Home›Magical Rituals›Scholarly Standing›A standard analytic category in the study of religionBrowse ByA standard analytic category in the study of religionThis page groups rituals by how settled or contested their scholarly description is. Wikipedia notes plainly that "the field of ritual studies has seen a number of conflicting definitions of the term." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which rituals scholars broadly agree on and which remain genuinely disputed.FactsLearn MoreA standard analytic category in the study of religionSourcesComments (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.A standard analytic category in the study of religionFilter Results10 entriesAddressed ToAllJuno (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-396 (1)100 (1)1200 (1)1600 (1)1888 (1)1900 (1)1946 (1)1949 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (7)Daily (2)Monthly (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Social FormAllPerformed alone (5)Performed alone or together (1)Performed by a gathered group (2)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (3)Clergy or ordained officiants (2)Initiates only (1)Trained or authorised specialists (4)Native To RegionAllAncient Rome (1)England (4)Mesopotamia (1)TraditionAllAlexandrian Wicca (2)Church of Satan (1)Dianic Wicca (2)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (2)Feri Tradition (2)Gardnerian Wicca (2)Reclaiming (2)Seax-Wica (2)Originated InAllAncient Rome (1)England (4)Mesopotamia (1)Kind of ritualAllAncient Mesopotamian and Roman Magical Rites (1)Ceremonial Magic and Wiccan Rites (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 10Casting the CircleA standard analytic category in the study of religionDrawing Down the MoonA standard analytic category in the study of religionEvocatioA standard analytic category in the study of religionEvocationA standard analytic category in the study of religionInvocationA standard analytic category in the study of religionLesser Banishing Ritual of the PentagramA standard analytic category in the study of religionMaqlu (the Burning)A standard analytic category in the study of religionNecromancy RitesA standard analytic category in the study of religionThe Black MassA standard analytic category in the study of religionThe Middle PillarA standard analytic category in the study of religionSources1. 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.