Prayer for ablution - Revision history

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus at 10:19, 12 June 2023

2023-06-12T10:19:04Z

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	::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''		::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''
−	::'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates velut ~~plumbo~~ ad aurum ~~mutando~~ eluat.'''''	+	::'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates velut plumbum ad aurum mutatur eluat.'''''

	*Place both hands upon your head and pray:		*Place both hands upon your head and pray:

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: /* Variants and history of the formula */

2023-06-12T10:11:38Z

Variants and history of the formula

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	A grammatically corrected version of this would be:		A grammatically corrected version of this would be:

−	"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, ~~simili~~ modo velut plumbum ad aurum ~~mutando~~, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''	+	"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simili velut plumbum ad aurum mutatur, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''

	A later version of this was probably written by M. Horatius Piscinus before January, 2002:		A later version of this was probably written by M. Horatius Piscinus before January, 2002:

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: /* Lentulus' purification prayer */

2020-04-06T23:26:36Z

Lentulus' purification prayer

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	Pontifex Cn. Cornelius Lentulus has been using this formula even before Nova Roma: this is a modern ritual and serves only practical purposes of creating a framework for the ritual purification in the absence of an original formula.		Pontifex Cn. Cornelius Lentulus has been using this formula even before Nova Roma: this is a modern ritual and serves only practical purposes of creating a framework for the ritual purification in the absence of an original formula.

−	*Create sacred water by pouring a small amount of salt into water in a bowl, ~~why~~ saying:	+	*Create sacred water by pouring a small amount of salt into water in a bowl, while saying:

	::'''''Numina potentia, date hanc aquam consecrari aptamque fieri ad consecrationem et purgationem rerum et animalium: haec aqua consecrata nunc esto. Haec aqua consecrata est.'''''		::'''''Numina potentia, date hanc aquam consecrari aptamque fieri ad consecrationem et purgationem rerum et animalium: haec aqua consecrata nunc esto. Haec aqua consecrata est.'''''
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	::'''''Omnia instrumenta et animalia ad sacra facienda purganda et consecranda hac aqua consecrata purgentur et consecrentur: aqua consecrata purget purganda.'''''		::'''''Omnia instrumenta et animalia ad sacra facienda purganda et consecranda hac aqua consecrata purgentur et consecrentur: aqua consecrata purget purganda.'''''
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	==References==		==References==

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: added Lentulus' formula

2020-04-06T23:25:58Z

added Lentulus' formula

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	::'''It is so.'''		::'''It is so.'''
	::'''''Ita est!'''''		::'''''Ita est!'''''
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	== Variants and history of the formula ==		== Variants and history of the formula ==
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	The original formula was revised by pontifex [[Cn. Lentulus]] in 2008, but with the words "'''a corpore impuritates'''" previously used in a reverse order, "'''impuritates a corpore'''" in this form: '''''Haec aqua impuritates a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.''''' Lentulus also changed "'''Purga carnem!'''" to "'''Purga corpus!'''". Pontifex Lentulus, however, doesn't use this, but he uses his own formula.		The original formula was revised by pontifex [[Cn. Lentulus]] in 2008, but with the words "'''a corpore impuritates'''" previously used in a reverse order, "'''impuritates a corpore'''" in this form: '''''Haec aqua impuritates a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.''''' Lentulus also changed "'''Purga carnem!'''" to "'''Purga corpus!'''". Pontifex Lentulus, however, doesn't use this, but he uses his own formula.
		+
		+	== Lentulus' purification prayer ==
		+
		+	Pontifex Cn. Cornelius Lentulus has been using this formula even before Nova Roma: this is a modern ritual and serves only practical purposes of creating a framework for the ritual purification in the absence of an original formula.
		+
		+	*Create sacred water by pouring a small amount of salt into water in a bowl, why saying:
		+
		+	::'''''Numina potentia, date hanc aquam consecrari aptamque fieri ad consecrationem et purgationem rerum et animalium: haec aqua consecrata nunc esto. Haec aqua consecrata est.'''''
		+
		+	*Wash both hands in this salted water, sprinkle it on yourself, on the other participants of the ritual and on all offerings, accessories, objects and tools used in the ceremony, while declaring:
		+
		+	::'''''Omnia instrumenta et animalia ad sacra facienda purganda et consecranda hac aqua consecrata purgentur et consecrentur: aqua consecrata purget purganda.'''''

