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It is neither immersion nor sprinkling nor any other mode of lustration which marks us out as God's.
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As water is the most common element, so also is it the most common magical means of lustration.
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In the primitive cult ceremonies of the Australians, lustration is effected almost exclusively by fire.
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Here again, as in the Australian initiation ceremonies, lustration by fire signifies a magic act having reference to the future.
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Less common, on the whole, is the third form of lustration, that by magical transference.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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