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| | Ritual - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Although ritual is often used in context with worship performed in a church, the actual relationship between any religion's doctrine and its ritual(s) can vary considerably from religion to religion. | | | A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value, which is prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. | | | Ritual often have a close connection with reverence, thus a ritual in many cases expresses reverence for a deity. |
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| | Ritual purification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ritual purification is a feature of many religions. | | | The other laws of ritual purity are usually not followed, as they with ritual purity in the land of Israel, and the Temple in Jerusalem, which is no longer extant. | | | The Church of England's Book of Common Prayer had liturgy for the churching of women adapted from Catholic traditions, which was a thanksgiving and purification event after birth of a child. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_purification
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| | RITUAL - LoveToKnow Article on RITUAL |
| | ritus, a custom, especially a religious rite or custom), a term of religion, which may be defined as the routine of worship. | | | Even in the highest religions, where orthodoxy is the main requirement, and ritual is held merely to symbolize dogma, there is a remarkable rigidity about the dogma that is doubtless in large part due to its association with ritual forms many of them bearing the most primeval stamp. | | | Indeed, viewed in this aspect, ritual is to religion what habit is to life, and its rationale is similar, namely, that by bringing subordinate functions under an effortless rule it permits undivided attention in regard to vital issues. |
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http://96.1911encyclopedia.org/R/RI/RITUAL.htm
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| | Ritual |
| | It is perhaps an indication that the existence of ritual in spirituality is an indication that religion has lost its potency and become a manifestation of avidya. | | | Ritual and symbolism was apparent on many different levels and made manifest by the construction of a traditional 108-bead mala. | | | The ritual of standing in a circle and joining together made each participant aware that in life they are the 'bead' on many different 'malas': that the thread which links them is firmly 'tied' to the Master Bead - their inherent Buddha nature. |
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http://www.schoolofurbanzen.com/Insight/Ritual.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ritual |
| | When first ritual functions were written in books, the Sacramentary in the West, the Euchologion in the East contained all the priest's (and bishop's) part of whatever functions they performed, not only the holy Liturgy in the strict sense, but all other sacraments, blessings, sacramentals, and rites of every kind as well. | | | These should be conformable to the Motu Proprio of Pius X of 22 Nov., 1903, and the Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites of 8 Jan., 1904. | | | The ceremonies also contained in the Missal (holy water, the processions of Candlemas and Palm Sunday, etc.), and the prayers also in the Breviary (the Office for the Dead) are necessarily identical with those of Paul V's Ritual; these have the absolute authority of the Missal and Breviary. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13088b.htm
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| | Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center » RITUAL |
| | Ritual is emphasized in the Zen and Tibetan traditions, which come from the Mahayana school in Northern Asia. | | | Almost all of the rituals at the Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center are optional for the individual. | | | The second possible reason that ritual is emphasized less in the Vipassana tradition is that Theravadan Buddhism is very much a monastic tradition, with emphasis on seclusion and individual meditation practice. |
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http://www.northfieldbuddhists.org/weblog/?p=117
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| | Creative Ritual Guidebook |
| | Ritual is an important part of religious life to people the world over. | | | All religions of the world rely on rituals to bring humans to the level of the gods. | | | The value of ritual is connecting with the Great Mystery: be it Deity, the Force in nature, the spiritual worlds, or even the simple rhythms of the turning seasons. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~chandonn/Haven/creatrit.htm
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| | United Communities of Spirit |
| | Since only the rituals of living religions are relevant for modern man, we must distinguish these from the ritual practice of the ancients as preserved in scripture. | | | Note the inner purpose of the ritual and its sacrifice: not to satisfy God's hunger for worship, but that the people may express holiness and magnify God. | | | Rituals to set apart sacred time can include the many actions and symbols to mark the beginning or ending of festival days; thus the Jewish law of the Sabbath sets it apart as a day of rest. |
