A Year of Ritual

A Year of Ritual
Author: Sandra Kynes
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Moon
ISBN: 9780738705835

Deepen your spiritual path through ritual It''s easy to lose ourselves in the everyday business of life. One way to bring our bodies, minds, and spirits into alignment is through ritual celebrations. A vital part of Wicca and Paganism, ritual strengthens our connection to nature and helps us enter the realm of the Divine. For Witches and Pagans of all levels, A Year of Ritual provides ready-made rituals for a full year of Sabbats and Esbats. Groups or solitary participants can use these easy-to-follow rituals straight from the book. Ideas, words, and directions for each ritual are included along with background information, preparation requirements, and themes. This unique sourcebook also explains basic formats and components for creating your own rituals.

The Archangelic Book of Ritual and Prayer

The Archangelic Book of Ritual and Prayer
Author: Edwin Courtenay
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 3929345080

LEARN TO TAP INTO YOUR INNER DIVINITY FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES. Most of us would like our lives to change in some way but don’t know what to do about it. This book contains very practical rituals that we can carry out, focusing the power of our inner divinity to set in motion the changes we would like to see. Thirteen Ascended Masters (including Saint Germain, Mary, Jesus and Kwan Yin) provide us with simple rituals to improve various aspects of our lives. These rituals will also strengthen our connection with the Source and awaken our dormant powers. The Ascended Masters reach out their hands full of love and want to give us a glimpse of the splendor of the Divine. This book helps us to find the way back. „The rituals and ceremonies have been created and designed in order for you to become more aware of your own divine presence, your own godly power, in order that you may utilize it to bring transformation and change into your life, to your consciousness or to the consciousness of others.“ Saint Germain „A remarkable little gem of a book. Every word is measured and contributes to a seamless, elegant conception with passages of serene and universal application. An extraordinary distillation of spiritual teaching.“ Colourama Magazine

Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion

Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2024-03-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004692207

This book brings together leading international scholars with the aim of exploring ritual perspectives in the study of contemporary religions. It combines significant theoretical and methodological reflections and applies it to four main fields relevant to the study of contemporary religions: indigeneity; new spiritualities and ecology; lived religion (with Islam and Africa as case studies); and finally, religion and embodiment. The structure and content of the book takes its point of departure from the research topics and collegial network of the internationally acclaimed scholar of ritual studies, Professor Anne-Christine Hornborg. The book is dedicated to her.

The Necromantic Ritual Book

The Necromantic Ritual Book
Author: Leilah Wendell
Publisher: Westgate Co
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1991
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780944087039

Successful working of any of these devotions will enable you to share consciousness with the Angel of Death as well as becoming 'one' with your own death.

Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-first Century

Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-first Century
Author: Pamela Perskin Noblitt
Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Allegations of ritual abuse are universal and mental health professionals, theologians, law enforcers, scholars, victim advocates, and others struggle to comprehend the enormity of the devastation left in the wake of these heinous acts. Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-first Century addresses the concerns that naturally evolve from any discussion of this phenomenon from the perspectives of professionals, advocates, and survivors from around the world (eight countries, seven states in the U.S.) * How valid are the survivors' stories? * Is there evidence? * What are the consequences of these acts to the individual and society? * Why have these allegations been ignored or discredited whenever they have surfaced? The authors of these chapters respond to these and other questions in an effort to illustrate the constellation of psychological, health, legal, criminal, societal, and spiritual ramifications of ritual abuse. Chapters address current issues including ritually based crime, civil suits involving allegations of ritual abuse, that are universal. The value of understanding ritual trauma for diagnostic and treatment applications is discussed.

Tibetan Ritual

Tibetan Ritual
Author: Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009-12-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199889392

Ritual is one of the most pervasive religious phenomena in the Tibetan cultural world. Despite its ubiquity and importance to Tibetan cultural life, however, only in recent years has Tibetan ritual been given the attention it deserves. This is the first scholarly collection to focus on this important subject. Unique in its historical, geographical and disciplinary breadth, this book brings together eleven essays by an international cast of scholars working on ritual texts, institutions and practices in the greater Tibetan cultural world - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia. While most of the chapters focus on Buddhism, two deal with ritual in Tibet's indigenous Bon religion. All of the essays are original to this volume. An extensive introduction by the editor provides a broad overview of Tibetan ritual and contextualizes the chapters within the field of Buddhist and Tibetan studies. The book should find use in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars on Tibetan religion. It will also be of interest to students and scholars of ritual generally.

