The Purification Ceremony
The Purification Ceremony

Author: Mark T. Sullivan

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780380790425

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At a young age, Diana Jackman learned from her great uncle, a Micmac shaman, how to sense a world invisible to most people. Now years later--searching for her lost soul and self--she accompanies a small group of sportsmen and women into the isolated snowbound wilderness of northern British Columbia. But when the members of her party begin to fall victim to a terrifying serial killer who is stalking them one by one, Diana realizes she must rely once again on her uncle's mystical teachings and she sets out alone to hunt the hunter.

Ritual and Morality
Ritual and Morality

Author: Hyam Maccoby

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-01-11

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780521093651

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The book explains clearly the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible. Maccoby focuses on the various human conditions (corpse impurity, menstruation, childbirth, sexual intercourse, and certain diseases), which are not sinful, but which disqualify Israelites from entering the Temple unless they have been purified. Various recent theories of the origin and meaning of the rules of ritual purity are discussed, and common misconceptions are corrected. New solutions are proposed for various problems. This is the first book on the subject that is accessible to the specialist and nonspecialist reader alike.

The Purification Offering in the Priestly Literature
The Purification Offering in the Priestly Literature

Author: N. Kiuchi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1988-02-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0567525058

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The aim of this incisive study is to clarify the symbolism of the so-called 'sin' (hatta't) offering, better understood as a purification offering. A major concern of the work is to explain the variety of the atonement ceremonies in Leviticus in which the 'purification offering' appears. This variety has hitherto been explained as the result of tradition-historical development (Janowski), or in terms of degrees of uncleanness (Milgrom). Dr Kiuchi presents a new way of looking at the evidence for the offering with special reference to the two incidents in Leviticus 10. The concept of atonement (kipper) includes both purification and guilt-bearing, for when the priest purifies sancta he bears the guilt associated with the uncleanness. The varieties of blood manipulation are determined by the occasion, while the varieties of disposal of the sacrificial flesh hinge on whether the agent of the atonement is also a beneficiary of it.

On the Purification of Women
On the Purification of Women

Author: P. Rieder

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1137050144

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This book is a social history of the ritual and custom of churching, a liturgical rite of purification after childbirth performed on a woman's first visit to church after giving birth. The book describes the development of the rite from its original meaning as a response to blood pollution to its redefinition as a rite that honoured marriage.

Ancient Japanese Rituals
Ancient Japanese Rituals

Author: Satow

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-16

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1317792912

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First published in 2002. What is Shinto? is the key question asked by all who seek to understand Japan and the Japanese, answered in this volume by Sir Ernest Satow, the great British scholar and diplomat. Shinto is the unique and little-known religious beliefs that flourished in Japan before the introduction of Buddhism and Confucianism, but there are many versions - which is the pure form? Satow begins with a detailed study of core Shinto rituals as revealed in ancient texts, which embody the deepest and oldest traditions of Shinto belief in divinity, national destiny and, above all, Japan's special favored status as 'the country of the gods', beliefs that endure today behind the facade of Japan Inc. Shinto rites, incantations, sacred objects and symbols are described meticulously, with illustrations and translations by Karl Florenz. Satow then describes how the Ancient Way of Shinto survived centuries of foreign influence to be revived during the Meiji era, when it became the driving force behind the transformation of Japan into a world power. Unrivalled for its scholarship and elegance, this is a classic in Japanese studies.

Ghost Dance
Ghost Dance

Author: Mark T. Sullivan

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 9780340689233

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On the eve of his 40th birthday, Patrick Gallager, a New York documentary film producer, retreats to the mountainous river regions of Central Vermont to get away from his faltered past life to fish. In the shallows of the river, Gallagher's line catches on a submerged body.

Spiritpower
Spiritpower

Author: John Barazzuol

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1425161596

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Spiritpower is written for all those who are interested in exploring the field of spirit; it specifically appeals to those who have already begun an active search for their spirit. It offers support, encouragement and direction to those who somehow got lost along the way, yet still have a need for a life in the spirit. Spiritpower is composed of two texts, The Manual and The Revolutionary Handbook, that are woven together into a single text. The Manual offers a step-by-step, inner healing journey that takes the participant through the process of unification with the higher self or spirit within. While The Manual offers instructions on how to directly contact and develop an on-going relationship with the spirit, The Revolutionary Handbook informs on what to expect and what lies ahead in the new spiritual frontier. The handbook offers a survey of the “future history” of the inner spiritual life of the 21st century. The handbook prophesizes spiritual events of our century and is based on the vision of spirit beings living and working in and through the minds and bodies of their human counterparts.