The virtue of set forms of speech in absolving from uncleanness is fully recognized in Shinto, as will be seen in the next chapter.
There were various forms of purification at various places for consecrating a new shrine, or new utensils for it, or for reconsecrating a place which had become unclean.
CHAPTER XII.
CEREMONIAL.
Ceremonies are combinations for some specific purpose of the elements of worship described in the two preceding chapters.[219]