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(Second Edition) To "anoint" means to pour or smear with oil, milk, water and other substances, a process employed ritually by many religious traditions, past and present.
People (and even objects) are anointed to symbolize the introduction of a sacramental or divine influence, a holy emanation, the spirit or power of God.
Also it can be seen as a mode of introducing spiritual healing or empowerment. In several temple reliefs in Ancient Egypt the Pharaoh is depicted being anointed by Horus (sun god and "father" of Pharaoh) and Thoth (god of wisdom), the oil of Which is symbolically depicted as a stream of ankhs (symbols of life).
The most famous example of this He is depicted on the throne of Tutankhamen. Most famously in the Egypt of the Pharaohs, in common with many other ancient cultures, preparation for burial included anointing human remains with sweet-smelling oils.
This was done as a matter of devotion as well as with the practical intent of obscuring the stench of decomposition. In sealing a coffin, to and final ritual anointing of the mummy was Observed.
In Hindu belief systems, anointing is freely Practiced, to mark Particular devotions, as a "consecration" to beliefs or as a ritualized blessing especially used to invoke favorable beginnings.
Every Stage of Life features some gesture of anointing, ranging from Accompanying birthing rituals, to religious Initiations or educational, royal enthronements to final rites. Similarly, the setting up and care of a representation of any deity (eg in statues) can involve daily ritual anointing. In every case the actual direction of the smearing is significant. persons are anointed from head to foot, downwards, since in India the feet Considered are less clean than the head.
Also anointing is used to help people caught Within negative cycles such as illnesses, perceived demonic possession or streaks of "bad luck". Yogurt, milk or butter produced by the Hindu's revered cow forms the basis of much ritual anointing. Hindu Ointments may Also it includes ashes, clay, wood (Particularly sandal-wood) powders, herbal pastes, as well as water.
The latter may be sourced from sacred rivers or scented with saffron, turmeric, or flower-waters such as jasmine, gardenia, rose-water or infusions. More exotic examples are rinse-water used in bathing a deity and ink-water Which has passed over the fresh calligraphy of appropriate scriptural verses and Thus tinged with Their ink.
Ayurvedic medicine practices include extensive herbal, mineral and talismanic preparations compounded and applied according to Functional and Vedic astrological prescription. Buddhist practices of anointing are largely derived from Indian practices but tend to be much less free and less noticeably elaborate.
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