Home›Purification Rituals›Practitioner›Clergy or ordained officiantsBrowse ByClergy or ordained officiantsThis 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 MoreClergy or ordained officiantsSourcesComments (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.Clergy or ordained officiantsFilter Results7 entriesAddressed ToAllHayyi Rabbi (1)Utu (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 (1)1614 (1)Attested InAllMishnah (2)FrequencyAllAnnual (2)As the occasion requires (3)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 (7)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Native To RegionAllAncient Israel (2)Japan (1)Mesopotamia (1)Rome (2)Holds ElementAllWater (1)TraditionAllRoman Catholicism (1)Originated InAllJapan (1)Mesopotamia (1)Rome (2)The Levant (2)Originates In LanguageAllAkkadian (1)Classical Japanese (1)Classical Mandaic (1)Kind of ritualAllExorcism and Folk Cleansing Rites (1)Islamic and Mandaean Ablutions and Fasting (1)Jewish Purification Rites (2)Shinto, Roman and Mesopotamian Purgation Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7MasbutaClergy or ordained officiantsNamburbiClergy or ordained officiantsOharaeClergy or ordained officiantsParah Adumah (The Red Heifer)Clergy or ordained officiantsRite of ExorcismClergy or ordained officiantsThe ArgeiClergy or ordained officiantsThe Scapegoat Rite of Yom KippurClergy or ordained officiantsSources1. 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.