Aum Shinrikyo On an ordinary Monday morning in 1995‚ millions of Tokyo residents on the way to work or school boarded trains on the second busiest subway system in the world. Only five people on the trains that morning knew that the events of March 20th would change the lives of nearly everyone commuting that day. Between 8:00 and 8:10 that morning‚ a simultaneous attack on five deferent cars‚ all set to converge on the Kasumigaseki station‚ a key location where several government ministries
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Magic‚ Myth‚ & Witchcraft Class Notes up to Midterm 1-24-2013 Symbols and Ritual Symbolism Theoretorical perspective that shape the social science exploration of religion Core concepts today over Symbols Symbols The complexity of human communication is made possible through the ability of humans to create and use symbols They permit people to discuss abstract topics To explain the irrational or things we cannot see or physically interact
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5 main leaders of Mongolia: Genghis Khan (1206–1227) Tolui Khan (as Regent) (1227–1229) Ögedei Khan (1229–1241) Töregene Khatun (as Regent) (1243–1246) Güyük Khan (1246–1248) Genghis Khan (/ˈɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ or /ˈdʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/‚[5][6] Mongol: [tʃiŋɡɪs xaːŋ] Chingis/Chinghis Khan; 1162? – August 1227)‚ born Temujin‚ was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire‚ which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise. He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of
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Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ii Copyright © 2011‚ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ISBN-13: 978-92-844-1380-5 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing: 2011 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions
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The goal of this presentation is to stress the importance of a politics of belonging and connection to land through spirituality to enforce the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. First I will try to explain where the recognition of indigenous peoples rights is in the Un System and than illustrate the future challenges that Indigenous Peoples will have to face in the path for self determination and repossession of identity. Just ahead of the G8 Summit in July 2008‚ the Ainu
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MAHATMA GANDHI vs. GENGHIS KHAN E.K ABSTRACT Leader is someone who has the ability to influence people on certain way. In order to become a leader‚ person has to have some skills or abilities. Through the history there many leaders with different characters‚ attributes‚ knowledge and skills. All of them had one common thing: they had ability to influence. Some leaders were better than the others‚ some left positive marks‚ some left negative ones and some left both of them. In this paper
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Most‚ if not virtually all‚ of what is now referred to as “traditional Chinese medicine” is quackery. I realize that it’s considered “intolerant” and not politically correct to say that in these days of “integrative medicine” departments infiltrating academic medical centers like so much kudzu enveloping a telephone pole‚ but I don’t care. I’m supposed to be impressed that the M.D. Anderson and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers‚ among others‚ have lost their collective mind and now “integrate”
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Nekyia. Beiträge zur Erklärung der neuentdeckten Petrusapokalipse. Leipzig‚ Germany‚ 1893. Diez de Velasco‚ Francisco. Los caminos de la muerte: Religión‚ rito e iconografía del paso al más allá en la Grecia antigua. Madrid‚ 1995. Eliade‚ Mircea. Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy. Translated by Willard R. Trask. Rev. and enl. ed. New York‚ 1964. Eliade‚ Mircea. Birth and Rebirth (1958). New York‚ 1975. Ganschinietz (Ganszyniec)‚ Ryszard. "Katabasis." In Pauly ’s Real-Encyclopädie der classischen
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Introduction to the country: "Bangladesh" is a combination of the Bengali words‚ Bangla and Desh‚ meaning the country or land where the Bangla language is spoken. The country formerly was known as East Pakistan. What is Culture: o The set of shared attitudes‚ values‚ goals‚ and practices that characterizes an institution‚ organization or group. o The sum of attitudes‚ customs‚ and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. o Culture has been taken as constituting
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More typically it refers to summoning a spirit to appear – for the purpose of divining future events as in shamanism‚ or disseminating hidden knowledge or weirdly‚ to use the deceased as a weapon. A prime example of the latter was depicted in the movie “The Return of the King” when Aragorn called warrior spirits to honor an ancient pledge. Necromancy was prevalent
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