One World Mythology: Purification by Water

In ancient Hindu mythology, water is described as the foundation of the whole world, the basis for life and the elixir of immortality. All cultures in the world believe in the purity and purification powers of water and consider it to be a universal symbol of spiritual purification.

In Christianity, the ceremony of purification from sin by water is called baptism or christening. It is performed in three ways—aspersion, which is sprinkling water over the head, affusion, which is pouring water over the head, and immersion, which is submersing the person in water three times; on
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