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Insufflation

In religious and magical practice, insufflation and exsufflation are ritual acts of blowing, breathing, hissing, or puffing that signify variously expulsion or renunciation of evil or of the devil (the Evil One), or infilling or blessing with good (especially, in religious use, with the Spirit or grace of God).

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Insufflation vs. exsufflation

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Extra-liturgical (hagiographic and magical) use

Hagiography

Magic and folk medicine

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Insufflation

Nodes144
Edges143
Triples115
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013889
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Insufflation

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related to Medieval period · 55
Insufflation → Alcuin, Alcuin's, Ambrosian, Ambrosian Library MS, Anglo-Saxon, Aniane, As, Augustine's, Benedict, Bobbio Missal, Carolingian, Charlemagne, Charlemagne's, Christendom, Council, Deacon, England, Etymologies, Fulda, Gallican
related to Biblical antecedents · 16
Insufflation → And, Christ, Christian, Ezekiel, Genesis, God, Israel, Job, John, Paraclete, Saint Paul's, Scripture, Spirit, The, Three Biblical, Wisdom
related to Prospects · 16
Insufflation → Africa, Asia, But, Catholic, Christian Workers' Fellowship, For, It, Liturgical, Perhaps, Philippine Independent Church, Protestant, Roman Catholic Church, Spinks, Sri Lanka, Though, Western
related to Insufflation vs. exsufflation · 12
Insufflation → Charlemagne, For, From, Greek, Holy Spirit, In, Latin, Libellus, Magnus, Sens, The, Typical
related to Distribution, geographical and functional · 6
Insufflation → Augustine, Both, By, Middle Ages, The, Western

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exsufflation sufflation devil baptism baptismal breath blowing one practice catholic breathing cross god holy spirit example ceremonies roman rites christ

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the Ambrosian tradition in northern Italyinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
the Spanish Mozarabic rite faded away or were absorbed into international practiceinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
it was this hybrid Roman-Gallican standard that came to dominate western Christendominstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
including Anglo-Saxoninstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
medieval Englandinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
from the time of Charlemagneinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
and partly through his doinginstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
through the highinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
late Middle Agesinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
into the modern periodinstance ofAs the 'national' rites0.80text
Insufflationrelated to Biblical antecedentsThree Biblical0.60section
Insufflationrelated to Biblical antecedentsThe0.60section

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