Home›Purification Rituals›Practice Status›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups rituals by whether they are still actively performed today. Wikipedia notes that "rituals appeal to tradition and are generally continued to repeat historical precedent, religious rite, mores, or ceremony accurately." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a living rite apart from one preserved only in historical description.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (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.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results3 entriesAddressed ToAllHayyi Rabbi (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 (1)FrequencyAllDaily (1)Seasonal, at set points in the year (1)Weekly (1)ObligationAllRecommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)PractitionerAllClergy or ordained officiants (2)Trained or authorised specialists (1)Native To RegionAllJapan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Holds ElementAllWater (1)Originated InAllJapan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Originates In LanguageAllClassical Japanese (1)Classical Mandaic (1)Kind of ritualAllExorcism and Folk Cleansing Rites (1)Islamic and Mandaean Ablutions and Fasting (1)Shinto, Roman and Mesopotamian Purgation Rites (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3MasbutaLiving tradition, practised todayOharaeLiving tradition, practised todayTemazcalLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. 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.