Personal Heroes In order to answer the question of how the “hero cults” enrich the religious lives of the Greeks‚ it is important to identify what a hero cult meant to the Greeks. These cults were thought to have originated with the works of Homer due to the nature of his tales portraying humans committing great acts so as to set themselves apart from the ordinary. Now even though they may have been worshiped they were not gods‚ they were said to have descended to the underworld and their rituals
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John Blake Temple Dr. Rucker Am. Hist. 10/10/11 Early Cults in America Although they date to the earliest days of U.S. history‚ Utopian communities that were created to perfect American society had begun appearing in the 1840s. By definition‚ a utopia is: “An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.”[i] Various groups challenged the traditional norms of American society. Their desire to create a perfect world often was in sharp contradiction to the world in which
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In act two of Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth is used by William Shakespeare to digress from the normal gender rules common for that era‚ while at the same time keeping some of the key traits of womanhood‚ all to show that while inherently different and sometimes similar to men‚ women will always fall back on their subservient and cowardly ways. As the planning for Duncan’s murder progresses it seems like Lady Macbeth is the one urging and fighting Macbeth to agree with the plan‚ which is unusual because usually
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A cult leader‚ who preached madness to the everyday people‚ was arrested because of his association with criminals and the people’s belief that he was going to do something violent. His name was Jesus Christ (Epstein 4). A cult is a religious group that is viewed as sinister or evil. According to Professor Peterson of Islamic studies and a member of The University of Utah’s Council for Religious Scholarship‚ says that "People join cults because they want meaning and purpose and don’t believe in the
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and assumed cult‚ in the year 1830. Joseph said that he had spoken with God in a dream as well as reading ancient gold tablets. In this dream God told him he was to fulfil a prophet. In another dream an angel named Moroni left these tablets for him to read‚ Joseph later transcribed the words on the Tablets and put it in a book ‚ called the book of Mormons . He than officially founded the church of the latter day saints in 1830 with several followers helping. Mormonism is a suspected cult. Because it
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Dieties: The Lady: The Lady is the Goddess and represents the three stages of womanhood. She is often symbolized by the triple moon symbol‚ showing the waxing‚ full‚ and waning phases. These three phases represent the Goddess in Her roles as the Maiden‚ the Mother‚ and the Crone (an elderly wise woman.) The maiden is youthful innocence and beauty‚ while the Mother is the creator of life. In her aspect as the Crone‚ the Lady is typically a symbol of sagacity‚ intuition‚ and knowledge‚ and she
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In her book "The Cult of Thinness‚" Sharlene Hesse-Biber explores how "thinness" has become a pervasive mentality in American culture‚ even to the point of becoming a cult. Based on chapters 1 and 2 of her work‚ as well as other sources‚ this essay will discuss the concept of a cult and its definition(s)‚ to evaluate Hesse-Bieber’s claims regarding the cult status of thinness. Additionally‚ characteristics of the thinness mentality consistent with cultic thoughts and behaviors will be analyzed‚ and
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Cults Today The word cult is often thrown around in today’s society as a derogatory term towards religions that are not well known or have aspects that are contrary to mainstream religions. According to mainstream media‚ cults have been responsible for massive pact suicides‚ and their followers are incestual and polygamous. The mass media shows the leader as a manipulative person who controls his/her believers as they blindly follow‚ not knowing the trouble that will certainly find them. “… ‘cult’
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Mussolini – the Cult of Personality Throughout history there have been many leaders who have formed a cult of personality--that is‚ commanded intense devotion and an almost God-like worship from their followers. Such a following is advantageous especially in times of war‚ where citizens can easily be rallied to defend their leader and take down the “evil enemy”. Leading up to World War 2‚ multiple fascist leaders—Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Josef Stalin‚ Francisco Franco--were able to establish
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In Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood there are many stories of Goddesses from around the world. Based on the region the symbolism and attributes associated with these Goddesses tend to vary dependent on the culture or religion of the natives. An example of this contrast can be illustrated through Lilith‚ a Goddess derived from Sumerian tablets‚ and White Shell Woman‚ a Navajo deity. The first Goddess‚ Lilith who gave the gift of grain and birth the moon was said to be the first wife of Adam. As his wife
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