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The 144 pages that link to Ritual, each with the reason it gives.

• Ceremonial magicNarrower topic: Ceremonial magic is organized around repeated, prescribed ritual actions.

• Pre-Pottery NeolithicRelated: Monumental spaces and unusual objects invite competing interpretations of communal practice.

• Book of RitesNarrower topic: The classic treats ritual as a means of shaping individual conduct and public order.

• ExorcismNarrower topic: Exorcism is structured through repeated words, gestures, objects, and roles.

• Victor TurnerNarrower topic: Ritual provided the main setting for Turner’s studies of symbols and transformation.

• Votive offeringNarrower topic: Votive gifts gain meaning through the acts of presenting, placing, or dedicating them.

• AmuletRelated: Some amulets gain meaning through their preparation, blessing, or manner of use.

• ContemplationCompared with: Ritual organizes outward actions; contemplation primarily sustains inward attention or reflection.

• EmbodimentRelated: Rituals transmit shared meanings through repeated bodily acts.

• Imagined communityNarrower topic: Repeated collective practices can reinforce belonging among people who rarely meet.

• Paleolithic religionRelated: Repetition and deliberate deposition may suggest ritual, but archaeological traces rarely prove it.

• Party gameRelated: Recurring games can become recognizable traditions within a group.

• PlaceRelated: Recurring ceremonies attach shared meanings to particular sites.

• Religious beliefRelated: Rituals express beliefs through repeated, embodied practice.

• Religious humanismRelated: Ritual gives communal form to humanist commitments and life transitions.

• Self-cultivationRelated: In traditions such as Confucianism, ritual trains respectful conduct through repeated form.

• Set and settingRelated: Rituals can organize expectations, roles, and surroundings during drug use.

• Spirit possessionNarrower topic: Rituals can frame possession, invite it, or guide its resolution.

• Symbolic anthropologyRelated: Rituals make shared meanings visible and reproduce them through repeated performance.

• The Sacred and the ProfaneRelated: Ritual marks sacred times and actions as distinct from routine conduct.

• TianRelated: Ritual was a means of responding to Heaven and maintaining human order.

• Axis mundiRelated: Ritual can establish or renew the sacred center represented by an axis mundi.

• Cargo cultRelated: Rituals could express readiness for anticipated arrivals and establish collective commitment.

• Cognitive science of religionRelated: Ritual behavior provides a test case for theories of attention, emotion, and learning.

• Creation mythRelated: Rituals may recall or renew the foundational events narrated in creation stories.

• Fertility deityNarrower topic: Rituals turn beliefs about fertility into repeated communal practices.

• GreetingNarrower topic: Repeated greeting forms turn an encounter into a socially ordered event.

• History of religionRelated: Ritual evidence illuminates religious practice beyond formal doctrines and texts.

• Prehistoric religionNarrower topic: Repeated ceremonies are among the practices archaeologists can identify without written accounts.

• PriestNarrower topic: Priestly duties often consist of leading rituals that order communal religious life.

• Religious ritualNarrower topic: Religious rituals belong to the broader family of patterned, meaningful practices.

• The Golden BoughNarrower topic: Frazer compares rites across societies to identify recurring patterns.

• Mary DouglasRelated: Her analyses show how ritual makes social categories tangible and maintains boundaries.

• Political anthropologyRelated: Political rituals can affirm authority, mark status, and make collective order visible.

• Religious artNarrower topic: Ritual use can determine where an artwork belongs and how it is encountered.

• SpiritualityRelated: Ritual can give communal spirituality a repeated, embodied form.

• AltarNarrower topic: Altars gain their purpose through the rites performed at or around them.

• Ana MendietaRelated: Ritual forms and references give many of her actions a ceremonial dimension.

• FarewellNarrower topic: Repeated farewell customs turn parting into a recognizable social ritual.

• Fertility riteNarrower topic: Fertility rites use repeated symbolic actions to seek abundance and renewal.

• Modern paganismNarrower topic: Seasonal ceremonies and personal rites give many pagan traditions a recurring structure.

• Mystery religionNarrower topic: Mystery religions conveyed belonging and sacred meaning through prescribed ceremonies.

• Neolithic religionNarrower topic: Ritual can be inferred from repeated behavior without assuming a specific theology.

• Public spectacleRelated: Ritual gives public events recognizable forms that audiences can interpret together.

• Religious ecstasyRelated: Ritual can prepare for, guide, or give communal meaning to ecstatic states.

• AdornmentRelated: Ceremonial adornment marks transitions, roles, and sacred occasions.

• Cultural universalBroader topic: Ritualized practices occur across cultures, even when their purposes and forms differ.

• Goddess movementNarrower topic: Goddess groups use ritual to embody spiritual ideas rather than treating them only as doctrine.

• History of mentalitiesRelated: Repeated ceremonies can make a society’s assumptions visible in action.

• History of theatreCompared with: The debated relationship between ritual and theatre concerns performance’s origins and functions.