There is an interesting conversation between a human woman and a male Elf in HoME 10 - the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth - that tells of the Hope (capitals are Tolkien's) that Eru may enter Arda, i.e. become incarnate. I highly recommend reading it, though it concerns beliefs, not rituals.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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