Sacramental meals were formally called a bl�t in this particular instance, " yulebl�t " or " winterbl�t ".
3.
He also instituted a sacramental meal of rice and water similar to the Sikh system of " Amrit " ( nectar ) initiation for new converts.
4.
In Tibetan practice it has long been replaced by the " " ( Tibetan : " tshogs " ), a considerably tamer affair, still involving a sacramental meal but normally performed indoors and without possession or dancing.
5.
A further failing in the article is that it pays no attention to the central cultic dynamic or ritual pattern that most dying-and-rising cults shared, according to those scholars who have confirmed the existence of these cults ( including Cumont and Mettinger ), namely that devotees or initiates could share in some form of a sacramental meal consisting of the risen god's body, now present in the stable crops and / or in wine, and thus participate in the divine life and its triumph over death.