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Shamanism

Posted in S, tagged , , , on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Shamanism
The practice and anthropological study of the shaman.
Some say the word shamanism is an academic construct and a sort of umbrella term applying to a wide range of phenomena.
It’s clear that different people use the term for distinct ideas and purposes.
In her forward to Shamanism, Jean Houston, for example, hopes that
[the book's] scope and depth…will [...]

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Emic-Etic

Posted in E, tagged , , , on April 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Emic-Etic
This is a debate originating from the work of linguist Kenneth L. Pike, sometimes called the insider-outsider issue.
The emic-etic debate has far-reaching implications for the social sciences.
In anthropology, the emic model refers to an indigenous people’s understanding of their own cultural representations, whereas the etic model is the outsider’s perspective of those indigenous cultural representations.
These [...]

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Totem

Posted in T, tagged , , , on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Totem
This is a symbol of the spiritual ancestor for a group in aboriginal Australia and North America.
The totem usually takes the form of an animal or sacred plant.
Normally there are taboos against slaying or eating the totem.
Most theorists probably project their own ideas onto the meaning of the totem.
The French sociologist Durkheim argued that the [...]

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Vampires

Posted in V, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Day Fourteen: I heart vampires
Originally uploaded by MargauxV
Vampires
Legends about vampires or vampire-like beings have flourished throughout world folklore, to include the regions of India, China and Greece.
The current incarnation of the vampire is usually traced back to Eastern European myths and superstitions that inspired several vampire novels, the most enduring being Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897).
In [...]

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Witch

Posted in W, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Witch in Trouble
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Remara Photography
Witch
The word witch comes from the Old English wicca (male) and wicce (female).
From his study of African witchcraft, the anthropologist E. E. Evans Pritchard distinguished witchcraft from sorcery: Witches are physically born as such while a person may become a sorcerer later in life.
Both are traditionally associated with evil.
In legend [...]

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Yoni

Posted in Y, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

LINGGA & YONI at CETO Temple
Originally uploaded by *Gabisa Motonia

Yoni In Hinduism this is the female organ of all creation.
In Hindu temple art female genitalia are often emphasized to symbolize the Great Mother’s crucial meta-physical role in giving birth to all that is.
F. A. Marglin notes that, on a more personal scale, the [...]

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Posted in + From the editor, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Afterlife

Posted in A, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 25, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Fayum Mummy of Artemidorus
Originally uploaded by mharrsch

Afterlife The belief that the spirit or soul continues after death.
This belief arguably dates back to prehistoric times (115,000 – 200,000 years ago) where evidence points to Homo neanderthalensis in Israel and Spain buried with food items, tools and possibly weapons in hand, often in fetal position facing sunrise [...]

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Animism

Posted in A, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

a couple of large spirit houses in the woods@ mae wokOriginally uploaded by doctor paradox
Animism The belief that natural objects like rivers, mountains and trees, as well as animals and people have a spiritual, animating principle.
Sir E. B. Tylor developed a theory of animism to try to explain the origins of religion.
Tylor believed that so-called [...]

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Anthropology

Posted in A, tagged , , , , , , , on April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Museum of Anthropology
Originally uploaded by masabumasabu
Anthropology (Greek anthropos: humans + logos: thought).
Anthropology is the all-inclusive study of human beings.
Its two main branches are physical and cultural anthropology. The former deals mostly with physiological issues while the latter examines cultural development.
The systematic study of language, art and myth emerged from cultural anthropology.
In the 1930’s a further [...]

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