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  2. Shriners - Wikipedia

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    Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American Masonic society. Founded in 1872 in New York City, it is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and has over 200 chapters across nine countries, with a global membership of nearly 1.7 million "Shriners". [ 1 ]

  3. Shimenawa - Wikipedia

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    The style of torii is not strictly based on the style of shrine, and there could be more than one style of torii in one shrine. [4] Similar to shimenawa, torii also have meaning in Shinto, representing a gate to the world, people, or any relationship. [7] The purpose of torii and shimenawa is the same, in bringing lost people to the kami-filled ...

  4. Baltic Finnic paganism - Wikipedia

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    The elk is a common image in many Baltic Finnic petroglyphs. [note 1]Baltic Finnic paganism, or Baltic Finnic polytheism was the indigenous religion of the various of the Baltic Finnic peoples, specifically the Finns, Estonians, Võros, Setos, Karelians, Veps, Izhorians, Votes and Livonians, prior to Christianisation.

  5. Yorishiro - Wikipedia

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    Yorishiro are most numerous in people's homes. [4] During the New Year's holidays, people decorate their entrances with kadomatsu , which are the yorishiro of the new year's kami . [ 4 ] [ 9 ] Kamifuda , plaques of wood or pieces of paper (similar to an ofuda ) representing the kami , are hung above the door. [ 4 ]

  6. Masonic ritual and symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Masonic initiation rites include the reenactment of a scene set on the Temple Mount while it was under construction. Every Masonic lodge, therefore, is symbolically the Temple for the duration of the degree and possesses ritual objects representing the architecture of the Temple. These may either be built into the hall or be portable.

  7. Scottish Rite - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is a rite within the broader context of Freemasonry.It is the most widely practiced Rite in the world. [1] [2] [3] In some parts of the world, and in the Droit Humain, it is a concordant body and oversees all degrees from the 1st to 33rd degrees, while in other areas, a Supreme Council oversees the 4th to 33rd degrees.

  8. Ema (Shinto) - Wikipedia

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    Ema at Itsukushima Shrine. Ema (絵馬, lit. ' picture-horse ') are small wooden plaques, common to Japan, in which Shinto and Buddhist worshippers write prayers or wishes. Ema are left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or gods) are believed to receive them.

  9. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    A serpent or dragon consuming its own tail, it is a symbol of infinity, unity, and the cycle of death and rebirth. Pentacle: Mesopotamia: An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul).