Posted in A, tagged afterlife, anthropology, archaeology, belief, death, eternity, infinity, israel, life, life after death, NDE, NDEs, neanderthalensis, near death experience, paranormal, religion, salvation, soul, spain, spirit, spiritism, spiritual on April 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Fayum Mummy of Artemidorus
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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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Posted in A, tagged animism, anthropology, belief, ethnocentrism, magic, mysticism, nature, primitive, ritual, soul, spirit, tylor on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
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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Museum of Anthropology
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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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Posted in A, tagged Aliens, anthropology, archaeology, atlantis, Carbon Dating, education, ETs, Foucault, freud, history, michel foucault, postmodern, postmodernism, poststructuralism on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Archaeology [Greek: archaiologia = ancient history] A relatively new science concerned with the excavation and analysis of artifacts, texts, structures and organic material (such as skeletons) from past civilizations.
The birth of archaeology is often associated with J. J. Winckelmann’s Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums (History of Ancient Art), published in 1764.
Carbon dating is often upheld [...]
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Electric Neuron
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) One of the more interesting issues in contemporary philosophy and science fiction is that of machines possessing consciousness.
When we consider that human consciousness is in large part affected by our bodies and especially the biochemical charges running through of the [...]
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Posted in C, tagged anthropology, Carlos Castanada, healing, intent, life, Peru, power, shamanism, sorcery, soul, spirit on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Castanada, Carlos (1925) Anthropologist and author born in Peru who immigrated to California in the hope of attaining an academic career.
He published the book The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge (196 for his masters thesis.
The book was an apparent anthropological account of his meeting with a wise, benevolent Yaqui sorcerer [...]
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Durkheim, Emile (1858-1917) French sociologist who taught at the university of Bordeaux and the Sorbonne. Considered one of great three classical sociologists including Karl Marx and Max Weber, Durkheim is often regarded as a pioneer in the use of method and credited as one of the founders of the discipline of sociology.
Durkheim clearly focused on society [...]
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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. The etic model is the outsider’s perspective of indigenous cultural representations.
These [...]
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Folklore The term folklore was coined in 1846 by W. J. Thomas to replace the previous notion of popular antiquities. Difficult to define, folklore is now understood as the knowledge, customs, beliefs, rituals and orally transmitted information of a given culture. Some suggest that folklore by definition must include the academic study of this data, [...]
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Frazer, Sir James G. (1854-1941) Scottish anthropologist best known for his classic study of magic and religion, The Golden Bough. His work had a tremendous effect on Joseph Campbell, among others. » Comparative Religion, Diana
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