Home›Subcategories›Purificatory PracticesSubcategoriesPurificatory Practices19 of 330 entries in Practices. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Purificatory Practices." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/practice/purificatory-practices.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Purificatory Practices. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/practice/purificatory-practicesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-purificatory-practices, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Purificatory Practices}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/practice/purificatory-practices}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXWashing, 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 MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)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 2BrowseCompareSelect all 19ChhaupadiPurificatory Practices1 linkBarashnumPurificatory Practices1 linkBedikat ChametzPurificatory Practices7 linksCircumcisionPurificatory Practices12 linksConfessionPurificatory Practices34 linksExorcismPurificatory Practices20 linksGhuslPurificatory Practices6 linksMisogiPurificatory Practices1 linkNetilat YadayimPurificatory Practices7 linksNiddahPurificatory Practices11 linksPratikramanaPurificatory Practices1 linkRitual purification (harae)Purificatory Practices3 linksRuqyahPurificatory Practices2 linksSmudgingPurificatory Practices1 linkSnan (Sacred Bathing)Purificatory Practices1 linkSpiritual BathPurificatory Practices2 linksSweat lodge ceremonyPurificatory Practices3 linksTayammumPurificatory Practices6 linksTemizuPurificatory Practices1 linkLearn 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.Sources1. 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 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year