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Spiritual Bathing: Healing Rituals and Traditions from Around the World

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In this interesting book, the authors investigate the religious significance of water and the art of spiritual bathing in various cultures and through many time periods. Spiritual bathing is an ancient practice with great health benefits, especially in the treatment of stress-related problems such as depression, anxiety and insomnia.

The book includes examples from the Aztec, Buddhist, Incan, Mayan, Shinto and Wiccan traditions and offers practical information on creating one's own ritual baths at home by using only water, ritual elements and certain herbs.

Plenty of different rituals and practical remedies are provided that will aid the reader in restoring harmony, peace and pleasure in daily living through these easy-to-follow methods. The book contains many impressive full color photographs illustrating spiritual bathing in 15 cultures from around the world.

I found this book to be informative, fascinating and educational.It covers the cultural and historical aspects of spiritual baths worldwide.It has greatly helped me in my research for a Sacred Bath Product Line I will be launching in January of 2007. Thanks to both the authors. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and will recommend it to my clients and customers for additional references for sacred bathing.

This is a beautiful book! Spiritual baths are a beautiful tradition, and this book is both a sweet cultural and historical introduction to this practice as well as a recipie book for administrating your own bathing ritual. I couldn't rate the book higher.

beautiful pics,however the native information is misleading and borders on the irresponsible...95% of the plants used in the " traditional Mayan" remedies are not native to this continent and were brought over by Latins...how can it be Mayan if they are not using Mayan plants? One bath calls for Rue, marigold, motherwort,basil,and St. Johns Wort..all Mediterranean plants. They also tell folks to look for a native sweatlodge on the INTERNET!!How dumb can you be?..that is very dangerous and people have died doing that before. Good book for new agers that don't care about authenticity in ceremony. signed, "NDN Sobadora"

(..Discover Your Inner Wisdom: Using Intuition, Logic, and Common Sense to Make Your Best Choices..)..I like your stunning visionary smile..Spiritual Bathing's all about bathiing and not about pets or anything I can't stand to read..Buddhist,Wiccan,DrUiDic (Sarolta DeFaltay's article..your mamma Will like this book..)ChrisTian (..erotic yow!Hindu's..)bathing practices make this one whopper of a sanDwich of information..Raising my eyebrows at you sexy (^^)demonS I am..

..A treasUre trove of sPiritual delight:Wiccan,Druidic,Celtic bathing practices (as in SaroLta DeFaltay's article) are discusSed, aloNg with Jewish,Sumerian,Mandaean,Egyptian,Christian,Romans,Muslims aNd others.The healing propensities of water are discussed,as well are the shamanic ritual spiritualness of it all: Buddhist,Hindus,as well as the Christian faith aRe mentioned besides the racial groups/countries of China,Greece,Native Americans,etc:The Goddess aspects of these rituals being mentioned as well.Broken hearT rituals...It's all here for the interested soul searchEr...
...eine unersetzliche Quelle ueberiRdischen entzueckeNs:Es werden Badegewohnheiten von WikAn,den Druiden und Kelten beschrieben,(wie z.B. im artikel von Sarolta DeFaltay..)Auch werden die sitten von Juden,Sumerern,Mandaen,Egyptern,Christen,Roemern,Muslim und anderen besprochen.Es wird auch ueber den heilenden Einfluss des Wassers diskutiert,sowohl die religioesen Gesetze,die dahinterstecken:BudhiSten,Hindus,auch der christliche Glaube werden erwaehnt.Eingeschlossen sind auch Rassengruppen verschiedener Laender wie: China,Griechenland,Indianer von Amerika,U.S.W:Auch wird die Goettinverehrung dieser heiligen Zeremonien erwaehnt;z.b.Enttaeuschte Herzen Zeremonie..Der Seelenforscher findet hier alles.TranslatEd by/Uebersetzt bei Lieselotte("TinY Mommy"/"Kleine MamMa")(Frau)FErrin..