Rituals of Celebration

Rituals of Celebration
Author: Jane Meredith
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738735442

To give her family and friends a deep experience of earth-based spirituality, Jane Meredith holds eight rituals per year, celebrating the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter festivals. 'Rituals of Celebration' provides accounts of the most memorable rituals she's organised, as well as how-to instructions for creating the rituals.

Voices of the Ritual

Voices of the Ritual
Author: Nurit Stadler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 019750132X

Voices of the Ritual analyzes the revival of rituals performed at female saint shrines in the Middle East. In the midst of turbulent political contention over land and borders, Nurit Stadler shows, religious minorities lay claim to space through rituals enacted at sacred spaces in the Holy Land. Using ethnographic analysis, Stadler explores the rise of these rituals, their focus on the body, female materiality, and their place in the Israeli-Palestinian landscape. Stadler examines the varied features of the practice and implications of the rituals, looking at themes of femininity and material experience. She considers the role of the body in rituals that represent the act of birth or the circle of life and that aim to foster an intimate connection between the female saint and her worshippers. Stadler underscores the political, cultural, and spatial elements of this practice, bringing attention to how religious minorities (Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze, among others) have utilized these rituals to assert their right to the land. Voices of the Ritual offers a valuable assessment of religious ritual practice that encrypts female themes into a landscape that has historically been defined by war and conflict.

Temporalising Anthropology

Temporalising Anthropology
Author: Timothy Insoll
Publisher: Africa Magna Verlag
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 3937248358

This volume contains the results of significant fieldwork completed in the Tong Hills of Northern Ghana, an area currently inhabited by the Talensi ethno-linguistic group. Although made anthropologically renowned by the anthropologist Meyer Fortes, the archaeology and material culture of the Talensi Tong Hills had largely been neglected until the research initiated by the authors. Extensive archaeological surveys and excavations were completed allied with ethnoarchaeological and ethnobotanical research on shrines, sacrifice, and indigenous medicine. The data is presented and described, and a settlement chronology for the region reconstructed. The results of the geological, organic geochemical, petrographic, and archaeometallurgical analysis are provided. The function of shrines and the meaning of 'shrine' as a concept are evaluated, and indigenous medicinal practices, their links with shrines, and their substances, materiality, and archaeological implications assessed with reference to the primary empirical material gathered. Ritual, performance, and its inter-relation with the past and the archaeological record are also considered so as to question the 'timelessness' of previous anthropological presentations. The Tong Hills are also discussed with reference to their place in the wider history and archaeology of the region. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the archaeology and anthropology of African indigenous religions and ritual practices, as well as those interested in West African history, and the relationship between archaeology and anthropology.

The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries

The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries
Author: Zsuzsanna Budapest
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781578634132

A women's spirituality classic now back in print! The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries is essential for Pagans, feminists, and women seeking to learn more about the spiritual path as it relates to the feminine and the Goddess aspects of witchcraft and Wicca. This book is not about reinstating a matriarchy or tearing down patriarchy; it is about women's spirituality and its relationship with politics and lifestyle. Z. Budapest is one of the founding mothers of modern women's witchcraft, beginning with the establishment of Susan B. Anthony Coven in Los Angeles in 1971. She catapulted herself into the media spotlight when she was tried as a witch and found guilty in 1975 after being arrested on Venice Beach for reading tarot cards. She fought the charges and, after a nine year battle, won the right for every tarot reader to do so legally. The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries is a seminal text that contains invaluable information on Dianic witchcraft and spells, including everyday magick, sabbat rituals, and divination methods; a section on how vegetarian theories and politics relate to witchcraft and the feminine aspect; and a good deal of information on goddesses and how the patriarchal religions distorted old myths to serve their own needs. There are several unique and beautiful Rites of Passage for women and men that you don't often find, and Budapest's personal life stories are an equally valuable read, from her escape across the mountains from Communist Hungary to her fight for women's religious freedom upon moving to America. * This reprint features a new introduction by Z. Budapest, in addition to essays by luminaries such as Starhawk and Merlin Stone.