Home›Purificatory Practices›All Purificatory PracticesBrowse ByAll Purificatory PracticesWashing, cleansing and comparable observance kept as regular discipline rather than performed as a discrete rite, distinguished from purification rituals under the ritual type by being a habit rather than a single formal act.FactsLearn MoreAll Purificatory PracticesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedPractices undertaken to remove a condition the tradition treats as impurity and to restore fitness for worship or for ordinary life - ablution before prayer, bathing, confession, the sweeping out of leaven, exorcism, purification by smoke. Impurity here is a ritual status rather than dirt or sin, and its causes and remedies are set by each tradition's own law. 2Contested UseContested or Appropriated Modern UseWell-attestedSourced to the subject's own accountTwo practices grouped here, smudging and the sweat lodge, are English names for ceremonies belonging to particular Native American nations, several of which those nations hold closed. The Lakota Summit V declaration of June 1993 objected by name to their conduct by people without standing. The atlas records that they exist and publishes no procedure. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedPractices 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe purificatory practices This group gathers purificatory practices, the acts by which practitioners cleanse themselves of impurity or sin in preparation for worship or as a discipline in itself: ritual washing, bathing, fasting and other rites of purification. The concern with purity before the sacred is nearly universal. The browser will find purificatory practices from across the traditions. The entries describe each practice's form and meaning, noting the conception of purity and pollution that underlies it.All Purificatory PracticesFilter Results19 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-2000 (1)-300 (1)-50 (1)500 (3)610 (3)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (7)Performed alone or together (5)Performed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (6)TraditionAllAnglican Communion (1)Anglicanism (1)Armenian Apostolic Church (2)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Beta Israel (2)Breslov Hasidism (4)Chabad-Lubavitch (4)Church of Cyprus (2)Church of England (1)Church of Greece (2)Church of Ireland (1)Church of Sweden (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (2)Eastern Orthodoxy (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (2)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (2)Greek Orthodox Church (2)Haredi Judaism (4)Hasidic Judaism (4)Karaite Judaism (1)Lutheranism (1)Maronite Church (1)Modern Orthodox Judaism (4)Old Believers (1)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Orthodox Judaism (4)Reform Judaism (1)Roman Catholicism (2)Romanian Orthodox Church (2)Russian Orthodox Church (2)Salafism (1)Sect Shinto (1)Serbian Orthodox Church (2)Shakers (1)Shrine Shinto (1)The Episcopal Church (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2)Category of PracticeAllPurificatory (4)Who Performs ItAllAll adherents of the tradition (8)Clergy or ordained officiants (1)Lay people (2)The candidate undergoing the rite (1)Trained or authorised specialists (6)Women only (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (17)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (18)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAnnual (2)As the occasion requires (7)Daily (1)Several times a day (1)ObligationAllObligatory (4)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Undertaken only with authorisation or transmission (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19BarashnumPurificatory PracticesBedikat ChametzPurificatory PracticesChhaupadiPurificatory PracticesCircumcisionPurificatory PracticesConfessionPurificatory PracticesExorcismPurificatory PracticesGhuslPurificatory PracticesMisogiPurificatory PracticesNetilat YadayimPurificatory PracticesNiddahPurificatory PracticesPratikramanaPurificatory PracticesRitual purification (harae)Purificatory PracticesRuqyahPurificatory PracticesSmudgingPurificatory PracticesSnan (Sacred Bathing)Purificatory PracticesSpiritual BathPurificatory PracticesSweat lodge ceremonyPurificatory PracticesTayammumPurificatory PracticesTemizuPurificatory PracticesSources1. 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 Source3. Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spiritualitytier 1Lakota Summit V, 1993the holders' own accountDivinity 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.