What cultural or spiritual practice involves an alter or offering incorporating a dead chicken and money? [more inside]
posted by serazin on Sep 30, 2009 - 14 answers

Does anyone have any information about this adorable, satanic image? [more inside]
posted by maryh on Jul 5, 2009 - 5 answers

Okay, as a displaced Southerner it disturbs me that my upcoming child is going to be born among a bunch of Damn Yankees. I kind of want to do a ritual with my kid and some red clay taken from Down South to sort of make this all right with myself. What's the best way to make the clay sterile? And . . . [more inside]
posted by Any Moose In a Storm on Feb 24, 2009 - 52 answers

Please help me make our upcoming 8-months-overdue wedding reception memorable and meaningful to those who weren't at our actual wedding. [more inside]
posted by otherwordlyglow on Sep 15, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm going to be fasting for Ramadan for the first time. Where do I start? [more inside]
posted by parkbench on Aug 31, 2008 - 18 answers

What rituals do you have in your profession or job? A friend's son - who works in the construction industry - told me about "topping-out parties" once a building's top floor and roof structure have been completed. Now I'm curious about what other professions do. Not so interested in religious rituals though. [more inside]
posted by flutable on Jun 14, 2008 - 38 answers

Looking to learn more about Wicca in general, and about a particular ritual specifically. [more inside]
posted by TrueVox on Apr 22, 2008 - 22 answers

Help me figure out what happened to this little girl. [more inside]
posted by Evangeline on Jan 28, 2008 - 24 answers

What is a good breakfast? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Jan 16, 2008 - 56 answers

Looking for ideas about how to make a sanitary, waterproof goblet for around ten bucks and an hour or so worth of labor. [more inside]
posted by Squid Voltaire on Oct 2, 2007 - 18 answers

Anybody got a good source for calling on the four and/or seven directions? It's for a wedding ceremony, and every internet source I've found gives different explanations of what the directions represent. Wedding is this Saturday, I'm officiating. Help! [more inside]
posted by healthyliving on Sep 3, 2007 - 6 answers

We're naming our new daughter this weekend, in front of family, friends, and coworkers. Any suggestions of lyrics/poetry/prose that would be appropriately inspirational and awesome? Something with the message: "Welcome to the world, now go kick some ass!" (in a compassionate, empowering sense, not an Ultimate Fighter sense, unless that's what she wants to be when she grows up...) [more inside]
posted by ericbop on Apr 30, 2007 - 14 answers

Is there academic research that claims that viewing of advertising material a ritual of genderization? [more inside]
posted by bilabial on Apr 28, 2007 - 25 answers

What should be done/said when the family gathers to witness someone's passing? I need planning to distract me. [more inside]
posted by vytae on Dec 31, 2006 - 27 answers

Possibly stupid question about having a beard and a baby at the same time, and then not having a beard. [more inside]
posted by Caviar on Nov 29, 2006 - 30 answers

I'm looking for a book on ancient rituals of piercing and tattooing. Particularly among tribe members for purposes of adornment. [more inside]
posted by psyward on Sep 18, 2006 - 6 answers

How did the ritual of inverting a single cigarette in a fresh pack of cigarettes start? Was there some cultural reason, or a simple good luck charm?
posted by nibaq on May 31, 2006 - 39 answers

Is there a traditional kind of flower or color of rose given for the birth of a baby boy? A friend of mine just delivered, and I want to skip the blue teddy bears and get this right.
posted by symbebekos on Jan 24, 2005 - 5 answers