Walking barefoot across the cool tile floor, her silver face gems twinkling in the sunlight, sound bath practitioner and energy healer Maya Andreeva distributed paper cups filled with brown liquid to ...

Rituals percolate through our lives, helping us connect with ourselves, each other, nature, and beyond. Across time and place, personal rituals and group rituals are common aspects of human behavior, ...

Last year we reported on preliminary research suggesting that ancient Egyptians may have used hallucinogens in their religious rituals, based on the presence of a few key chemical signatures taken ...

(The Conversation) — In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes for ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues. A costumed crowd making its way to a ...

The Arapaho name for the ceremony is hoseihoowu' . This word means roughly 'give away lodge.' The Arapaho do not really worship the Sun during this ceremony. Rather it is a time of prayer and ...