chanting and drumming.
		Similarly, each ritual encounter is something of a journey, beginning with entrance through the torii, ablutions at the temizuya, a walk to the shrine (which may involve a journey into the forest as well), entrance into the outer hall to experience various phases of the ceremony, and so on.
		The arts of ritual are well placed, therefore, to mirror or provide images of purity, and this not by accident, but because of some of their most fundamental and unique features.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln275/Shinto-purification-rituals.htm (4099 words)

	Nacirema Ritual of Purification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This ritual is performed to rid the body of outer impurities, and involves two separate, but similar steps.
		Due to the fact that a professional performs this portion of the ritual, there is usually a long wait to see him or her.
		In the case of the rituals of purification, the females spend a great deal of time making the outer extremities and scalp extensions presentable to males.
	www.msu.edu /~mcconna3/Nacfinal.htm (665 words)

	Excerpt: "Churching of women" from Thomas' "Religion and the Decline of Magic"
		Another ecclesiastical ritual with a strong social significance was the churching, or purification, of women after childbirth, representing as it did society's recognition of the woman's new role as mother, and her resumption of sexual relations with her husband after a period of ritual seclusion and avoidance.
		Most of them taught that the fate of the alliance could be adversely affected by the breach of a large number of ritual requirements relating to the time and place of the ceremony, the dress of the bride, and so forth.
		The need for such purification, declared one preacher, speaking of sexual intercourse, was clear proof 'that some stain or other doth creep into this action which had need to be repented'.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/6586/thomas.html (962 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		The rite of purification is most closely associated with the third acceptation of ritual cleansing, which does not necessarily imply a state of moral impurity.
		Thus on Feb. 2 we also recall the ritual purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary without implying any state of impurity on her part.
		Even a common expression such as the cleansing of the vessels (which is basically synonymous to purification) raises the objection that the vessels were somehow rendered unclean by the presence of the sacred species.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=83731 (607 words)

	OT and John's Gospel: Themes
		Whenever the people of Israel ritualized the act of purification it is representative of being in the presence of the Almighty.
		We tend to think of purification ritual as something which cleans what is unclean, but this is not the theological significance of the ritual.
		The concept of purification can be seen, for example, on two very different occasions in John 2: the ritual jars at the wedding of Cana and the act of cleansing the Temple.
	catholic-resources.org /John/OT-themes.html (3652 words)

	The Foot Washing in John 13:6-11; Transformation Ritual or Ceremony?
		Rituals are stable ways of dealing with necessary instability in the system: a boy and a girl cross lines to become husband and wife in a marriage ritual; sick people cross lines and become healthy (Lev 14; Mark 1:44); sinners become purified (Luke 18:13-14).
		In 15:1-3, then, a status transformation ritual is envisioned, whereby an already "clean" disciple will take on a new status of "cleanness" (a branch which bears more fruit), when cleansed by the vinedresser.
		Like other washings, it too is a status transformation ritual, not a mere entrance ritual, but a ritual whereby an insider gains a better status, a more perfect role.
	www.nd.edu /~jneyrey1/footwash.htm (6514 words)

	Augustine's Purification Rituals and House Cleansing Rituals!
		It is the specific purpose of a purification ritual to unite thoughts, feelings and actions into one single harmony.
		Only after purification of the body, mind and soul does confusion end thus enabling a person to successfully take direct, self confident action on all matters in life.
		Remember, it is always good to perform a purification ritual, what is known as a Spiritual Cleansing Bath, at any time, but performing one during the right Lunar Cycle can enhance your purification results by the POWER OF TEN.
	www.augustinespiritualgoods.com /exorcism_page.htm (635 words)

	Ummah.com - Ritual cleanliness.
		The ritual of immersing in a Mikvah is also required when converting to Judaism.
		Tahara, ("Purification"), the ritual washing and cleansing, and immersion in a mikva if possible, of a Jew's body prior to burial.
		As with most rituals, washing of hands is an external symbol for an internal event, in this case a symbolic means of preparing and purifying oneself for meaningful and intentful (kavannah) prayer.
	www.ummah.net /forum/printthread.php?t=43099 (2294 words)

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