• Ancient Rites is a Belgian black metal band formed in 1988. Initially, the lineup consisted of guitar players Johan and Phillip, drummer Stefan, and Gunther...
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    The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is a rite within the broader context of Freemasonry. It is the most widely practiced Rite in the...
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  • also referred to as "The Five Rites", "The Five Tibetans" and "The Five Rites of Rejuvenation". Kelder described the rites as having the potential to restore...
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  • The Ancient and Primitive Rite, also called the Order of the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Mizraim, is a Masonic Rite first popularized by John...
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    Reuss (1913–1923) Ancient and Primitive Rite List of Masonic Rites Philadelphes Ordo Templi Orientis de Biasi, J.L. (2012). Les rites égyptiens. https://www...
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  • Scottish Rite Chamber of Reflection Grand College of Rites Ancient and Primitive Rite French Rite National Mexican Rite Rectified Scottish Rite Rite of Baldwyn...
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    says that the Catholic Church does not possess one rite only, but that she embraces all the ancient rites of Christendom; her unity consists not in a mechanical...
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  • Door of Saint Peter's. The celebrations around this were "founded on ancient rites and full of symbolic meaning" and the total number attending the initial...
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    Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the...
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    the Christian Church, and is found in all ancient rites. Though the detail varies slightly from rite to rite, the dialogue's structure is generally threefold...
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    extension of the ancient rites carried out in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and theatre, and it heavily influenced the theatre of Ancient Rome and the...
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    guest appearances in many bands, such as The Crown, Hypnos, Ancient Rites (Ancient Rites singer Gunther Theys was also Mika's best man at the latter's...
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    assist traditional priests, known as yatiris in Aymara, in performing ancient rites to bring good luck or the good will of the goddess, such as sacrificing...
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    qubṭ / qibṭ قبط, a corruption of Greek Aígyptos (Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος, “Egyptian”). The Coptic Rite traditionally uses the Coptic language and Greek...
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  • Fertility rites or fertility cult are religious rituals that are intended to stimulate reproduction in humans or in the natural world. Such rites may involve...
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  • Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, or simply Morals and Dogma, is a book of esoteric philosophy published by the...
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    one of two main liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity, the other being the East Syriac Rite. It originated in the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch. It...
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    and other formal rites qualified as religious, and thus incompatible with Catholic belief. The Jesuits argued that these Chinese rites were secular rituals...
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    Thracian artifacts include numerous temples, tombs, golden treasures and ancient rites and rituals, while the Bulgars have left traces of their heritage in...
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    Publishers. p. 182. Njoku, John E. Eberegbulam (1990). The Igbos of Nigeria: Ancient Rites, Changes, and Survival. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. p. 28...
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    original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023. Turgut, Lokman. Ancient rites and old religions in Kurdistan. OCLC 879288867. Foltz, Richard (2017-06-01)...
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  • century BC. It includes examples of early Chinese prose. Book of Rites Describes ancient rites, social forms and court ceremonies. The version studied today...
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    Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers" (PDF). pp. 11, 76. Turgut, Lokman. Ancient rites and old religions in Kurdistan. OCLC 879288867. Kaczorowski, Karol (2014)...
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    Kurds (category Ancient peoples of the Near East)
    Minority Rights Group. p. 57. ISBN 9781873194300. Turgut, Lokman. Ancient rites and old religions in Kurdistan. OCLC 879288867. Foltz, Richard (1 June...
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    the two main liturgical rites of Syriac Christianity, along with the West Syriac Rite (Syro-Antiochene Rite). The East Syriac Rite originated in Edessa,...
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    Anglicisation of rite de passage, a French term innovated by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his work Les rites de passage, The Rites of Passage. The...
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  • century BC. It includes examples of early Chinese prose. Book of Rites Describes ancient rites, social forms and court ceremonies. The version studied today...
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    inhabited star system named Carcosa. In 2001, the Belgian black metal band Ancient Rites released the album Dim Carcosa. The title track's lyrics consist of...
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    Hinduism is the way by which one worships Shiva through traditional and ancient rites with the use of mantra, tantra, yantra, kriyas, mudras, and abhishekam...
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    of Truth in 2006, and Delusions of Grandeur in 2008. In April 2014 "Ancient Rites of the Moon", the first album of the Stardust Reverie Project (Graham...
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