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    Ms “Sufentanyl”-a charming “china girl”‚ and Ms “Mescaline”-a cute Mexican lady‚ were invited by Mr “Marijuana” at a dinner in “Chinese restaurant” in an “angel dusty” evening. Ms Mescaline felt “ecstatic” and “Echo de la pensee” and on the occasion she “DRESS”ed herself with “heavenly blue” frock and adorned her eyes with mascara of “belladonna”. Ms Sufentanyl wore a necklace with “serotonin pendant” and braided “rosemary” flowers into her hair. At the gate they were greeted by Mr Marijuana who

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    The Sacred and Profane‚ by Mircea Eliade‚ divides and distinguishes the world into two existential situations: the sacred and the profane. Eliade describes the sacred as‚ “always manifesting itself as a reality of a wholly different order from ‘natural’ realities” (10) and inversely describes profane as the “opposite” of the sacred. The sacred involves a level of creation and organization while the profane is in an essence chaotic and disorganized. Eliade also made it apparent that the division between

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    Mid-Term Exam Essay Questions The roles‚ callings‚ and practices of the Shaman in many Indigenous Religions. Are there any shamanistic practices in any of the other religions we have studied? If so‚ give examples and explain. The Shaman is a man or woman who interacts with both spiritual and non-spiritual worlds. They do not use black magic or for their own self gain. Their role is to go to the spiritual world to gain knowledge and get the power to heal. They also communicate with the dead to settle

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    Rels 2001 Midterm Study Guide Fall 2014 Your midterm exam will be a combination of objective and short answer questions. The content of the exam will be the theorists‚ terms‚ and concepts covered in class discussions as well as the required course readings. It is suggested that along with using this study guide‚ you review the PowerPoints on D2L along with your notes and Coursepack. Objective questions may be in the form of multiple choice or true/false. Short answer questions will concern the

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    Touching the Timeless

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    Feb. 25‚ 2008 Touching the Timeless A world view is a set if images and assumptions about how the world came to be‚ its design‚ and people’s place in it. All over the world there are different ways of looking at and perceiving the world. There are five World View Universals: self and other‚ relationship‚ classification‚ causality‚ and space and time. For the Huichol and Navajo their world view has many factors contributing to how they view health and illness. The Huichol Indians live in the

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    In The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve the medicine bag is symbolic in Native American culture. A medicine bag is a small pouch‚ worn by some Native American people‚ that contains items associated with spiritual healing. This ties into the mythology and beliefs of Native American people. The mythology involving a medicine bag is they contain amulets or herbal remedies‚ or other sacred objects. Usually a shaman or medicine man carries a medicine bag. When a boy in a tribe is of age

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    Totem Pole Research Paper

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    Totem poles are symbolic sculptures that originated in some of the native tribes of North America. They can represent stories‚ someone’s life‚ they can even be a family tree! Most of them have things such as animals on them. My totem pole is a timeline of my past‚ present‚ and future that is represented by animals. I feel that the turtle and the panther best represent who I was in the past. The turtle represents shyness. I actually used to be a really crazy and outgoing kid‚ but when I got into

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    Kinship Systems: Inuit of the artic Dorothy Young ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Christopher Deere December 16‚ 2011 Kinship Systems: Inuit of the Artic The Inuit people have adapted quite well living in the extreme cold of the artic. They live in the artic area of native North America. Commonly called “Eskimo”‚ their territory extends more than five thousand miles along the Arctic Circle from Russia‚ Alaska‚ and northern Canada to Greenland. They are a people who have

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    American Indian Conjuring

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    American Indian Conjuring Brett Gibbons Northland Pioneer College Conjuring is said to be the second-oldest profession in the world‚ and may well be the oldest of the theatrical arts. It was the carefully guarded weapon of the priesthood used to establish a belief in supernatural powers among an uninformed public (Randi‚ 1992‚ p.XI). The dictionary defines a conjuror as “a person who practices legerdemain [sleight of hand]; juggler“. (Webster’s College Dictionary‚ 1992‚ p. 281). Another

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    Body Rituals of the Nacirema Tribe By Sir Horatio Galbraith People in the Nacirema culture spend a considerable portion of their days in ritual activity. The focus of some of these activities is the human body‚ the appearance and health of which loom as a dominant concern in the minds of the tribe’s people. While such a concern is certainly not unusual‚ the way the tribe operates can be considered quite unique. The fundamental belief of the people appears to be that the human body is ugly and

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