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| adam_text | THE PSYCHOLOGY
OF RITUAL
Murry Hope
ELEMENT BOOKS
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
Part I History and Background
CHAPTER 1 The Birth of the Rite 6
Earliest records Synonymity of religion and magic
Categorization of various types of Rites The five Ritual Codes
Psychological classifications Body language and mime
CHAPTER 2 Yesterday and Today 15
The Recollective Bado Rite of the Dogons based on Sirius, re-
echoed in the tribal myths of the Bambara and Bozo Origins of
Chaldean Rites and beliefs The Oannes legend The Horned god
The psychology of energy exchanges An ancient Seasonal Rite
CHAPTER 3 Enter the Intermediary 25
Gnostic evolutionary classifications How the need for an
Contents vii
intermediary arose Shamanism and states of ecstasy The
shamanic role in the Sacrificial Rite The role of the priest or
hierophant in tribal and civic affairs Social advantages of
ancient rites as seen by modern psychiatrists
CHAPTER 4 Magical and Secular Rites in History 32
The social usage of ancient Egyptian Rites Two forms of sacred
rites — religious and sensuous The Eleusinia, or state rites of
ancient Greece Drama and the Rite The psychological view of
faith Private language of the subconscious — an anecdote Jung
on the power of the Rite to influence God
CHAPTER 5 Psychism and the Rite 45
The term psychism defined occultly, psychologically and
scientifically Professor Stephen E Braude on PK and allied
phenomena Jung on mediumship and the hysterical personality-
type Brain patterns involved in psi manifestations Channelling
The dangers of experimentation Trance mediumship and the
Rite The role of creative imagery Archetypes in ritual
CHAPTER 6 Disciplines of the Rite 56
Freud on the libido Jung on Tantra Sexual expression as related
to soul-age The sublimation principle in religious orders The
redemption factor Imbalances effected by drugs, hypnosis,
deprivation , The power of repetition in unconscious
programming Yoga — its nature and discipline
CHAPTER 7 To Play or Not to Play? 65
How ritual role-playing works Archetypal identities
Hallucinations and visions Two views — humanistic
psychology and the Jungian analyst The assumption of the
archetypal role Who or what are the gods ? The occult ego traps
and danger zones of pride and power Morphic resonance as
applied to ritual role-playing
viii Contents
CHAPTER 8 Ritual Heritage 74
Rites of birth, puberty, and death or departure Remnants of old
Rites that are still with us The influence of the Rite on
architecture and the arts Sacred geometry The Roman Catholic
Mass as a Sacrificial Rite — its psychological effects observed
The psychology of sacrifice Talismanic Rites
CHAPTER 9 Rites of Death and Departure 85
The Book of the Dead Ancient Egyptian Burial Rites The
Tibetan Bardo Thodol The Requiem Mass A Seax Wicca Rite,
Crossing the Bridge (at Death) and a pagan Rite for the Dead
reproduced in full An old Aztec Funerary Rite Further Rites of
Departure The psychology of the Death Syndrome
Part II Psychological Breakdown
CHAPTER 10 Psychological and Somatic Side-Effects 96
The effect of certain rites on the autonomic nervous system, the
brain, the mental system and the endocrine system The
relationship between the endocrine system and the chakras The
Kundalini cbncept Excitatory Rites that over-energize
Psychological and somatic intolerances to psychic frequencies or
resonances The heat effect Psychedelic side-effects in ritual
CHAPTER 11 A Qabalistic Pathworking 110
The Qabalah defined The Tree of Life, the Double Helix and the
DNA molecule Pathworking as a legitimate occult practice Full
psychological analysis of a Qabalistic Pathworking Jung s
Qabalistic experience Gematria
Contents ix
CHAPTER 12 An Ancient Egyptian Rite 124
The Book of the Dead considered True origins of the Egyptian
magical system and the philosophy behind the old Egyptian
beliefs A metaphysical consideration of the Law of Polarity and
the nature of the Twinning Rite The inherent dangers in
Egyptiana and High Magic generally
CHAPTER 13 A Triple Goddess Rite and an Old Celtic Healing
Rite 134
1 Moon worship and the Triple Goddess concept The three
aspects as related to the human psychological economy
2 An old Celtic healing ceremony — a hindbrain or instinctive
awareness Rite The animistic aspects Elemental qualities
defined
CHAPTER 14 Two Protection Rites 138
1 A Jesuit ritual The Roman Catholic attitude towards evil and a
personalised devil The delusory nature of many so-termed
occult attacks
2 The Hammer Rite in the Norse/Teutonic tradition The animus
emphasis in Severity Code Rites The nature of Runic magic and
the closeness of that system to the earth-plane
