Argonauts of the Western Pacific 
.... is fixed and regulated by a set of traditional rules and conventions, and some acts of the Kula are accompanied by an elaborate
magical ritual and public ....
(1758
7
)
Non-Western Religions
.... In other words, the force of
magical custom and practice, which in former .... human control had implications for the emergence of religious
ritual, priestly classes ....
(2068
8
)
Supernatural Role in Healing & Causing Illness
.... Nimiendaju offers no analysis of the process whereby the
magical individual in .... inexperienced layman, of a hospital and its elaborate surgical
ritual, and the ....
(1763
7
)
Religious Monotheism
.... the first advance of konwledge, tehrefore, prayer and sacrifice assume th leading place in religious
ritual; and magic .... [T]he transition from the
magical to the ....
(4928
20
)
Three Monotheism Faiths
.... the first advance of konwledge, tehrefore, prayer and sacrifice assume th leading place in religious
ritual; and magic .... [T]he transition from the
magical to the ....
(4928
20
)
Egyptian Culture and Magic
.... However, in general, the more public a given
ritual and/or text, the more likely the situation could be classified as religious rather than
magical in character ....
(3851
15
)
Spirituality and Religion
.... exist (McCoy 1). I do not adhere to all of the
magical beliefs and .... alignment exercises, pathworking, or any other type of meditation, spell, or
ritual work, is ....
(1699
7
)
The Golem
.... the Golem than on "different syntheses between ancient Jewish
magical traditions and .... of those cultures, and a consequential development of
ritual and spiritual ....
(4152
17
)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
.... OCD sufferer eventually spends so much time carrying out the
ritual - washing his .... the desire later manifests itself in efforts to find
magical procedures that ....
(4035
16
)
"The Horse Dealer's Daughter"
.... not from a
magical kiss from the handsome prince but from a
ritual immersion in the waters of destruction, followed by a passionate commitment made by a man ....
(2740
11
)
Clifford Geertz and Bronislaw Malinowski
.... He wrote that though some beliefs appear
magical, they often have a practical purpose, rather than being merely symbolic. He showed that
ritual magic could be ....
(2112
8
)
Role of the Anthropologist
.... He wrote that though some beliefs appear
magical, they often have a practical purpose, rather than being merely symbolic. He showed that
ritual magic could be ....
(2112
8
)
Santeria Religion & Practices
.... The plants that are used in
ritual are thought to bring relief from psychological ailments through their
magical powers, while the plants used as folk ....
(5604
22
)
Dance in Asia
.... created according to strict conventions and have the nature of
ritual objects. .... For him, the
magical elements of Noh have been lost with modernity, particularly ....
(1147
5
)
Witchcraft and African Culture
.... younger Akan, the elaboration of knowledge is perceived in quasi-
magical terms .... guilty, they were obliged to endure a humiliating "cleansing"
ritual, whereby the ....
(2522
10
)
Post-Modern Etnography & a Story
.... that: Postmodern ethnography attempts to recreate textually this spiral and
ritual performance .... To represent means to have a kind of
magical power over appearance ....
(1407
6
)
Durkhein and Weber on Religion
.... particularly sine even the ends of the religious ad
magical actions are .... the term "methodologies of sanctification" to describe doctrine and
ritual that are ....
(1803
7
)
Shirley Jackson
.... year…the official of the lottery…this part of the
ritual…the official .... most of Jackson's fiction "City and country, child and adult,
magical and ordinary ....
(1721
7
)
Society and Religion in Non-Western Societies
.... routine forms such as dietetic, alchemical, and respiratory recipes,
magical formulas, and .... But Kendall argues that the
ritual activities of Korean women are ....
(6222
25
)
Hinduism
.... One expression of this is the daily
ritual some Hindu believers have of standing .... This is a way of meditating that generates supernatural or
magical powers by ....
(1703
7
)
World Religions
.... and historic-era religious traditions is the difference between
magical and rational .... time at certain geographical points or in the context of
ritual observance ....
(6456
26
)
Emotional Maturity
.... measured negatively in terms of the degree to which
magical elements of .... But the differences of
ritual between Protestant and Catholic Christianity, even with ....
(2695
11
)
Classical Age of Chinese Thought
.... The importance of
ritual was probably
magical in origin; through the operations of sympathetic magic, the actions of the magician could draw a desired response ....
(5230
21
)
The leprechaun of Irish folklore
.... into categories of mythic meaning and behavior that play out as
ritual reenactment of .... Conn of the Hundred Battles (AD 177-212), emerging from a
magical mist to ....
(4695
19
)
Khalwati order of Dervishes
.... Khalifa before him, was known for the use of
magical powers. .... order: voluntary hunger, silence, vigil, seclusion, meditation, permanent
ritual cleanliness, and ....
(4285
17
)
Joseph Beuys
.... his adolescence opted for "a free, nomadic life, celebrating
ritual, the interdependence .... art' objects were fetishes, functioning in a communal,
magical way." ....
(3393
14
)
The Tao of Physics
.... They use religion and
ritual to explain, to gain control, and to express their own .... most of Hindu mythology, the myth of lila has a strong
magical flavor (85). ....
(3556
14
)
Sioux Culture Before European Contact Traditional Sioux of the ...
.... to imagine that singing was not essential to American Indian music and
ritual for thousands .... songs had close to what we would consider to be
magical powers, and ....
(10862
43
)
Cultural & Literary Portraits of Jewish Women
.... The Mikvah, the
ritual bathing in communal waters at the time of menstrual flow .... and other Puritans as the ultimate outsiders who indulged in
magical tricks and ....
(5528
22
)
Cultural & Literary Portraits of Jewish Women
.... The Mikvah, the
ritual bathing in communal waters at the time of menstrual flow .... and other Puritans as the ultimate outsiders who indulged in
magical tricks and ....
(5538
22
)
