Rituals which are done on the first three days are vital and important, as they protect the soul from evil powers and give it strength to reach the underworld.

Rituals are not necessarily regimented or arbitrary practices, but the routines that people often engage in, knowingly or unknowingly, during the normal course of their lives.

Rituals and coven practices are kept secret from non-initiates, and many Wiccans maintain secrecy regarding their membership in the Religion.

Rituals associated with Celtic Christianity are now almost completely lost, though two books, the Bobbio and the Stowe Missals, contain the Irish Ordinary of a daily Mass in late, Romanized form.

Rituals of various kinds are a feature of almost all known human societies, past or present.

Among his works are Ladensium Aὐτοκατάκρισις, an answer to Lysimachus Nicanor by John Corbet in the form of an attack on Laud and his system, in reply to a publication which charged the Covenanters with Jesuitry ; Anabaptism, the true Fountain of Independency, Brownisme, Antinomy, Familisme, etc., a sermon which he criticises the rise of the early Baptist churches in England such as those lead by Thomas Lambe ; An Historical Vindication of the Government of the Church of Scotland ; The Life of William ( Laud ) now Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Examined ( London, 1643 ); A Parallel of the Liturgy with the Mass Book, the Breviary, the Ceremonial and other Romish Rituals ( London, 1661 ).

Sozomen describes Pulcheria ’ s and her sisters ' pious ways in his Ecclesiastical History: “ They all pursue the same mode of life ; they are sedulous in their attendance in the house of prayer, and evince great charity towards strangers and the poor ... and pass their days and their nights together in singing the praises of God .” Rituals within the imperial palace also included chanting and reciting passages in the scripture, and fasting twice a week.

Rituals are carried out for protection in almost all daily activities, from planting of crops to warfare.

Rituals associated with temple worship in Hinduism are called agamic, while those involving communication with divinity through Agni are considered to be Vedic.

Rituals associated with each of the priests are detailed in dialogue between Aśvala and Yajnavalkya in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

Rituals are very important to the Andalites.

Rituals are shaped by every aspect of song, dance and costuming, and each aspect informs about the " makers, wearers and symbols important to the nation, tribe, village, clan, family, or individual ".

Rituals that involve many of the same acts as scrying in ceremonial magic are also preserved in folklore form.

Rituals are performed in Turkish, Zazaki, and other local languages — not in Arabic, as in other Muslim groups.

Rituals tied to natural features are found both in medieval sources and in Nordic folklore.

Among its well-known museums are: Museum of Bread, Museum of Land Transportation, Museum of Rushnyk, ( Ukrainian Decorative Towels ), Museum of Space Exploration, Museum of Postal Services, Museum of Beekeeping, Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Rituals, Museum of Archeology, Museum of the Cossack Glory, Museum of Trypillya Culture, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Dress, etc.

Rituals to propitiate these spirits are conducted by special priests.

Rituals pertaining to indigenous spirits, human sacrifice and blood are prevalent within Sherdukpen mythology and legends, which is characteristically absent in Tibetan Buddhism.

He professed also that " Its Rituals embrace all Masonry, and are based on those of the Craft universal ; they explain its symbols, develope its mystic philosophy, exemplify its morality, examine its legends, tracing them to their primitive source, and dealing fairly and truthfully with the historical features of Symbolical Masonry.

In the modern day, there are various " Sovereign Sanctuaries " that claim a jurisdiction over the Rite, claim the same history as Yarker did ( while not mentioning him ), but also state they are exclusively " Christian in thought " and reserve the right to prohibit membership of " those who do not profess a strong believe in Jesus the Christ ", and espouse that " the Rite is Christian in its nature due to the majority of the Rituals Degrees being based upon the Christian Tradition of the New Testament, the Rite reserves the Right to only admit those that have a firm believe in Jesus The Christ, such as any Christian Master Mason, Muslim Master Mason or Messianic Jew Master Mason.

Rituals would have been performed at key times of the year, such as the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice, to ensure a successful harvest from the land.

Rituals and traditions vary from region to region and from tribe to tribe.

For example, " dignum " from the Mass, is once incorrectly spelled " clignum ", in the printed Satanic Rituals.

" Karriem had quoted from Fard's booklet titled " Secret Rituals of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam ": " The unbeliever must be stabbed through the heart.

* Gusfield, Joseph R. " Passage To Play: Rituals of Drinking Time in American Society ," in Constructive Drinking: Perspectives on Drink from Anthropology, ed.

In particular, the School of Scholars ( i. e. the Confucian School ) was born from the officials of the Ministry of Education ; the Taoists came from the historians ; the Ying Yang School was born from the astronomers ; the Legalist School from the Ministry of Justice ; the School of Names from the Ministry of Rituals ; the Mohist School from the Guardians of the Temple ; the School of Diplomacy from the Ministry of Embassies ; the School of Miscellaneous from the government counselors ; the School of Agriculture from the Ministry of the Soil and Wheat ; the School of Minor Talks from the minor officials.