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http://origin.org/ucs/ws/theme120.cfm
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| | Information on Ritual Abuse |
| | The stories of Betty Rhoton and Merradyth McCallister describe alleged ritual abuse in the Mormon church, the Mormon church may have attempted to cover up McCallister's story, and ex-communicated her from the church. | | | In "Satanic Ritual Abuse and Mormonism" (Tanners), 60 victims in the Mormon church discuss seeing or participating in alleged ritual abuse activities (this number could possibly include 800 total participants, the number of people in each survivors' story added together). | | | In "Evolution of the Mormon Temple Ceremony 1842- 1990" by Jerald and Sandra Tanner it is shown that Joseph Smith was originally a Mason. |
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http://members.aol.com/SMARTNEWS/Info-on-ritual-abuse.htm
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| | ritual - definition of ritual by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Associated with or performed according to a rite or ritual: a priest's ritual garments; a ritual sacrifice. | | | ablution - the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels | | | Communion, Holy Communion, manduction, sacramental manduction - the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation" |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ritual
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| | Ritual |
| | These are rituals where one's gratitude is expressed with joy, music, and/or feasting; often they are times to dedicate the work one is undertaking during the next year, season, or phase of the moon. | | | Obviously the ritual of dedication, offering your life in service to the Goddess in return for Her guidance and special favour, is the most sacred type of offeratory ritual. | | | This is a common practice in some Christian or Qabalistic mystery schools, but the angels are there for all spiritual seekers, and are happy to help in Wiccan as well as Judeo-Christian rituals. |
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http://www.thedance.com/wicca101/ritual.htm
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| | The Libri of Aleister Crowley |
| | Being the Ritual employed by the Beast 666 for the Attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel during the semester of His performance of the Operation of the Sacred Magick of Abramelin the Mage. | | | Instructions given for the elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, Vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of the Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so called, and an instruction in the practice called rising on the Planes. | | | Please note that this ritual is identical with Liber Samekh in many aspects, however, there are differences. |
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http://www.hermetic.com/crowley
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| | Ritual protection marks |
| | Nevertheless, the tradition of inscribing what are essentially apotropaic marks in churches does suggest that together with the widespread practise of ritual deposition in and around dwellings, it would be rather surprising if some parallel tradition did not exist in respect of houses. | | | It may be significant that they tended to choose the more powerful and protective images of the Holy Trinity, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Deity rather than the more complex and sacrificial imagery of Jesus. | | | The hex is just one of several signs which have a long history of use in spiritual and esoteric contexts and are probably protective. |
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| | Circumcision.net provides insights to Ritual Circumcision, known in Hebrew as BRIS |
| | The moment of the bris has a great spiritual effect upon the child and therefore Jewish law specifies that one should choose a Mohel who is noted not only for his technical skills but also for his level of piety. | | | It has therefore been the tradition that a Rabbi, cantor, or spiritual leader will also serve the community as a Mohel. | | | It was then reiterated through Moses 500 years later: "And on the 8th day he shall have his foreskin circumcised" (Leviticus 12:3). |
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http://www.circumcision.net
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| | ritual |
| | Virtually every religion has its rituals, and Wicca is no exception. | | | It acts as a container for the prayer and celebration, until the sphere is collapsed, at which time the prayer or spell is sent into the universe. | | | Sometimes, just meditation or prayer is the entire ritual. |
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http://members.aol.com/nexyjo/spirit/ritual.htm
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| | Journal of Ritual Studies |
| | The Authorization of Ritual and the Ritualization of Authority: The Practice of Values in a Japanese New Religion, Brian McVeigh (pp. | | | Body as ritual Actor and Instruments of Praise: Verna Maynard’s Experience as Praise Leader in the Ketchener Church of God, Donna Lynne Seamone (pp. | | | The Heart of Ritual is the Body: Anatomy of an Islamic Devotional Manual of the Nineteenth Century, Scott A. Kugle (pp. |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~strather/journal.htm
