Water is a scarce commodity in much of Africa, particularly in southern Africa. This is well symbolised in the name of the Botswana national currency, pula (rain). When tragedies like flooding and ...

A long-standing and unique tradition among the M’Nong people of the Central Highlands, the water source offering ritual holds deep spiritual significance. More than just a religious practice, it ...

Arvigo and Epstein, authors of a previous book on contemporary uses of the Mayan tradition, offer an intriguing historical-cum-spiritual tour of world religious traditions involving water, its ritual ...

Jews from across the Southwest will gather in the Valley on Oct. 11-12 for “Sacred Waters,” a program sponsored by the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), to explore the role of water in Jewish tradition ...

Offering Surya Arghya, a sacred Hindu ritual performed at sunrise, expresses gratitude to Lord Surya for light, power, and energy. This ancient practi ...

Samantha Prabhu and Raj Nidimoru's Bhuta Shuddhi Vivaha explained -- a sacred yogic wedding ritual that purifies the five ...

Precolumbian water management : an introduction / Lisa J. Lucero and Barbara W. Fash -- Cosmological and sociopolitical synergy in preclassic architectural complexes / Ann Cyphers ... [et al.] -- A ...

(The Conversation) — Native Americans are struggling to find sage for their spiritual practices as the plant is being overharvested for sale to the wider public. (The Conversation) — White sage, which ...