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus at 15:28, 16 February 2017

2017-02-16T15:28:09Z

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: more info, history, variants

2012-08-17T15:14:22Z

more info, history, variants

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	::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''		::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''
−	::'''''~~'''Hæc~~ aqua ~~impuritates~~ a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.'''''	+	::'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.'''''

	*Place both hands upon your head and pray:		*Place both hands upon your head and pray:
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		+	== Variants and history of the formula ==
		+
		+	The first version of this prayer was created by pontifex [[Gaia Ovidia Lepida (Nova Roma)\|Ovidia Lepida]], Jennifer E. Hunt of the ADF<ref>http://www.adf.org/rituals/roman/religio-romano.html ADF website </ref>, and it had some grammal mistakes, but was widely used in and outside Nova Roma between 1999 and 2003, and with decreasing frequency even today:
		+
		+	"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simile plumbo mutando ad aurum, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''
		+
		+	A grammatically corrected version of this would be:
		+
		+	"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, simili modo velut plumbum ad aurum mutando, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''
		+
		+	A later version of this is probably written by M. Horatius Piscinus before January, 2002:
		+
		+	:"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates eluat, ut pluvia aera purgat.'''''"
		+	:"'''May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain cleanses the air.'''"
		+
		+	A variant of this used by T. Iulius Sabinus, from 2005, originally in a ritual for the creation of Dacia provincia:
		+
		+	:"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates eluat, ut pluvia terram purgat.'''''"
		+	:"'''May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain purifies the earth.'''"
		+
		+	The original formula was revised by pontifex [[Cn. Lentulus]] in 2008, but with the words "'''a corpore impuritates'''" previously suggested in a reverse order, "'''impuritates a corpore'''" in this form: '''''Haec aqua impuritates a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.''''' Lentulus also changed "'''Purga carnem!'''" to "'''Purga corpus!'''".
		+
		+	==References==
		+	<references/>

	[[Category:Ritus (Nova Roma)]]		[[Category:Ritus (Nova Roma)]]

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus at 09:29, 14 July 2008

2008-07-14T09:29:18Z

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	::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''		::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''
−	::'''''~~Haec~~ aqua a corpore ~~impuritates, modo simile~~ plumbo ~~mutando~~ ad aurum~~, elluat~~.'''''	+	::''''''''Hæc aqua impuritates a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.'''''

	*Place both hands upon your head and pray:		*Place both hands upon your head and pray:
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	*Bring the arms down to your sides with hands in gesture to your body and pray:		*Bring the arms down to your sides with hands in gesture to your body and pray:
	::'''Purify my body.'''		::'''Purify my body.'''
−	::'''''Purga ~~carnem~~.'''''	+	::'''''Purga corpus.'''''

	*Place both hands on the chest, over the heart and pray:		*Place both hands on the chest, over the heart and pray:

Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus: expanded

2008-07-14T09:28:08Z

expanded

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	This prayer is to be said while washing ones' hands in preparation for many of the other rites and rituals of the Religio Romana.		This prayer is to be said while washing ones' hands in preparation for many of the other rites and rituals of the Religio Romana.

−	~~:'''''~~"~~Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simile plumbo mutando ad aurum, elluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!~~" ~~'''''~~	+	<div class="scriptum">
		+	*Wash both hands in clean water and pray:

−	~~Translation~~: "May this water cast out all ~~of my~~ impurities from my substance as from lead to gold. ~~Purify my mind~~, ~~Purify my body~~, ~~Purify my heart. It is so~~."	+	::'''May this water cast out all impurities from my substance as from lead to gold.'''
		+	::'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simile plumbo mutando ad aurum, elluat.'''''

