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Arcane Rites and Occult Ceremonies
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Step passed during liminal rituals marking transitions (9)
  • 2. One claiming supernatural insight, often consulted in arcane ceremonies (11)
  • 5. Ancient ritual rooster heralding dawn, symbol in rites (10)
  • 8. Pertaining to prophecy delivered cryptically through divine mouthpieces (8)
  • 10. Offering to deity, sometimes involving a split word for cut and price (9)
  • 12. Pre-Christian belief system with diverse ritual customs (8)
  • 13. Doctrine attributing spirits to objects, key in many ancient rites (7)
  • 17. Inscription commemorating the dead, integral to funerary rituals (7)
Down
  • 3. Roman priestess guarding eternal flame — clue in flame's vestige (6)
  • 4. Spell or verbal charm invoking supernatural effect (11)
  • 6. SEDITIONIS Bronze coin used as a protective amulet in Roman rituals (14)
  • 7. Initiation lore revealing hidden ritual meanings (9)
  • 9. Incense burner swung to sanctify in sacred rites (7)
  • 11. Etruscan art of examining entrails for prophecy (9)
  • 14. Curved staff used by Roman augurs for divining omens (6)
  • 15. Ancient curse often inscribed to invoke harm (10)
  • 16. Ritualistic clan symbolism involving ancestral emblems (8)

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