White sage, which is sacred to a number of Native American tribes in the southwest United States, has been adopted by both some contemporary Pagans and New Age practitioners for purification rites. As ...

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Bhishma Ashtami 2026 is a Hindu festival that honors Bhishma Pitamah, the revered elder of the Mahabharata, who is admired ...

KOTAGIRI, India (AP) — Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine.

On the day I sat in on Professor Robert Weiner’s REL 1.13, “Sacred Movement” class, he lectured about his research on Chaco Canyon — a complex center of Indigenous pre-colonial ruins located in ...

(RNS) — Religious rituals are sensory encounters. The smell of candles, incense, the taste of wine at Communion or prasad, the blessed food at Hindu worship practices: Each is aimed at involving the ...

ANCASH, PERU—According to a report by the Andina News Agency, a unique sculptural ceramic vessel found at the site of Chankillo continues to underscore the connection between solar rituals and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baptism ceremony in the Mbashe river in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images Water is a ...

Lohri is one of the most popular harvest festivals of North India and is celebrated with great enthusiasm in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi. Observed every year on 13 January, the ...