The profanation is an act known as Sacrilège, consistent in a real mixture or symbolic system of elements of the Sacré with elements of the Profane, in a way which is not envisaged by the rules and ritual a crowned , or which goes in their opposition.

It can be a question of the introduction of elements Profane S into an enclosure Sacré E, said Sanctuaire, or of the use of crowned elements in a context layman considered to be inappropriate.

For example, the profanation of a Tombe is the act to act in a way considered to be inappropriate and degrading against the crowned Rite S that a company can maintain for its Mort S.

Certain profanations of tombs, in the Jewish cemeteries, have a character anti-semite. That in particular was the case at the time of the profanation of the Jewish cemetery of Carpentras in 1990 (cf Affaire of the profanation of Carpentras), while the profanations of Christian tombs, quite as real, profit from a less mediatization.

These acts sacrileges are in addition a rite of initiation in the sects néonazies and satanic.