Home›Magical Rituals›Practitioner›All adherents of the traditionBrowse ByAll adherents of the traditionThis 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 MoreAll adherents of the traditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe magic-and-religion boundary that produced this category was built by Victorian evolutionist anthropology, Tylor and Frazer above all, as a way of ranking other people's rites below one's own. It is no longer accepted as a descriptive distinction and survives here as the name of a self-identified Western tradition. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites held to produce an effect directly through the correct performance of a procedure - banishing, evocation, circle-casting, the drawing of a deity into a celebrant. The grouping follows the self-description of practitioners in the modern Western ritual-magic tradition rather than an outsider's judgement about what works. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedUsed, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed 2Learn MoreThe Magical Rituals This group gathers magical rituals, the operative ceremonies of the magical traditions, by which the practitioner seeks to act upon the world or the self through contact with spirits, powers or hidden forces, following prescribed timings, tools and words. The browser will find magical rituals from the esoteric traditions. The entries describe each rite's structure and purpose, treating the ceremonies as objects of a documented tradition.All adherents of the traditionFilter Results3 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll1888 (1)1900 (1)1946 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Daily (2)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed alone (2)Performed alone or together (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Native To RegionAllEngland (3)TraditionAllAlexandrian Wicca (1)Dianic Wicca (1)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (1)Feri Tradition (1)Gardnerian Wicca (1)Reclaiming (1)Seax-Wica (1)Originated InAllEngland (3)Kind of ritualAllCeremonial Magic and Wiccan Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Casting the CircleAll adherents of the traditionLesser Banishing Ritual of the PentagramAll adherents of the traditionThe Middle PillarAll adherents of the traditionSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culturetier 1Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Cambridge University Press, 2012Divinity 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.