Most divers have pre-dive and post-dive rituals that help them either maintain or regain focus.

Most of our knowledge of ancient Hebrew medicine during the 1st millennium BC comes from the Torah, i. e. the Five Books of Moses, which contain various health related laws and rituals, such as isolating infected people ( Leviticus 13: 45-46 ), washing after handling a dead body ( Numbers 19: 11-19 ) and burying excrement away from camp ( Deuteronomy 23: 12-13 ).

Most of our knowledge of ancient Hebrew medicine during the 1st millennium BC comes from the Torah, i. e. the Five Books of Moses, which contain various health related laws and rituals.

Most of the focus has been on rituals for life-cycle events.

Most often called simply " fandom " within the community, it can be viewed as a distinct subculture, with its own rituals and jargon ; marriages and other relationships among fans are common, as are multi-generation fannish families.

Most religions recognize a lifelong union with established ceremonies and rituals.

Most of the text was in black, with red used for the titles of spells, opening and closing sections of spells, the instructions to perform spells correctly in rituals, and also for the names of dangerous creatures such as the demon Apep.

Most Japanese participate in rituals and customs derived from several religious traditions.

Most tribes had circumcision and scarification as part of the male initiation rituals, while many Central Australian tribes also practiced subincision.

Most of the official Salafi clerics look down on these rituals and in many instances consider them to be un-Islamic.

Most often a cauldron is made of cast iron and is used to burn loose incense on a charcoal disc, to make black salt ( used in banishing rituals ), for mixing herbs, or to burn petitions ( paper with words of power or wishes written on them ).

Most of these rituals existed long before the germ theory of disease, and figure prominently from the earliest known religious systems of the Ancient Near East.

Most important rituals are performed by shamans.

Most Chiricahua and Mescalero ceremonies were learned through the transmission of personal religious visions, while the Jicarilla and Western Apache used standardized rituals as the more central ceremonial practice.

Most often the focus is on phenomena shared by non-elite groups in a society, such as: carnival, festival, and public rituals ; performance traditions of tale, epic, and other verbal forms ; cultural evolutions in human relations ( ideas, sciences, arts, techniques ); and cultural expressions of social movements such as nationalism.

Most ADF rituals occur outdoors.

Most of the rituals outlined above indicate the use of the hearth, floor, or exterior ground as the place to spread ashes.

As historian Owen Davies noted, " Most cunning-folk employed a multi-pronged approach to curing witchcraft, using a combination of written charms, magic rituals, prayers and herbal medicines, thereby appealing to the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of the sick.

Most of what is known about elements of this original belief system is based on the analysis of legends, the study of place names and scant historical references to pagan rituals practised by the Basques.

Most notably, it is the central myth of the Rigveda, a collection of hymns surrounding the Soma rituals dedicated to Indra in the new year celebrations of the early Indo-Aryans.

Most preserved manuscripts focus on religious rituals, epic battles and poems, and myths.

Most of these rules got into disuse after the coming of Christianity ( which branded them as superstition ), but present-day Bunun society has still retained a number of social rituals and still imposes a strong obligation on children to behave in a respectful and obedient way towards anyone that is older than themselves.

Kevin Boyle, a professor of history at the Ohio State University says, " Most members of the state church are not active adherents, except for the rituals of birth, confirmation, weddings, and burials.

Most famous for Punjabi marriage rituals items ( like Chura, Lawan Suit, Pagri, kangna, and currency garland etc.

Most extinct cat-like animals, once regarded as members of the Felidae, later turned out to be members of related, but distinct, families: the " false sabretooths " Nimravidae and Barbourofelidae.

Most California crude oil in the early years was turned into the less lucrative products of fuel oil and asphalt.

Most recently, Aviv Press has turned its attention to producing a new guide to Jewish law, The Observant Life: A Guide to Ritual and Ethics for Conservative Jews, edited by Martin Samuel Cohen and Michael Katz

Also, Kapp was known for being an extremely unselfish leader: when he was voted the Vikings Most Valuable Player, he turned the award down and said that every player on the team was equally valuable.

Most of the characters live with the feeling that their lives could be turned upside down in an instant because of someone breaking into the data held on the network.

Most of these domestic duties of the Department of State were eventually turned over to various new Federal departments and agencies that were established during the 19th century.

Most of the lands of the New Forest are poor agricultural lands, and archaeological and geographic studies have shown that the New Forest was likely sparsely settled when it was turned into a royal forest.

Most Hoysala temples have a plain covered entrance porch supported by lathe turned ( circular or bell-shaped ) pillars which were sometimes further carved with deep fluting and moulded with decorative motifs.

Most of these readers favored the sad ending, partly because they felt Heinlein should have been free to create his own story, and partly because they believed that the changed ending turned a tragedy into a mere adventure, and not a very well constructed one at that.

Most of these pirates were of English, Dutch and French origin, but occasionally Spaniards turned to piracy as well.

" Most of the Kafirs turned against Dravot and Carnehan.

Most varieties of rangefinder show two images of the same subject, one of which moves when a calibrated wheel is turned ; when the two images coincide and fuse into one, the distance can be read off the wheel.

Most city councils turned Orangist or were even replaced by threat of force with Orangist partisans.

Most of the original asylum still remains, with over half having been turned into flats and the rest remaining as a psychiatric hospital.

Most analog terrestrial transmissions in the US were turned off in June 2009, and 8VSB tuners are common to all new TVs, further complicating a future transition to COFDM.

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In 1882, Johann Most, a former German Social Democrat turned Anarchist firebrand, came to America, further fueling the growth and militancy of the American anarchist movement.

In 1968 Bill Symons turned in a monstrous season ... rushing for 1107 yards, averaging almost 7 yards per carry and being named CFL Most Valuable Player.

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Most of the runway alert exercises involved interceptions of SAC bombers ; although a few actual scrambles turned out to be interceptions of late or off-course commercial airliners.

He also turned in a strong performance at the McDonald's All-American Game ( 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks ), earning the Most Valuable Player award for the West team.

Most interestingly, the Norns turned out to behave similarly to living creatures.

Most of the family's Fifth Avenue mansions were torn down, and other Vanderbilt homes have been sold or turned into museums.

) Most of the syllables with the vowel " i " have a shape like the " a " series, except that the angle between the short tick and the long line is approximately 45 ° rather than 90 °; there are a few " i " forms that do not fit the pattern ( such as " is " and " it ") because they are especially common, and some of the forms that might be expected to represent " i " plus a consonant have been turned to other purposes, such as the prefix " circum -.