Ritual and Belief 
There are important differences in ritual and
belief between the non-Christian .... conception we gain our strength from communication with the
spirits and from ....
(809
3
)
Religious Ritual and Belief
There are important differences in ritual and
belief between the non-Christian .... conception we gain our strength from communication with the
spirits and from ....
(809
3
)
The Kalingas of the Philippines
.... The religious beliefs of the Kalinga are extensive and center on a
belief in
spirits, and disease, death, crop failure, and all other misfortunes are ascribed ....
(1552
6
)
Chinese Culture & Belief System
.... the positioning of the threshold, and even the direction the house faces is significant because of the Chinese
belief that good and bad
spirits possess the ....
(2823
11
)
Gender in Pohnpei Culture
.... One important area for the exercise of magical power is the realm of the
spirits:
Belief in
spirits is very much alive. . . .
Spirits . . . ....
(1542
6
)
Shamanism: An Overview
.... Shamanism is basically a
belief in the supernatural, especially the capacity for human beings to be able to communicate with the
spirits that control the human ....
(1746
7
)
Black African & Native American Societies
.... However, there was
belief in good
spirits and bad, good magic and bad, as well as in the power of so-called witch doctors to leaven any perceived threat by ....
(2285
9
)
Voodoo in the United States
.... Voodoo is a religion with a strong
belief in possessing
spirits, and animal sacrifice is frequently used by voodoo practitioners as a means of appeasing those ....
(2571
10
)
The Bambara subgroup of the Manding peoples
.... Their
belief system encompasses a
belief in ghosts,
spirits, witchcraft and sorcery, onto which are grafted Islamic beliefs in some geographic areas (Imperato ....
(1986
8
)
The Bambara (or Bamana) of the Mandings Peoples
.... Their
belief system encompasses a
belief in ghosts,
spirits, witchcraft and sorcery, onto which are grafted Islamic beliefs in some geographic areas (Imperato ....
(1986
8
)
Hisorical Context of Pre-Encounter Societies
.... However, there was
belief in good
spirits and bad, good magic and bad, as well as in the power of so-called witch doctors to leaven any perceived threat by ....
(2600
10
)
Black African & Native American Societies
.... However, there was
belief in good
spirits and bad, good magic and bad, as well as in the power of so-called witch doctors to leaven any perceived threat by ....
(2600
10
)
Nietzsche and Spiritual Freedom
.... developed to justify the
belief that has already been accepted. The various institutions of society have force only because the fettered
spirits accept them ....
(1379
6
)
The House of the Spirits
.... the book---as a bridge between the everyday world and the world of
spirits. .... The supernatural gives them the
belief that there is something special about their ....
(1388
6
)
The supernatural in House of the Spirits
.... the book---as a bridge between the everyday world and the world of
spirits. .... The supernatural gives them the
belief that there is something special about their ....
(1388
6
)
World Views in Indonesia
.... among the people. There is still widespread
belief in supernatural
spirits throughout the nation. Furthermore, the Indonesian people ....
(1989
8
)
Black American Spiritual Songs
.... However, there was
belief in good
spirits and bad, good magic and bad, as well as in the power of so-called witch doctors to leaven any perceived threat by ....
(4893
20
)
Parents' Cultural Belief Systems
.... children are thought to be particularly susceptible to evil
spirits that dwell in .... spiritual independence still holds, based on the ancient
belief that babies ....
(4049
16
)
North American Indian Ceremonies
.... The Apache people also had a rich mythology and complex set of deities and
spirits, based somewhat on the Pueblo culture and the
belief that everything on earth ....
(1465
6
)
The Difference between Scientology & Christianity
.... point in their summary of the salient aspects of the Scientology
belief system: [H]uman beings are material manifestations of immortal
spirits called Thetans. ....
(2133
9
)
Ethnomedical Attributes of the Zar Cult
.... Sudanese, in particular in rural regions, have traditionally perceived illness in a way consistent with
belief in "the evil eye (lailit),
spirits (jantaib or ....
(4233
17
)
The Plains Indians & Black Elk
.... the authority of his vision, his tribe's
belief system, and his
belief that somehow .... trying to talk to him (16) but did not know what these
spirits wanted from ....
(943
4
)
Black Elk Speaks
.... the authority of his vision, his tribe's
belief system, and his
belief that somehow .... trying to talk to him (16) but did not know what these
spirits wanted from ....
(943
4
)
Jacob's Struggle at Peniel
.... In addition, this story may also be associated with water
spirits that figure in .... that the story of Jacob is closely linked to the widely held
belief that Jacob ....
(1120
4
)
Angels
.... A substantial majority, 81 percent, professed a
belief in a heavenly afterlife; of these .... on earth, while 15 percent argue that angels are the
spirits of those ....
(1309
5
)
Margaret Mead
.... the intricacies of social organization, economic custom and religious
belief and practice which .... with respect to the world of
spirits, a great difference exists ....
(1568
6
)
African American History
.... religion. African religion embodied a
belief in
spirits which inhabited certain objects in nature, including certain animals. The ....
(3965
16
)
Gypsies as a Sociological Group This paper will be concerned with ...
.... whole. In addition to their
belief in fortune-telling, Gypsies generally share a
belief in the
spirits of the dead. This
belief ....
(2385
10
)
Religious Beliefs of the Hopi
.... It occupied a very special place in this
belief system. .... In fact, in Hopi mythology, the
spirits of the deceased played a role in many of the groups, rituals ....
(1781
7
)
Gypsies as a Sociological Group
.... whole. In addition to their
belief in fortune-telling, Gypsies generally share a
belief in the
spirits of the dead. This
belief ....
(2443
10
)
