Practices: Ritual, Spiritual, Mental, Moral
1. What are some of the main spiritu

Practices: Ritual, Spiritual, Mental, Moral
1. What are some of the main spiritual practices in the tradition – prayer, meditation, ascetic, etc.? What is the significance (cosmological, theological, symbolic) of these practices? How do the practices relate to the beliefs of the religion?
2. In the religious tradition you’re studying (it can be the same one you wrote about before, or a new one), what are some of the main ritual practices? What is the significance (cosmological, theological, symbolic) of these practices? How do the practices relate to the beliefs of the religion?
3. In the tradition you’re studying, what is the main law code or body of laws, and/or moral
code (e.g., the Ten Commandments in Judaism and Christianity). What role does the following of the law/commandments play in human transformation (i.e., making believers into the kind of people that the cosmology and anthropology say that humans beings should be).
4. In the tradition, what are some of the mystical practices – practices that involved “talking”
to God/gods, or “seeing” God/gods, or having “out-of-body” experiences, etc.?
Formal requirements: 3 full pages, double space, 12 pt. black font. Provide references (parenthetical citations, footnotes, endnotes) for all sources. Bibliographical format is your choice – Chicago or MLA would be best.