The Magic of Ritual 
Tom F. Driver, in The
Magic of
Ritual: Our Need for Liberating Rites that Transform Our Lives & Our Communities, presents a theological and cultural study of ....
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Egyptian Culture and Magic
.... man upon earth--truly attested." The element of divine empowerment for physical benefit in life reaches the realm of
magic, not merely the
ritual observance of ....
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Paleolithic Cave Paintings
.... It is believed that these murals had religious and ritualistic significance and were produced as part of a
magic ritual which may have been meant to ensure a ....
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Cultural Anthropology
.... down by Malinowski and Levi-Strauss, looking in particular at how these two scholars have examined the related but distinct arenas of
magic,
ritual and myth. ....
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Magic Realism in Song of Solomon
.... then discuss the means by which such narrative strategies and devices as
magic realism, as .... an ancestor, a totemic animal, a god, or a hero." By
ritual or custom ....
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Paleolithic Society
.... Therefore, these statuettes could have been incorporated into a
magic ritual that was used to ensure the success of the hunt (Witcombe, Earth Mother-Mother ....
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Religious Monotheism
.... With the first advance of konwledge, tehrefore, prayer and sacrifice assume th leading place in religious
ritual; and
magic . . . ....
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Three Monotheism Faiths
.... With the first advance of konwledge, tehrefore, prayer and sacrifice assume th leading place in religious
ritual; and
magic . . . ....
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific
.... should be respected, of course, but clear connections do exist between the islanders'
magic and Western religious emphasis on the power of words and
ritual. ....
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So Far From God
.... Thus the "curandera" Felicia, places trust in God and
ritual. The importance of religion and
magic as defining features of the culture is best summed up by ....
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Geertz and Culture
.... The repeated reenactment of the
ritual would appear to have the effect of .... deal on two features: universality within a culture and a strong component of
magic. ....
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Role of the Anthropologist
.... He showed that
ritual magic could be seen as logical, and serving a purpose, such as dispelling fear, demonstrating a cognitive theory of the mind that is the ....
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Clifford Geertz and Bronislaw Malinowski
.... He showed that
ritual magic could be seen as logical, and serving a purpose, such as dispelling fear, demonstrating a cognitive theory of the mind that is the ....
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Pocahontas
.... p. 40). Smith undergoes a remaking ceremony in which he is exposed to the
ritual and
magic of the Nikomis festival. The goal of ....
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Supernatural Role in Healing & Causing Illness
.... to the role that voodoo practitioners, shamans, medicine men, voodoo and
magic play in the "less cultured community." In both communities,
ritual plays a ....
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Black African & Native American Societies
.... mourning anniversaries (Debo, 1934, 4-5). As with African indigenous peoples,
magic was a .... figure of the African witch doctor (Debo, 1934, 7). The
ritual use of ....
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EE Evans-Pritchard
.... label conspiracy-oriented cults and political fringe groups practitioners of
magic or witchcraft .... indigenous response to change in terms of belief and
ritual is ....
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Hinduism and Buddhism
.... is a collection of spells and incantations, and white and black
magic formulas for .... when used in neutral terms, brahman refers to the
ritual formula described ....
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Decline of the Family Theme in 2 Works
.... In adapting these ideas to the stage, O'Neill achieved the renaissance of an art form thought long dead: Through the
magic of
ritual and pathos he evoked the ....
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Wole Soyinka & Okot p'Bitek
.... ritualistic and symbolic elements in these poems that evoke African themes and that give the poems a certain sense of
magic, as if following the
ritual of song ....
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INDONESIAN RELIGIOUS FORMS
.... made up primarily of the
ritual feast called the slametan, of an extensive and .... and of a whole set of theories and practices of curing, sorcery, and
magic . . ....
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Hisorical Context of Pre-Encounter Societies
.... 4-5). As with African indigenous peoples,
magic was a feature of pre-Columbian Native .... and healing figure of the African witch doctor (p. 7). The
ritual use of ....
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Black African & Native American Societies
.... 4-5). As with African indigenous peoples,
magic was a feature of pre-Columbian Native .... and healing figure of the African witch doctor (p. 7). The
ritual use of ....
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The Golem
.... might have dabbled in
magic rituals. But, he says, it "is utterly out of the question that they should have made use of Christian
ritual objects, or that they ....
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Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon
.... then discuss the means by which such narrative strategies and devices as
magic realism, as .... an ancestor, a totemic animal, a god, or a hero." By
ritual or custom ....
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The Pharaoh in Egyptian Religion
.... the royal is willing to say the
magic words in the
magic way, then .... likely to reinforce the value of whatever royal prerogatives may resonate from the
ritual. ....
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The theatre of the Golden Age of Spain
.... away from
ritual. As Gassner explains, although in many ancient cultures, "dramatic art never lost its subordinate position with respect to
magic and religion. ....
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Witches & Agrarian Cults
.... The peasants believed in
magic, witches, and supernatural phenomena .... Benandanti claimed
ritual battles performed in these dream states occurred four times a year ....
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The Myth Structure of Heart of Darkness
.... Marlowe is not describing fairies and pastoral religious
magic, however, only the .... Rescue the Annointed One: religious
ritual so often requires an attempt to ....
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African-American Protest Music from the 60s
.... Never before in human history had a musician applied the
ritual magic of Africa to American technology with a more devastating effect. ....
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