TAXONOMIES OF RITUAL MIXING: RITUAL HEALING IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES.

An essay is presented on the taxonomies of ritual mixing. It offers a history of ritual mixing and examines the possible role of ritual mixing on the religious syncretism particularly on the three distinguishable levels such as the individual, professional and institutional. The author relates her first experience with ritual mixing as she studied childbirth rituals and conducted a study on healing rituals in the U.S.