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| | Rituals |
| | The literature on ritual is enormous but what I am after is the personal touch, the voice that says ‘this is what really moved me’ (incidentally, this is one definition of spirituality). | | | However, you may, like me, own no allegiance to any particular religion but still want to share your own spiritual vision with kindred spirits in meaningful rituals. | | | In a paper attached to this article (The Place of Ritual – a Journey), I describe how my own spiritual development was tremendously boosted by a year-long series of rituals (copy of these available on request) based on Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry’s |
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http://www.greenspirit.org.uk/resources/Rituals.htm
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| | Ritual Baths - Wicca |
| | Ritual bathing allows you to literally wash away the mundane world as you prepare yourself for the spiritual. | | | By taking a ritual bath and using the items saved only for magical use, you begin to put yourself in a spiritual mindset. | | | For this reason you will often see milk being used in the rituals in some manner. |
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| | Ritual Abuse Free Home |
| | We offer resource materials that will minister to those involved in Freemasonry, cults, false religions, survivors of ritual abuse, Satanic ritual abuse, church abuse, roll playing games, Greek College Fraternities, and all who need to be totally Set Free through Jesus Christ. | | | That is a very good definition, but has some indications that it is also referring to SRA. | | | The following are the most frequently cited rituals: |
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| | Ritual |
| | Believe me, you will be learning a lot about the culture of my people...and so will I. I can't even tell you about the ritual, for I know so little about it myself. | | | All I know is that I have to return home as I come of age. | | | I could have said no to the ritual, but I agreed because I love you and I didn't want to dishonor you and your family by refusing. |
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| | Group Ritual Dynamics |
| | Stick with whatever comes up no matter what its nature and no matter how it appears; stay with it. | | | What if I’m deluged by my concepts and opinions of the polarity, rather than connecting with the living forces? | | | Though many religious traditions have designed elaborate social rituals and moral systems, these are generally not meant as pathways to mystical experience. |
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http://www.paratheatrical.com/pages/ritual.html
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| | The Ritual Archive |
| | Other ritual tools: chalice, wand, pentacle, athame and sword. | | | Candle magick, including how to make your own candles and incense. | | | Bits of rituals, entire rituals and some theory about ritual. |
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| | index_S_M_A_R_T_'s Ritual Abuse Page |
| | Solidarity in the fight against Ritual Abuse and Torture - Neil Brick 11/04 AHS conference | | | 2005 Carol Rutz Healing from Ritual Abuse Torture and Mind Control: Why Finding Your Voice Can Make a Difference to You and Others | | | Ritual Abuse and Torture -- A Legal Quandary: Both Local and Global |
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| | Ritual Master Program |
| | This is necessary for the powers to come down and empower you. | | | This program deals with the power of creation, the true Priesthood of God and the manifestation of all thought in the physical. | | | As a ritual master one must have the authority and lineage to call upon the powers of heaven and thus be in line to work with the powers of the universe. |
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http://www.7thmysteryschool.com/ritualmaster1.asp
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| | weaponspage |
| | More often than not, these rituals were set into matrices of religion and magic. | | | Though rituals may dictate behaviors involving modern weapons and their uses, the fact that the weapons themselves do not form an overt part of cultural activity means that weapon "rituals" play little to no part in larger structures of belief in those societies (public religious and cultural values, for example). | | | rituals) to regulate their place in various traditional societies. |
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http://weaponspage.homestead.com
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| | Saturnalia - A Winter Solstice Ritual |
| | This ritual is dedicated to the Gods and may be used for any nonprofit purpose, provided that its source is acknowledged. | | | This ritual compresses the Consualia (for Consus, God of the Storage Bin), the Saturnalia (for Saturn, God of Sowing), and the Opalia (for Ops, Goddess of Plenty) into a single festival, a Brumalia, or Winter Solstice (Bruma) ritual. | | | Saturnus Image/Simulacrum Saturni Saturnus should be an old, dignified but jovial man; his usual attribute is the sickle. |
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http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/Saturnalia.html
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| | Ritual |
