Home›Purificatory Practices›Who Performs It›All adherents of the traditionBrowse ByAll adherents of the traditionThis page groups practices by who actually carries them out. Wikipedia notes that in the Catholic Church, cultus "is the technical term for Roman Catholic devotions or veneration extended to a particular saint," a practice of ordinary believers rather than clergy alone. Browsing this way lets a visitor separate a practice open to any adherent from one reserved for a specialist.FactsLearn MoreAll adherents of the traditionSourcesComments (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 adherents of the traditionFilter Results8 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-300 (1)-50 (1)610 (2)Solitary or CommunalAllPerformed alone (5)Performed alone or together (3)TraditionAllBeta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (3)Chabad-Lubavitch (3)Haredi Judaism (3)Hasidic Judaism (3)Modern Orthodox Judaism (3)Orthodox Judaism (3)Category of PracticeAllPurificatory (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (8)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (7)Used, but its validity as a comparative category is disputed (1)CadenceAllAnnual (1)As the occasion requires (4)Daily (1)Several times a day (1)ObligationAllObligatory (3)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Bedikat ChametzAll adherents of the traditionGhuslAll adherents of the traditionNetilat YadayimAll adherents of the traditionNiddahAll adherents of the traditionPratikramanaAll adherents of the traditionSnan (Sacred Bathing)All adherents of the traditionTayammumAll adherents of the traditionTemizuAll adherents of the traditionSources1. 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.