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  1. rituals

    A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or objects, performed according to a set sequence. Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, but not defined, by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism, and performance.Rituals are a feature of all known human societies. They include not only the worship rites and sacraments of organized religions and cults, but also rites of passage, atonement and purification rites, oaths of allegiance, dedication ceremonies, coronations and presidential inaugurations, marriages, funerals and more. Even common actions like hand-shaking and saying "hello" may be termed as rituals. The field of ritual studies has seen a number of conflicting definitions of the term. One given by Kyriakidis is that a ritual is an outsider's or "etic" category for a set activity (or set of actions) that, to the outsider, seems irrational, non-contiguous, or illogical. The term can be used also by the insider or "emic" performer as an acknowledgement that this activity can be seen as such by the uninitiated onlooker. In psychology, the term ritual is sometimes used in a technical sense for a repetitive behavior systematically used by a person to neutralize or prevent anxiety; it can be a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder but obsessive-compulsive ritualistic behaviors are generally isolated activities.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RITUALS in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RITUALS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Lynn Bufka:

    Routines and rituals are very beneficial to us, because they're things that we understand and know what to expect from them, the routine sets up for us, without having to think about what we're going to do next,' Here is how my day is going to flow,'.

  2. Ben Carson:

    I'm a person who has a deep and abiding faith and relationship with God, but I'm not really into a lot of religious dogma and rituals -- 'you can't do that, and you can't do this.' I don't believe in that. I believe you have to have a deep and abiding faith in God.

  3. Anthony Pinto:

    I love my family, they might use these mental rituals like prayer or counting to neutralize that anxiety or to try to make that anxiety go away as a way to cope.

  4. Todd Arnedt:

    We do know that relaxing is an important activity before bed, so for people with insomnia, it could be beneficial to decrease that state of arousal, these rituals become important and we almost always will recommend to someone if they have a ritual that helps them fall asleep, then do it.

  5. Takeshi Inomata:

    It is probable that many people from surrounding areas gathered for special occasions, possibly tied to calendrical cycles, the rituals probably involved processions along the causeways and within the rectangular plaza. The people also deposited symbolic objects such as jade axes in the center of the plateau.

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