Home›Devotional Rituals›Practitioner›Initiates onlyBrowse ByInitiates onlyThis page groups rituals by who is qualified to perform them. Wikipedia notes that "healing rites performed by shamans frequently identify social disorder as the cause, and make the restoration of social relationships the cure." Browsing by practitioner lets a visitor find every ritual entrusted to one particular kind of specialist.FactsLearn MoreInitiates onlySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites whose purpose is the honouring of a deity, ancestor or holy figure - offering, praise, procession, service - performed by a congregation or by an officiant on its behalf. The grouping cuts across traditions with very different accounts of what the act does, from a sacrament held to convey grace to a meal shared with the dead. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe devotional rituals This group holds devotional rituals, the formal, repeated acts of worship and reverence directed toward the divine: liturgies, offerings, processions and the regular rites of the temple, church, mosque or home. Where devotional practices are the ongoing habit of piety, these are its structured ceremonial forms. The browser will find devotional rituals from various traditions. The entries describe each rite's order, purpose and setting, noting the tradition that performs it.Initiates onlyFilter Results2 entriesUnesco StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (2)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (1)ObligationAllUndertaken only with authorisation or transmission (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Native To RegionAllKorea (1)Vietnam (1)Originated InAllKorea (1)Vietnam (1)Originates In LanguageAllKorean (1)Vietnamese Language (1)Kind of ritualAllEast and Southeast Asian Shinto, Daoist and Spirit Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2Gut (Korean Shamanic Rite)Initiates onlyLen DongInitiates onlySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. Worship and Devotional LifeView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.