| | At his last supper with his disciples, Jesus broke bread and poured wine, which he blessed and shared among them, saying that they were his body and bolld. | | | At the Passover seder, or ritual meal, all the foods are symbolic of that journey. | | | By imitating his actions at the communion service, Christians partake ritually of the body and blood of Christ. |
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http://www.karenlee.com/FoodNotes.htm
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| | SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE (SRA): |
| | For example, some use the acronym SRA to refer to "Sadistic Ritual Abuse" by followers of any religion or none. | | | Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) can be defined as the psychological, sexual, and/or physical assault forced on an unwilling human victim, and committed by one or more Satanists according to a prescribed ritual, the primary aim of which is to fulfill the need to worship the Christian devil, Satan. | | | We use the term "abusive pedophile" to refer to those adults who may form a minority of pedophiles -- those who act out their sexual attraction by sexually molesting children. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/sra.htm
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| | Fakir.org: Spirit + Flesh |
| | At the conclusion of the ritual they will also remove your hooks and cheek spears. | | | Cléo Has this to Say About the Ritual | | | For preparatory exercises: Bring a couple of floggers for the group exercises to raise energy prior to body piercing. |
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| | Technorati Tag: ritual |
| | Posts tagged Ritual per day for the last 30 days. | | | This one had me laughing out loud Finally the best one comes from a little known... | | | Shopping Find a vast selection of books that focus on rituals from many different cultures. |
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| | Ancient Origins: Solstice |
| | As a symbolic celebration of growing light and as a commemoration of spiritual rebirth, it also seems closely related to other observances. | | | But the form of this celebration, a Festival of Lights (with candles at the heart of the ritual), makes Hanukkah wonderfully compatible with other celebrations at this time of year. | | | You may have heard of apple wassailing, the medieval winter festival custom of blessing the apple trees with songs, dances, decorations and a drink of cider to ensure their fertility. |
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| | eBay - ritual all products at low prices |
| | Note: Item availability and pricing may be out of date. | | | 92 matches found for 'ritual' in All Products | | | Space Ritual Vol.1 (Alive In London and Liverpool) [Remastered] |
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| | gothicritual.com coming soon |
| | Wicca Pagan Celtic Gothic Norse jewelry ritual tools incense witch | | | Log in to My Account ad renew now |
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| | BBC - Radio 4 - Ritual |
| | This is the claim of some neuroscientists who claim that the desire to perform ritual is a primitive instinct that can be found throughout the natural world. | | | Dr Gillian Rice looks at human and animal rituals and tries to un-pick the evidence that says we are just obeying a desire to reduce stress and communicate effectively. | | | If she did she had to wash and scrub herself until she literally got down to the last layer of skin. |
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| | Ritual Toronto |
| | Western mores traditionally isolate spiritual beliefs and human enjoyment as ideologically incompatible paths, which denies a complete understanding of art, humanity and personal expression. | | | RITUAL attempts to bridge this gap by cultivating aesthetically-driven transformative human experiences that are fundamentally celebratory, inclusive and affirmative. | | | RITUAL events are designed on the premise that art has the capacity to give profound meaning to individuals' lives, but that this potential is rarely achieved or understood in the Western world and must be consciously cultivated for it to become manifest. |
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| | Ritual |
| | Ritual Poetry - These are fragments of rituals, or small solitary rituals in their own right, as well as prayers and invocations and such. | | | Permission is given for the use, including respectful modification, of ritual material by individuals or groups for the purpose of worship, though we request that credit be given where possible and appropriate. | | | A Year's Cycle - This is a cycle of full-fledged rituals, designed to be performed by individuals or groups, written by the TdB Spirit Chief Emeritus. |
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http://www.tuathadebrighid.org/ritual1.htm
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| | Preservation Ritual |
| | A past vitality of preservation ritual is suggested by famous finds of scrolls and codex format books preserved in ceramic jars and buried in caves where they were preserved for thousands of years. | | | Much of the discussion revealed that a time capsule project was considered a social activity complete with rituals of community identity. | | | This approach is taken by the Long Now foundation. |
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http://www.futureofthebook.com/storiestoc/ritual
