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  2. Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    [98]: 69, 72 [107] Altars used for sacrifice had been routinely smashed by Christians who were deeply offended by the blood of slaughtered victims as they were reminded of their own past sufferings associated with such altars. [108] "When Julian restored altars in Antioch, the Christian populace promptly threw them down again". [109]

  3. Greater and lesser magic - Wikipedia

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    Greater and lesser magic (known also as high and low magic or collectively Satanic magic), within LaVeyan Satanism, designate types of beliefs with the term greater magic applying to ritual practice meant as psychodramatic catharsis to focus ones emotions for a specific purpose and lesser magic applied to the practice of manipulation by means of applied psychology and glamour (or "wile and ...

  4. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπω, apotrépō 'to ward off') or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.

  5. Embolism (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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    The embolism in Christian liturgy (from Greek ἐμβολισμός (embolismos) 'an interpolation') is a short prayer said or sung after the Lord's Prayer.It functions "like a marginal gloss" upon the final petition of the Lord's Prayer (". . . deliver us from evil"), amplifying and elaborating on "the many implications" of that prayer. [1]

  6. Altars of the World - Wikipedia

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    Ayres released a version of Altars of the East reduced to a two and a half hour film under the name Altars of the World in 1976. [2] After the documentary's theatrical debut on January 30, 1976, [4] Altars of the World was later split into two VHS tapes titled Altars of the World: The Western Religions and Altars of the World: The Eastern ...

  7. Shava sadhana - Wikipedia

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    Shava sadhana (śāva sādhanā) is a Tantric sadhana (spiritual practice) in which the practitioner sits on a corpse for meditation. Shava sadhana is part of the vamachara ('heterodox') practice of worship, which is followed by the esoteric Tantra.

  8. Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth - Wikipedia

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    Imperial procession of the prayer to heaven at the Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth (1942) The Esplanade of Sacrifice to the Heaven and Earth (Vietnamese: Đàn Nam Giao; chữ Hán: 南郊壇) is an imperial altar situated south of the city of Huế, central Vietnam. It also known as the Nam Giao altar.

  9. Altar (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    The altar (illustration from Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia (1906–1913)) The description of the altar in Solomon's Temple gives it larger dimensions (2 Chronicles 4:1. Comp. 1 Kings 8:22, 8:64; 9:25), and was made wholly of brass, covering a structure of stone or earth. Because this altar was larger than the one used in the ...