CHAPTER 15 An Enochian Angelic Rite 142
The various angelic classifications and their roles in the celestial
hierarchy The Heptarchia Mystica of John Dee An Enochian
Invocatory Rite analysed Left hemisphere requirements of
memorization
CHAPTER 16 Ritual World Tour 148
A Shinto Harvest Festival Aztec ceremonial bathing of the
newborn Personal Worship — Piija (Tantra) Sitting and the
Koan Aboriginal Rain Making and the Corroboree The Great
Huna Ha Prayer Rite Shamanic descent to the bottom of the
ocean
x Contents
CHAPTER 17 Initiation Rites 162
Initiation — what it is and what it is not Psychological reaction
to initiation failure Initiation Rites from the past Ritual
renaming of the novice Shamanic Initiatory Rites The berserk
factor The heat factor The death and resurrection syndrome or
transformation principle — the alchemical inferences The
significance of trees in ancient initiation Apuleius and the Isian
initiatory scene A Buddhic initiation Plato and Plutarch on
initiation
CHAPTER 18 Women s Rites 178
The role of women in ritual The views of Freud and Jung
Athene, Greek goddess of wisdom — her significance Female
Puberty Rites Secret women s fraternities Female Initiation
Rituals from various parts of the world Psychiatrist Bani Shorter
on the present-day need for ritual negotiation of different
thresholds Isian Rites
Part III Rituals of the Nuclear Age
CHAPTER 19 The Age of the Cult 192
The astrological Ages The soul age Inner and outer time
Aquarianism- — a double-edged sword Changes in ritual
expression from Piscean to Aquarian The resurgence of ancient
religions and their associated rites The new eco-religion The rise
of interest in occult and metaphysical studies The cult of the guru
and its dependencies The Jungian cult The triple programming
of modern life
CHAPTER 20 Interplanetary and Interstellar Rites 200
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The religion of alternatives Cosmic roots Looking forward and
outward for inspiration The role of astrology in ritual
Contents xi
Channelled connections from other worlds The nature of the
Sirius ray The current abuse of natural laws Space, time, and
the human mind
CHAPTER 21 The Role of Ritual in Everyday Life 206
Present-day Social Rites The rituals of daily living The
psychology behind superstition The power of the media in
collective programming and social conditioning Today s gods —
materialism and science Modern aspects of Dualism
CHAPTER 22 Secret Rites 210
Reasons for secrecy Ancient Secret Rites of science and
knowledge Secrecy through fear of persecution — magical and
religious underground movements The secret order as a breeding
ground for spiritual and intellectual snobbery The psychology
behind the magical union or select clique
CHAPTER 23 New Age Initiation 215
Crossing the initiatory threshold in today s world Initiation in
the trials of everyday existence The Initiation Rites of
organizations such as the Order of the Golden Dawn The Three
Degrees of Wiccan initiation Solitary initiation Who is or is not
suited to the magical Path The eight psychological types
CHAPTER 24 Modem Healing Rites 223
Three categories Various rituals of healing The Butterfly
syndrome The dangers in untrained or unprofessional
diagnoses Healing in Wiccan covens Christian healing practices
— the nature and identity of the Holy Spirit and other healing
entities encountered in the Spiritualist movement Solitary
Healing Rites
CHAPTER 25 Collective Power Rites 228
The missionary mode: social, political, religious or magical
indoctrination The psychology behind the formation of new
xii Contents
groups or collectives Personal power complexes Cosmic racism
The Gaia hypothesis
CHAPTER 26 Ethics and Self-Defence 232
Why the need for protection and from what? The nature of evil —
the misplaced energy theory Banishment and Cleansing Rites
Exorcism The Law of Equalities defined Paranormal
phenomena and PK Unfounded occult attacks The power of
Egyptian talismanic magic — an anecdote
CHAPTER 27 Conclusions 239
• The macrocosm/microcosm concept The altars and sacrificial
offerings of materialism and science Employment of the Rite as
part of the universal order of things The Rite as observed in all
natural cycles — death and rebirth, growth, display, maturation,
withdrawal
APPENDICES
I A Qabalistic Pathworking 244
II An Ancient Egyptian Polarity Rite Dedicated to Bast 250
III A Triple Goddess Rite 259
IV An Old Celtic Healing Rite 265
V An Old Roman Catholic Protection Rite 270
VI The Hammer Rite in the Norse/Teutonic Tradition 273
VII An Enochian Angelic Invocatory Rite 278
Glossary of Terms 288
Bibliography 300
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