dress the deceased in nice clothes, we place flowers with them and have a ceremony for them. This has to die into corporation of afterlife. Why else would we make such a fuss on the deceased? These rituals help us to deal with life crisis.In primal societies, they deal with illness as a form of the supernatural. They have special members of the community such as, medicine men, shamans and exorcist perform rites to help the possessed in dealing with the supernatural. The shaman helps by going into altered states of consciousness and seeing what the problem is and then help to overcome it. Healing rituals are found in most tribal societies. They deal with people that are hurt by performing ceremonies to cure the pain. These non-periodical ceremonies are linked to the seasonal rituals.“ Seasonal ritual is always directed to securing the well being of both the community and the individual.” There are rituals celebrating the end of the year and the beginning of the year. There are special ceremonies that rid of all evil in the past year to have a clear start on the new. All rituals help to deal with events in your life. Having these rituals ease the tension off these transitions from stage to stage. Rituals make up a big part of religion. Isn’t that what religion is…one big ritual? ...