LaVeyan Satanists do not typically perform Black Mass as a regular ritual, though " Le Messe Noir " from Anton LaVey's work The Satanic Rituals does include some elements.

Rituals is an American soap opera that aired in syndication through Telepictures from September 10, 1984 to September 6, 1985.

For the Maronite rite, derived from the ancient Syrian liturgy, see < cite > Mysteries of Initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, Communion according to the Maronite Antiochene Church ,</ cite > ( Washington, DC, 1987 ); summarized by Bryan D. Spinks, < cite > Early and Medieval Rituals and Theologies of Baptism ...,</ cite > ( Aldershot, Hants., 2006 ), 89-91 .</ ref > an exsufflation of the candidate for baptism, right up to the 1960s:

Rituals induce trance and further separate the addict from reality.

After leaving Days of our Lives in September 1983, she went on to the TV series Rituals, which ran from 1984 – 1985.

The introduction also provides a history of The Satanic Bible itself, as well as that of two other books by LaVey: The Satanic Witch and The Satanic Rituals.

Other noted Centre books include ' Off-Centre: Feminism and Cultural Studies '; ' Resistance through Rituals '; ' The Empire Strikes Back '; ' Border Patrols: Policing the Boundaries of Heterosexuality '.

The Satanic Rituals, published by LaVey in 1972, outlines the rituals more precisely, and contains the entire text of the Black Mass.

King in The Secret Rituals of the O. T. O., the word is used in two rituals of the Ordo Templi Orientis: the Lodge of Perfection, in which the candidate receives the Fourth Degree ( which is called Perfect Magician and Companion of the Holy Royal Arch of Enoch ); and the Perfect Initiate ( or Prince of Jerusalem ) degree, which falls between the fourth and fifth degrees.

According to the Book of Rituals, at age twelve, boys learned arts related to ritual ( i. e. music and dance ) and when older, archery and chariot driving.

* Raku tea bowls play an important part in Rituals, a 1980 novel by the Dutch author Cees Nooteboom.

The ritual, based on the rites outlined in The Satanic Bible and The Satanic Rituals, was conducted by Reverend Bryan Moore and Priestess Heather Saenz.

Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors have been observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2, 500 – 3, 000 years.

Wendy Fonarow, an anthropology professor and author of the book Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Culture, asserts that this change occurred because at the turn of the century American bands began to be influenced by British indie music and the Internet, which made British music publications and online music websites such as Pitchfork Media immediately available to readers.

Rituals, the collective interpersonal behavior and values as demonstrated by that behavior, constitute the fabric of an organization's culture The contents of myths, stories, and sagas reveal the history of an organization and influence how people understand what their organization values and believes.

The first, created for the Church of Satan by Wayne West in 1970, was entitled " Missa Solemnis " ( originally published only in pamphlet form, later published in Michael Aquino's history of The Church of Satan ), and the second, created by an unknown author, was entitled " Le Messe Noir " ( published in Anton LaVey's 1972 book The Satanic Rituals ).

Aubrey Melech's Black Mass contains almost exactly the same original Latin phrases as the Black Mass published by LaVey in The Satanic Rituals.

* The Sonic Rituals of Pauline Oliveros by Ron Drummond

*" Sacrificial Practices and Blood Rituals Among the Moche People of Ancient Peru " by Francesco Sammarco

* Purification Rituals in Mediaeval Judaism-Videos made by scientists of the German Research Foundation for DFG Science TV

* Diamond Rituals: Baseball in Canadian Culture by Robert K. Barney ( Meckler Books, 1989 ).

Created by Gene Palumbo, Ken Corday and Charlene Keel ( she wrote a novel also called Rituals, but the show was very loosely based on the novel ), 260 25-minute episodes were produced.

The author Jasmyne Pendragon, who has a bachelor of archaeology, stated in her Article The Purpose of Aztec Blood Rituals Part 1, that “ The Aztecs lifestyles were governed by a need to supply fresh-blooded sacrificial victims to the sun god who required the hearts of men to give life to the world and assist the souls of dead warriors to the Aztecs version of heaven ” ( 2 ).

In examining how mythology has been studied, one can see the differences and similarities readily, as evidenced by William Doty's Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals.

* Songs and Rituals in Real Time ( Empire, 1982 ; reissue by Screwgun, 1998 )

In the following chapter, " The Horror Movie as Junk Food " King begins by making the statement: “ I am no apologist for bad filmmaking, but once you've spent twenty years or so going to horror movies, searching for diamonds in the dreck of the B-pics … you begin to seek the patterns and appreciate them when you find them, you begin to get a taste for really shitty movies .” He makes the point that his agent Kirby McCauley had selected the obscure 1977 film Rituals as his favorite, while King himself chose 1979's Tourist Trap as one that “ wields an eerie spooky power.