We all perform rituals of one kind or another during the course of our daily lives. These range from the purely practical routines of home life, to the social, political, religious and magical observances which vary according to our personal ideals and persuasions.
The rites we choose to perform are highly revealing, as they act as an unconscious statement of our real intentions and transpersonal aspirations —they are keys to the hidden Self.
Both the therapeutic benefits of the rite and its potential as a conditioning agent have been realised by mankind over the ages. Here, Murry Hope examines the birth, growth, history and heritage of the rite, and its influence on cultural development over the centuries.
Author(s): Murry Hope
Publisher: Element Books
Year: 1988
Language: English
Commentary: scantailor made
Pages: 328
City: Shaftesbury, Dorset
Tags: ritual;rites;initiation;magic;archetypes;psychologyofritu0000hope
The Psychology of Ritual
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I History and Background
Chapter 1 The Birth of the Rite
Chapter 2 Yesterday and Today
Chapter 4 Magical and Secular Rites in History
Chapter 5 Psychism and the Rite
Chapter 6 Disciplines of the Rite
Chapter 7 To Play or Not to Play?
Chapter 8 Ritual Heritage
Chapter 9 Rites of Death and Departure
Part II Psychological Breakdown
Chapter 10 Psychological and Somatic Side-Effects
Chapter 11 A Qabalistic Pathworking
Chapter 12 An Ancient Egyptian Rite
Chapter 13 A Triple Goddess Rite and an Old Celtic Healing
Chapter 14 Two Protection Rites
Chapter 15 An Enochian Angelic Rite
Chapter 16 Ritual World Tour
Chapter 17 Initiation Rites
Chapter 18 Women's Rites
Part III Rituals of the Nuclear Age
Chapter 19 The Age of the Cult
Chapter 20 Interplanetary and Interstellar Rites
Chapter 21 The Role of Ritual in Everyday Life
Chapter 22 Secret Rites
Chapter 23 New Age Initiation
Chapter 24 Modern Healing Rites
Chapter 25 Collective Power Rites
Chapter 26 Ethics and Self-Defence
Chapter 27 Conclusions
Appendices
I A Qabalistic Pathworking
II An Ancient Egyptian Polarity Rite Dedicated to Bast
III A Triple Goddess Rite
IV An Old Celtic Healing Rite
V An Old Roman Catholic Protection Rite
VI The Hammer Rite in the Norse/Teutonic Tradition
VII An Enochian Angelic Invocatory Rite
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
