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Solitary or Communal

This page groups practices by whether they are carried out alone or with others. Wikipedia distinguishes "communal rites, whether of worship, where a community comes together to worship" from "rites of personal devotion, where an individual worships, including prayer and pilgrimages." Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a group ceremony from a practice one person performs alone.

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Practices whose frame is modern depth psychology rather than any religious tradition - the Jungian vocabulary of shadow, projection and individuation taken up as spiritual work from the mid-twentieth century onward. It is not a category of the comparative study of religion; it is here because the practices are performed as spiritual work. 2
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The Psychological Practices

This small group gathers a psychological practice, a discipline of inner work and self-examination directed at the transformation of the mind and personality, whether in a traditional or a modern spiritual framework.

The browser will find the practice the atlas classes here. The entry describes its method and aim.

Solitary or Communal
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought
Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Brill, 1996View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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