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| | Seppuku - Ritual Suicide |
| | This was followed up by very stern punishment for any lord who allowed any of his followers to commit harakiri or seppuku. | | | Other reasons a samurai committed seppuku were: to show contempt for an enemy; to protest against injustice, as a means to get their lord to reconsider an unwise or unworthy action and as a means to save others. | | | Seppuku, (Sape-puu-kuu) the Japanese formal language term for ritual suicide (Hara-kiri (Har-rah-kee-ree) is the common language term.), was an intregal aspect of feudal Japan (1192-1868). |
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| | RITUALISTIC Ritual Entertainment's Online Community Hub |
| | Ritual expects that the number of people who play SiN Episodes will build over time, and with each release. | | | This is the first in a series of installments set in the SiN universe that will be delivered via Steam. | | | Ritual QA Guru Michael Russell dropped by SiNEpisodes.net to talk about the Action Based Outcomes in the original SiN game. |
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| | Gamecloud - - SiN Episodes Interview |
| | Now Ritual is finally returning to their first game universe with SiN Episodes, a self published episodic continuation of the franchise that will have its first episode released later this year. | | | Members of Ritual talk about their upcoming revival of their classic 1998 first person shooter. | | | That often said, but one only has to look at the truly great games that have come to market over the years. |
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http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=624
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| | www.myspace.com/ritualrocks |
| | Ritual has been influenced by many genres of music such as funk, metal, rap, hip-hop, and rock, all of which are apparent in their music. | | | This is a live stage act that even haters can appreciate. | | | Despite some line up changes over their short career, the now four-piece band has been writing new music and constantly changing their set list to create absolute energy and intensity on stage. |
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| | Ritual |
| | This includes its history, written Ritual, insignia and ceremonies. | | | It is the tradition that has started since the Fraternity's founding in 1856, and is passed down to the active members of today. | | | The written Ritual is the document that binds all |
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http://sae.rso.wisc.edu/ritual.htm
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| | Space Ritual - calling earth ... calling earth ...The only official Space Ritual site |
| | Performing the ritual of uniting the tribes - all beings at different levels of sprititual developement communicate the grove, joining in the true spirit, aspiring to the flame. | | | Returning for a rare manifestation on the material plane at a stabilised energy vibration-point near you - after their long search for intelligent life throughout the cosmos (despite some problems with some Earth cultures - but). | | | the great space ritual continues it's inexorable course as it gathers momentum, and the energy of all those conjoining together with it, at the rate of the psychic square of the power of the quantity of contributory participants and energies, in a spiral explosion of the soul. |
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| | of the nature of or practiced as a rite or ritual: |
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| | IMDb Title Search |
| | Superjoint Ritual: Live at CBGB: Changing the Face of Music Through Uncompromising Anti-Image (2004) (V) Superjoint Ritual: Live in Dallas, Texas (2002) (V) Prejudice (1922) | | | A search for "Ritual" found the following results: | | | Ritual: Blood Bonds (2005) (V) Ritual dos Pequenos Vampiros (1984) (TV) |
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| | Ritual Interview |
| | Is there any kind of big/major buy out in Ritual’s future? | | | I think that the acquisition of Bungie by Microsoft is-maybe some developers are jealous, I don’t know- but, to me, it just goes to show that they were a jewel. | | | We’re very excited about that one; the screenshots look great. |
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| | Oblivio > Archives > Ritual |
| | At this point, though, I lean toward the ax—not because of the violence (the violence frightens me) but because of the way an ax would engage me, my physical self, in the act of destroying her. | | | This is a problem with made-up rituals: you can’t know in advance how something will feel. | | | It comes to down to how I plan to destroy her, the degree of violence involved. |
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| | Mongoose.com - Bikes - 2005 Ritual |
| | www.nsmb.com, 10/11/04 - "The Mongoose Ritual really blew both Cam and I away. | | | The singlespeed Ritual is equipped with a rear-brake detangler and down-tube shifter bosses, so you can make it a geared bike and still do a convincing truckdriver without fear of tangling up your shift cables." | | | Not because the price tag for this dirt jumper / urban hucker / skate park wonder is US$529, but because it comes with dual 24" wheels, disc brakes, and a lock-out fork. |
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