See ceremony. ...

Usually suggests contact with pans of ourselves which are older than the development of the conscious self, such as cellular wisdom, life processes, accepted traditions or ways of ...

Spiritually we are able to focus our energies in such a way that we can work for the greater good. Repetition helps to concentrate the power we are calling on, whatever our system ...

Example: ‘A ritual began whereby a laige knife was drawn and a few deep cuts were made to both our faces. I put my hands to my face and saw them covered with blood, crying and cr...

(See ‘Arafat; Circumambulation; Cradle of Ismail; Ka’aba; Mina; Muzdalifa; Pelting stones, Responding, Sa’i, Station ofAbraham, ‘Umrali)...