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And they said, "We don't know, but it's just rituals that give us meaning."
So no, I think that rituals are, by nature, irrational.
According to these texts, witches practiced rituals including kissing the Devil’s anus and poisoning or bewitching targets the devil singled out for harm.
Tragically, though these rituals honored the deceased, they also spread a deadly disease known as kuru through the community.
Culture and rituals around the world build in slowness, because slowness helps us reinforce our shared values and connect.
Early Jewish and Christian writers in Europe integrated wine into rituals but considered excessive intoxication a sin.
As high priestess, Enheduanna managed grain storage for the city, oversaw hundreds of temple workers, interpreted sacred dreams, and presided over the monthly new moon festival and rituals celebrating the equinoxes.
On top are two temples: the north, where rituals honor the rain god in the summer, and the south one is where rituals honor the war god in the winter.
Though Quexo is a man, during rituals he becomes half man, half woman, and this ambiguity makes his role more flexible outside ceremonies too.
I believe that whatever we did around that table at Bloodworth Street must be done around tables and rituals of faith until we become that family, that family together that understands the nature of our unity.
It mimics perfectly all the rituals that we will find in offices: rituals of entry, rituals of exit, the schedules, the uniforms in this country, things that identify you, team-building activities, team building that will allow you to basically be with a random group of kids, or a random group of people that you will have to be with for a number of time.
Culture is a reaction to nature, and this understanding of our ancestors is transmitted generation from generation in the form of stories, symbols and rituals, which are always indifferent to rationality.
And so, you have these grand rituals where great images of mother goddesses are built and worshiped for 10 days ...
So, I tried to work on the standard model of culture, which is, develop stories, symbols and rituals.
And I will share one of the rituals with you.
When you set up such a ritualistic serial killer it would be nice to know where the rituals originated from.
Alice Dodgson,a New York doctor gets her license suspended when she treats one of her patients with an unapproved drug,resulting in the patient's death.Without a job,Alice is forced to go to Jamaica,where she tends to the brother of a wealthy white landowner.The brother thinks he's a zombie and is deeply involved in the local people's voodoo practices and rituals."Ritual" is a mediocre horror flick.The action is pretty dull,the plot twists are silly and there is no suspense.There is a bit of gore as someone is killing off white people with a machete,but not too much.The cinematography is decent,however the acting is truly woeful.Definitely one to avoid.4 out of 10.
This movie is about a young woman taken away from her family by the Holy Inquisition, allegedly because she practiced Jewish rituals (only because the poor girl did not like eating pork!).
The plot line follows a group of young adults that travel to a burial island in order to mess about with rituals to bring the dead back to life.
A single father with four musically talented eligible daughters has his hands full trying to keep them in line and guide them in their courting rituals.
Julie (Meg Tilly) is a "goody two shoes" type high school girl who, determined to prove something to herself, allows herself to be subjected to the rituals of "The Sisters", a small-scale clique presided over by snooty, homecoming queen type Carol (Robin Evans).
They stumble across a cemetery with lots of empty graves and signs of recent black magic rituals.
At one time, there is a song being sung by Bjork to go along with the ephemeral rituals being played before us, and at other times there is just a constant droning of a high-pitched instrument, which we see a mysterious woman playing at the beginning and end of the movie.
But otherwise, there really isn't much there, other than a few oddities and constant construction and deconstruction rituals.
Naschy stars as the evil Baron Gilles De Lancré, who oppresses the people and uses black magic and bloody rituals to stay in power.
Down the road however, the story gets convoluted with a poor illustration of ancient black magic rituals.
Extremely thin 'plot' of satanic rituals or some such mumbo-jumbo provides the hokey excuse to thread copious amounts of sex scenes together.
Because there is a good story around the naked rituals and sex scenes.
This film has all kinds of neat plot elements from the Roman Catholic Church vs. the Devil, to the gateway to Hell, to bizarre rituals, to a growing conspiracy, and finally to a host of talented famous actors and actresses flooding the film.
Black drama and deep rituals are what gives this film it's frightening allure and therefore is not for the faint-hearted, in fact the simplest haunting apparitions can last for years in the nightmares of innocent movie goers.
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