spiritual purification
Inner moral renewal
Spiritual purification is the process of cleansing the soul or spirit of impurities, sins, or negative influences.
The concept appears across religious traditions—ritual washing in Islam, confession in Christianity, fasting in many faiths.
Practices may be literal (a purifying bath) or metaphorical (purifying one's intentions through meditation).
The goal is typically renewed closeness to the divine or a state of moral clarity.
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- smudgingMaking blurry marks
- burning incenseCombusting aromatic substances
- meditationFocused attention practice
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
prayer · lustration · karma · letting go · clean slate · ablution · redemption · repentance · enlightenment · cleansing · mikveh · ritual bath · holy water · transcendence · inner peace · serenity · white light · lotus flower
- Islamic spiritualityihsan, Sufism, God-consciousness, remembrance, sincerity
- Sufismtariqa, fana, sufi, Sufism, dervish
- indulgencesindulgence, indulgences, chocolate cake, overindulgence, massage
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- sacred watersholy water, sacred springs, baptismal water, sacred spring, sacred lake
- Hindu templesmandir, temple, shikhara, temple complex, water temple
spiritual purificationdefilement
Act of corrupting purity
moral decay · befoulment · sin · desecration · profanation
spiritual purificationdesecration
Violating something sacred
profanation · sacrilege · blasphemy · impiety · profaning
spiritual purificationdamnation
Eternal punishment decree
sin · perdition · moral guilt · reprobation · spiritual death