−	~~[[Category~~:~~Religio Romana]]~~	+	*Place both hands upon your head and pray:
−	[[Category:Ritus]]	+	::'''Purify my mind.'''
		+	::'''''Purga mentem.'''''
		+
		+	*Bring the arms down to your sides with hands in gesture to your body and pray:
		+	::'''Purify my body.'''
		+	::'''''Purga carnem.'''''
		+
		+	*Place both hands on the chest, over the heart and pray:
		+	::'''Purify my heart.'''
		+	::'''''Purga animum.'''''
		+
		+	*Take a moment to focus and become fully present and affirm:
		+	::'''It is so.'''
		+	::'''''Ita est!'''''
		+
		+
		+
		+	[[Category:Ritus (Nova Roma)]]

M. Lucretius Agricola: copy from website

2006-12-07T05:15:44Z

copy from website

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This prayer is to be said while washing ones' hands in preparation for many of the other rites and rituals of the Religio Romana.

:'''''"Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simile plumbo mutando ad aurum, elluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!" '''''

Translation: "May this water cast out all of my impurities from my substance as from lead to gold. Purify my mind, Purify my body, Purify my heart. It is so."

[[Category:Religio Romana]]
[[Category:Ritus]]

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	== Variants and history of the formula ==		== Variants and history of the formula ==

−	The first version of this prayer was created by pontifex [[Gaia Ovidia Lepida (Nova Roma)\|Ovidia Lepida]], Jennifer E. Hunt of the ADF<ref>http://www.adf.org/rituals/roman/religio-romano.html ADF website </ref>, and it had some ~~grammal~~ mistakes, but was widely used in and outside Nova Roma between 1999 and 2003, and with decreasing frequency even today:	+	The first version of this prayer was created by pontifex [[Gaia Ovidia Lepida (Nova Roma)\|Ovidia Lepida]], Jennifer E. Hunt of the ADF<ref>http://www.adf.org/rituals/roman/religio-romano.html ADF website </ref>, and it had some grammatical mistakes, but was widely used in and outside Nova Roma between 1999 and 2003, and with decreasing frequency even today:

	"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simile plumbo mutando ad aurum, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''		"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, modo simile plumbo mutando ad aurum, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''
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	"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, simili modo velut plumbum ad aurum mutando, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''		"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates, simili modo velut plumbum ad aurum mutando, eluat. Purga mentem. Purga carnem. Purga animum. Ita est!'''''

−	A later version of this is probably written by M. Horatius Piscinus before January, 2002:	+	A later version of this was probably written by M. Horatius Piscinus before January, 2002:

	:"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates eluat, ut pluvia aera purgat.'''''"		:"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates eluat, ut pluvia aera purgat.'''''"
	:"'''May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain cleanses the air.'''"		:"'''May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain cleanses the air.'''"

−	A variant of this used by T. Iulius Sabinus, from 2005, originally in a ritual for the creation of Dacia provincia:	+	A variant of this has been used by T. Iulius Sabinus, from 2005, originally in a ritual for the creation of Dacia provincia:

	:"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates eluat, ut pluvia terram purgat.'''''"		:"'''''Haec aqua a corpore impuritates eluat, ut pluvia terram purgat.'''''"
	:"'''May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain purifies the earth.'''"		:"'''May this water cleanse my body of impurities, as the rain purifies the earth.'''"

−	The original formula was revised by pontifex [[Cn. Lentulus]] in 2008, but with the words "'''a corpore impuritates'''" previously ~~suggested~~ in a reverse order, "'''impuritates a corpore'''" in this form: '''''Haec aqua impuritates a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.''''' Lentulus also changed "'''Purga carnem!'''" to "'''Purga corpus!'''".	+	The original formula was revised by pontifex [[Cn. Lentulus]] in 2008, but with the words "'''a corpore impuritates'''" previously used in a reverse order, "'''impuritates a corpore'''" in this form: '''''Haec aqua impuritates a corpore velut plumbo ad aurum mutando eluat.''''' Lentulus also changed "'''Purga carnem!'''" to "'''Purga corpus!'''". Pontifex Lentulus, however, doesn't use this, but he uses his own formula.
		+

	==References==		==References==