What are rituals? Let's open the secret!

What are rituals from the point of view of esotericism, and even more so - magic? To begin with, this is action. And like any action, they are aimed at anything. In the case of rituals, this is an orientation toward achieving any goals. And the peculiarity of this activity is its initially invisible connection with the subsequent results. That is, if you go to buy a car, go to work and save money - this is not a ritual. But if, instead, you practice a magical rite to improve your material condition, then this is closer to the point. Such an activity is called ritual.

In esotericism, this action has a fairly large role. Virtually no side of this teaching can do without rituals and rituals. Many of them have come down to us from the depths of centuries.

What are the rituals inherited from our ancestors?

The same meditation applies to such actions. This is a ritual designed to relax and free from extraneous thoughts. No less significant were in the life of our ancestors ritual actions, designed to attract crops, good weather or warm winters. Now such rituals and rituals are also used by various magicians and fortune-tellers.

Example

In different cultures, magical activity has a different character, based on the goals and desires of people. Moreover, even the rituals within one people from city to city may differ. A vivid example of what rituals of one particular land, can serve the ritual of the Three-Krop. This is an original ritual, conducted by Vyatka women to attract good luck. He started on such occasions as illnesses in the family, heavy birth, misfortune. Unlike many other rituals, it is not tied to a specific time of holding. The ritual of the Trotskoplyatnitsa is only women of the genus - widows, married for the first time, midwives. They gathered at the table for dinner, hung windows and closed the doors of the house. The ceremony passed in complete silence, it was not allowed even to smile.

During dinner, a chicken, cooked in a pot, was eaten, and she hunted three broods of chickens - hence the name of the rite. After the end of the ceremony, the insides, feathers and bones of the bird in the pot were buried behind the fence of the village. This behavior dates back to pagan times, when the chicken was sacrificed to the deities.

What are rituals?

This is a symbolic activity, which has a clear regulation, in particular, speech patterns. Now in modern culture they also play a role. Everyone knows the tradition of raising champagne glasses for the New Year at midnight. This is also a kind of ritual. But those who, in addition, also try to make a wish, write it down on a piece of paper, burn it and then drink it with a sparkling drink, they are already conducting the present rite to attract good luck.

Magic rituals today most often have a focus on material well-being, love and success in business. Such ceremonial occasions, like harvest, weather or warm winter, are a thing of the past, since they do not play a visible significant role in the life of ordinary people. Eternal remain the rituals, designed to maintain health, promote the preservation of the family and the birth of children - because the reasons for their use do not lose relevance.