arcane rituals
Mysterious secret practices
Arcane rituals are ceremonial practices that are secret, mysterious, or understood only by those with specialized knowledge.
The phrase often describes occult or magical rites: The cult performed arcane rituals by candlelight.
It extends to any elaborate procedures known only to insiders: the arcane rituals of parliamentary procedure, the arcane rituals of academic tenure.
- binding spellsMagic that restricts movement
- blood oathVow sealed by bloodshed
- grimoiresBooks of magical instruction
- ancient textsHistorical written documents
- summoningCalling forth deliberately
spirit summoning · initiation · necromancy · dark arts · black magic · shamanism · runes · gnosis · hermeticism · transcendence · ancestral worship · firewalking · scrying · burial customs · tribal dances · purification rites · solstice celebrations · spellcasting
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- demonologydemons, devil, Satan, Lucifer, Lilith
arcane ritualspublic worship
Collective religious ceremony
communal celebrations · public prayer · mass gatherings · civic ceremonies · public festivals