Ritual purification is a ritual prescribed by a religion through which a person is considered to be freed of uncleanliness, especially prior to the worship...

exceptions. Ritual washing is not generally performed in Reform Judaism. The Hebrew Bible requires immersion of the body in water as a means of purification in...

Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body. Misogi is related to another Shinto purification ritual, harae. Thus, both are...

of uncleanliness for a period of time after childbirth, requiring ritual purification. Practices vary, but typically there are limits around what she can...

pollution, and may refer to: Ritual purification, the religious activity to remove uncleanliness Purification after death Purification of the Virgin, a Christian...

Bible. Its ashes after being sacrificed and burned were used for the ritual purification as a prelude to building their temple. The red heifer offering instructions...

term for ritual purification in Shinto. Harae is one of four essential elements involved in a Shinto ceremony. The purpose is the purification of pollution...

sacrifice to achieve purification. Impurity from touching a corpse requires a special Red Heifer sacrifice and ritual to achieve purification. The term tumah...

of religious indoctrination or ritual purification. Examples include the Mikveh in Judaism, a custom of purification; misogi in Shinto, a custom of spiritual...

the Islamic act of dry ritual purification using purified (clean) sand or stone or mud, which may be performed in place of ritual washing (wudu or ghusl)...

Ablution as ritual purification Ablution in Islam: Wudu, daily wash Ghusl, bathing ablution Tayammum, waterless ablution Ablution in Christianity Ritual washing...

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...

Jerusalem forty days (inclusive) after His birth to complete Mary's ritual purification after childbirth, and to perform the redemption of the firstborn...

غسل ġusl, IPA: [ˈɣʊsl]) is an Arabic term that means the full-body ritual purification which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities...

ceremony performed within the structure may be called by some cultures a purification ceremony or simply a sweat. Traditionally the structure is simple, constructed...

source. He pointed to similarities in content, such as the focus on purification in Numbers 5:1–4, chapter 19 and 31:19–24, as well as in linguistics...

'enclosing rope') are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. Shimenawa vary in diameter from a few centimetres...

of the first day memorialize the act of Mary undergoing an act of ritual purification and presenting Jesus, her child, to the Temple, a feast known as...

Lustratio was an ancient Greek and ancient Roman purification ritual. It included a procession and in some circumstances the sacrifice of a pig (sus)...

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 fresh...

it does seem highly likely that they were together employed in rituals of purification, as revealed by their Akkadian (Aka Assyrian, Babylonian) names:...

Visitors to a Shinto shrine follow a purification ritual before presenting themselves to the kami. This ritual begins with hand washing and swallowing...

A temazcal [temasˈkal] is a type of sweat lodge, which originated with indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The term temazcal comes from the Nahuatl language...

the mouth-rite ritual (brushing teeth), and a cultural hero known as Notgnihsaw (Washington spelled backwards). These ritual purification practices are...

regulations involving cleanliness before prayer, observing days of ritual purification, as well as those concerning diet and apparel. The Ethiopian Orthodox...

the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification, or ablution. The steps of wudu are washing the hands, rinsing the...

performed at Izumo Shrine serve a number of purposes, including ritual purification, celebration of auspicious days, and the reenactment of folktales...

remedied by the person responsible. This condition can be remedied through purification rites called misogi and harae. Kegare can have an adverse impact not...

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

ritual purification and a typical prerequisite for consecration and invocation. In the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Lesser Banishing Ritual...