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    Within the reading‚ Bronowski is attempting to clarify the meaning of imagination and how imagination helps human to build their insight and life. The power of imagination is unlimited and it is one of the ways that characterizes a human. Bronowski writes that “imagination is a specifically human gift” (3). This is one of the principal qualities that recognize human. Bronowski calls attention to that animal can’t manipulate pictures in their heads. An investigation which Walter Hunter led in 1910

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    In Roger Caillois’ piece‚ The Ambiguity of The Sacred‚ he states “There is scarcely any religious system‚ even in the broadest sense of the term‚ in which the categories of the pure and impure do not play a fundamental role.” Most religions are based on what a person should do and what they should not do in order to stay pure‚ which is what religions want you to to strive to be. So what does it mean to be pure and impure? In his writing he explains what it means to be pure‚ how a person becomes/remains

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    Facts vs Imagination

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    Facts vs. Imagination Facts are facts; they will not disappear whereas imagination will change as human being goes through different channels and growth. Charles Dickens was great renowned writer. In his story “Hard Times” he showed how students reacted when a teacher taught them only about facts. The students were uncomfortable. This made the students thought that studying and learning is not an easy task. But education is all about making hard things easier. What is fact? Something that

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    Herbal Medicine

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    “Herbal medicine: giving patients an unknown dose of an ill-defined drug‚ of unknown effectiveness and unknown safety.” —David Colquhon Herbal supplements are non-pharmaceutical non-food substances marketed to improve health. Herbalism (herbal medicine‚ botanical medicine) is the use of plant-derived substances‚ and sometimes other environmental substances‚ to treat or cure medical conditions. Herbalism recognizes that pre-industrial cultures had a great deal of practical medical knowledge‚ most

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    INTRO. In America‚ doctors follow the Western belief in using medication and doing various testing procedures when treating patients‚ while the Hmong shamans believe in treating the spiritual ailment of the person through elaborate traditional practices. Shamans who themselves are epileptic try communicating with “a malevolent spirit called a dab” (Fadiman 1998: 4). The Hmong shaman is “believed to have the ability to enter a trance…and negotiate for this patients’ health with the spirits who lived

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    Sacred Power In Black Elk

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    turning the other cheek. In the following paragraphs I’m going to talk about the ten areas that are shown in Black Elk. Sacred power has many different forms of power being shown. Sacred power can be strong‚ active‚ and aggressive‚ creating and destroying whole universes. Sacred power can be weak‚ passive‚ and yielding‚ yet accomplishing all that is necessary without effort. Sacred power is experienced as something beyond‚ to some extent‚ human control‚ and something especially important to well-being

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    Jane Austen ’s Emma and the Romantic Imagination "To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour." —William Blake‚ ‘Auguries of Innocence ’ Imagination‚ to the people of the eighteenth century of whom William Blake and Jane Austen are but two‚ involves the twisting of the relationship between fantasy and reality to arrive at a fantastical point at which a world can be extrapolated from a single grain of sand‚ and all

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    Sacred Road: A Case Study

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    to live on and work with the Native American communities‚ the change would be phenomenal. In the case of Sacred Road‚ this organization has been operating for several years nonstop helping to create a social connection with the natives. From my experience with Sacred Road‚ I have witnessed the effort this organization has put forth to help the natives. Some of the notable projects that Sacred Road has been undergoing is housing. Often As mentioned previously‚ the reservation living conditions are

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    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/59868a2032df47bc845c5cb842c261b2/hawaiian-leaders-seek-expansion-marine-conservation-area The Papahanaumokuakea region is sacred to indigenous Hawaiians for its role in traditional Hawaiian history‚ culture and cosmology. As The Big Story http://bigstory.ap.org/article/59868a2032df47bc845c5cb842c261b2/hawaiian-leaders-seek-expansion-marine-conservation-area reports‚ Native

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    Durkheims Definition of Religion Sacred and Rituals Durkheim established his own definition of religion. In his book‚ The Elementary Forms of Religious Life‚ he said: "A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things‚ that is to say‚ things set apart and forbidden beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church‚ all those who adhere to them."[1] This definition of religion is considered a functional definition since it explains how

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