Sentence examples for ritualistic practices from inspiring English sources
I was beginning to develop a set of ritualistic practices.
Appointed bishop of Birmingham in 1924 on the recommendation of the prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, he immediately attacked ritualistic practices and in 1929 evoked much protest by his refusal to install an Anglo-Catholic priest.
Intimately acquainted with worship on Mt. Zion because of his priest-prophet position, with the Temple and its rich imagery and ritualistic practices, and possessed of a deep understanding of the meaning of kingship in Judah theologically and politically, Isaiah was able to interpret and advise both leaders and the common people of the Covenant promises of Yahweh, the Lord of Hosts.
He bridges the gap between Oscar Wilde and Hitler". Crowley and Symonds' postwar acquaintance lasted 18 months until the death of that free spirit whose worldwide womanising and ritualistic practices landed him in a Hastings residential hotel, where he excused himself from lunch with Symonds and went to his room for a customary repast of heroin and double-gin chaser.
Detractors say he runs a cult-like program aimed at breaking down his subjects psychologically, separating them from their families and inducting them into a bizarre world of messianic pretensions, idiosyncratic language and ritualistic practices.
The team, which reports its findings online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, notes that tortoises, cow tails, and eagle wings play a role in the ritualistic practices of many shamans today and that many societies ascribe special powers to physically disabled people.
The hunter-gatherers, known as Cro-Magnon or Magdalenians, put a lot of effort into creating the cup out of the base of the skull after breaking off the jaw and other parts and Dr Bello suggests there could have been "a ritualistic practice going on". "It was a very careful process - they were really trying to create an object," she said.
He was intent, informally following the ritualistic practice of Thelemite organization the A∴A∴, on performing "the Crossing of the Abyss", attaining union with the universal consciousness, or "All" as understood in Thelemic mysticism, and becoming the "Master of the Temple".
Despite global efforts to reduce or eliminate human mercury exposure, mercury in ritualistic practice as a potential source of exposure remains poorly documented [ 2].
The Quran states that the Salat or prayer (ritualistic practice of physical acts with supplication), as it is a form of remembrance of God, is one example of an act of worship: "Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying,).
My view on the difference between religion and spirituality has been more with the matter of: Does one practice a personal relationship with God, or do they practice legalistic, religious and ritualistic ceremonial practices?
