Topics in ritual theory

• Aims of ritual
• Circle
• Community
• Evocation
• Extemporising
• Festivals
• Food
• Fools and Misrule
• Healing
• History of ritual
• Invocation
• Innovation
• LBRP
• Libation
• Liminality
• Liturgy
• Magic
• Prayer
• Privacy
• Public ritual
• Rites of passage
• Sacrifice
• Secrecy
• Space
• Structure
• Symbols
• Talking stick
• Theatre
• What is ritual for?
• Worship  (Abraxan Essay on Worship, 1976)
• You don't need shorts

Overview of ritual theory

The theory of ritual basically describes what ritual is for, how it works, and what types of ritual there are.

Further reading

• Rites and rituals of Religio Romana