I suppose it's no stranger than many other cult practices.
Only in a few cases, as at Brading, do they reflect any deeply held beliefs or cult practices.
The excavations provided much evidence regarding the cult practices in Pistiros.
Such exceptions are probably connected with cult practice.
Together, these three form the complete picture of the preconditions of poetic art in cult practice.
In addition to the public priesthood of the Vestals, some cult practices were reserved for women only.
They also brought Roman "domestic" deities and cult practices with them.
Women were explicitly excluded from some cult practices of Silvanus, but not necessarily of Mars.
These conflicts are often stereotyped in the press and by others as evidence of cult practices.
His Psyche (1890-1894) remains a standard reference work for Greek cult practices and beliefs related to the soul.