“”Empty fantasies” these myths certainly are not. On the contrary‚ they contain much more that is real than if they were reporting that which had once occurred”.1 This quote by Walter F. Otto in his book‚ Dionysus: Myth and Cult‚ though used for a specific example‚ articulately and briefly explains why we read myths at all. They tell us not only about the people of the time‚ but also about ourselves. Through myths we can learn about a culture’s values‚ about why we choose to or not to devote our
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My personal expression of the Scenes of Dionysiac Mystery Cult‚ from the Villa of the Mysteries‚ Pompeii 60-50 BCE. Reflecting on the artwork itself and my interpretation. This astonishing nature of art is a stunning fresco of antique taste and creation which was found in 1909. There are religiously significant‚ but may not be acceptable by any entities. There is a religious represented symbolized by events in the primitive spiritual world also an enriched combination of religious implication observed
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Robespierre was a leader to fear. 300‚000 arrested and awaiting execution for having an opinion differing from him. 17‚000 people beheaded in one year for disagreeing with him. He even founded a cult revolving around him as a god for all of France to worship. He did all this in only one year. How did this happen? Before 1789‚ France was at its lowest point in history and desperately searched for relief. There were famines everywhere‚ and the financial situation was abysmal. In 1792‚ a seemingly charismatic
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In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s cults first emerged as harmless religious sectors. The term cult is originally associated with the term religion. Cults are centered around new ideas and new beliefs. A cult is defined as a religious movement that believe in a particular figure or object. Cults are smaller than denominations and different than sects. A sect is a religion that has separated itself from a larger church and a denomination is a sub-group of a larger religion that have their own set
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For this essay‚ I will be writing about Wellness. The three readings that I have chosen to start my research on are‚ Why Are Millennials Obsessed With Houseplants by Taylor Bryant from Nylon‚ Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up by Jennifer Maloney and Megumi Fujikawa of The Wall Street Journal. And the third article I have chosen is‚14 Pattern of Biophillic Design by Terrapin Bright Design LLC. I will be covering why and what caused the millennials to be so obsess in getting houseplants and what
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IIR026 DEEP op yo rP os t insight GLOBAL MARKETING tC Tailoring Your Strategy to Fit the Culture Do No W IESEinsight By MARIEKE DE MOOIJ hen a company goes global‚ it often doesn’t realize that its strategy is a product of its own culture. Culture influences every aspect of a company’s strategy‚ whether at the corporate level or the product/ brand level. For this reason‚ companies cannot simply convert a national strategy into a global strategy without first understanding the various
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article “Jim Jones‚” these members belonged to a cult known as the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones‚ who was responsible for ordering the members to suicide. According to an article “Why Do People Join Cults?” by Adrian Furnham‚ Ph.D.‚ a cult is a group with “powerful and exclusive dedication and devotion to an explicit person or creed‚” with a goal to “reprogramming the way people see the world” (Furnham). In summary‚ a cult‚ as explained in “Cult Influence & Persuasion Tactics” by Kelton Rhoads
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A couple of years ago‚ I had invited my best friend Jenene‚ to attend an Indian wedding. I thought it might be fun for her to experience the different foods‚ clothing‚ personalities‚ and religious beliefs that were particular to my culture. Later on that evening she had pulled me to the side and told me that the culture that she was raised in was completely different from mine. She was raised in New York all of her life and she had never experienced such a distinct culture. At that time I told
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Explain how Stalin developed the cult of personality in the 1930s. Stalin became leader of Russia in 1927. He needed to achieve the support of the Russian people and he managed to do this by using his intellect and power. He used propaganda and mass media. He also cleverly rewrote history‚ making it look as if he had a bigger part in the October revolution than he actually did. He also managed to make his relationship with Lenin look much closer than they were. He cunningly told Trotsky the wrong
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America. About 750‚000 died‚ but one nation was saved. The war was a time for change in many ways. One big change was the way women were a part of the community. Before the war‚ women were to stay at home and be a part of what historians call “the Cult of True Womanhood.” At this time‚ “true women” devoted their lives to cooking‚ cleaning‚ and taking care of the house for their husband and children. As the war began‚ women started drifting away from their domestic jobs‚ started working on the front
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