purification ceremony
Sacred washing rite
A purification ceremony is a ritual intended to cleanse a person, place, or object of spiritual contamination or impurity.
Found across cultures and religions, these ceremonies may involve water, smoke, fire, or symbolic gestures: The shaman performed a purification ceremony before the hunt.
The concept assumes that uncleanliness—whether from sin, death, illness, or contact with taboo things—can be ritually removed.
- incense burningIgniting aromatic resins
- sacred smokeRitually significant burning vapors
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
mikveh · firewalking · meditation retreat · puja · chanting · candle lighting · lustration · exorcism · salt circle · anointing oil · confession · sweat lodge · bell ringing · prayer beads · rain dance · sacrament · full moon ritual · ritual bath
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Profane parody of communion
desecration · profanation · satanic ritual · sacrilege · blood curse
purification ceremonyanathema
Intensely detested thing
excommunication · hexing · malediction · casting out · death curse
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