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Arcane Household Rites and Traditions
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Substances burned to create smoke for ritual purification
- 2. Orthodox screen holding sacred icons, a spiritual domestic barrier
- 3. Ritualistic purifications often performed with salt or water
- 5. Ancient timekeeper used to mark ritual intervals at home
- 10. Adjective describing charms designed to repel misfortune or evil eyes
- 11. Divinatory practice reading signs to guide domestic decision-making
- 13. Act of burning aromatic resins as a household sanctification rite
- 15. Formal public announcements traditionally recited before domestic unions
Down
- 4. Sacred slab at fireplace center, guardian of domestic sanctity
- 6. Latin root word linking evening rituals involving bat imagery
- 7. Stretch-and-yawn ritual believed to reset household energies
- 8. Ancient airing method involving smoky vapors to purify interiors
- 9. Pertaining to objects imbued with protective mystical properties
- 12. L-shaped tool used in folk practices to locate hidden energies
- 14. Spanish term hinting at secretive rituals warding off evil spirits
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