purification ritual
Ceremonial spiritual washing
A purification ritual is a ceremony or set of prescribed actions intended to cleanse a person, object, or place of spiritual contamination, sin, or impurity.
Such rituals appear across virtually all religious and spiritual traditions, from baptism in Christianity to mikveh immersion in Judaism to smudging with sage in indigenous practices.
The methods vary widely—water, fire, smoke, fasting, prayer—but share the goal of restoring a state of spiritual cleanliness or readiness.
The temple required a purification ritual before entering the inner sanctuary.
- ablutionRitualized washing of body
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- white sageAromatic purification herb
- bathingImmersion for cleanliness
- meditationFocused attention practice
spiritual cleansing · fumigation · chanting · lustration · baptism · prayer · detoxification · fasting · sweeping · sweat lodge · confession · sin offering · mikveh · water immersion · washing · exorcism · incense burning · cleansing ceremony
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Violation of the hallowed
desecration · black mass · blasphemy · profanation · blood curse
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Violating something sacred
profanation · defilement · sacrilege · contamination · pollution
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