Religion and Magic

define religion

any sets of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to supernatural power
define supernatural

powers believed to be not human or not subject to the laws of nature
edward tyler and animism
- believed that religion develpped out of dream states
- belief in the souls
emile durkheim

gives you a community. enhances confidence
anatism

a supernatual force
mana

object the force goes in
Taboo

a violation, supernatual punishment
The two categories of supernatuals
- gods/spirits
- ghosts/ancestral beings
define monothesism

belief in one god
define polotheism

belief in many gods, no supreme god, all equal.
one theory for belief in a god

People turn to god when there is unjustice in life. ie. rape or a murder
bullet point 5 ways we interact with the supernatual
- prayer
- physiological experience
- simulation
- feasts
- sacrifices
describe physiological experience

trying marijuana or a halucinagen in order to contact the supernatural
why are women believed to be more possesed

women had more calcium/protien deficency.
explain reasons for human sacrifice

giving up something important (labor) for the gods in order to influence a god to do something for you.
define magic

performance of rituals to compel the supernatural to act in a certain way
define socery and witchcraft

cant prove it but its all about fear and normally found where there is a lack of judication system .

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Religion and Magic

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test 3

Updated

2011-04-07T03:00:06Z

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