Home›Purification Rituals›Frequency›As the occasion requiresBrowse ByAs the occasion requiresThis page groups rituals by how often they are performed, from a once-in-a-lifetime rite to one repeated on a fixed cycle. Wikipedia notes that "calendrical rituals give social meaning to the passage of time, creating repetitive weekly, monthly or yearly cycles." Browsing by frequency lets a visitor tell an annual festival apart from a rite performed only once in a person's life.FactsLearn MoreAs the occasion requiresSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites that remove a condition the tradition treats as impurity - by washing, by abstention, by transfer to a substitute - and restore a person or place to a state fit for worship. Impurity in this sense is a ritual status rather than dirt or sin, and what causes it differs sharply between Shinto, Jewish, Islamic and Hindu law. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1Learn MoreThe Purification Rituals This group gathers purification rituals, the ceremonies of cleansing that remove impurity or sin and restore fitness for worship or ordinary life: ritual washing, lustration and rites of atonement performed in formal ceremonial form. The browser will find purification rituals from across the traditions. The entries describe each rite's form and the conception of purity it serves, noting the tradition that performs it.As the occasion requiresFilter Results7 entriesAddressed ToAllUtu (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1560 (1)1614 (1)Attested InAllMishnah (1)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (7)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (3)Trained or authorised specialists (3)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (2)Mesopotamia (1)Mexico (1)Rome (1)TraditionAllBeta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Hasidic Judaism (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Theravada (1)Originated InAllAncient Israel (1)Mesopotamia (1)Mexico (1)Rome (1)The Levant (1)Originates In LanguageAllAkkadian (1)Kind of ritualAllExorcism and Folk Cleansing Rites (2)Jewish Purification Rites (2)Shinto, Roman and Mesopotamian Purgation Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Dybbuk ExorcismAs the occasion requiresLimpiaAs the occasion requiresMikveh ImmersionAs the occasion requiresNamburbiAs the occasion requiresParah Adumah (The Red Heifer)As the occasion requiresRite of ExorcismAs the occasion requiresTovilAs the occasion requiresSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. PurificationView 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.